Senior Backend Engineer

Join ZencastrEmpower the voices of the world @ Zencastr. If you want to push the world of podcasting into the future, come join a team who loves to live on the edge! We are a fully distributed team of smart people who are passionate about changing the world one voice at a time.You Should Join Us If You:Have significant experience with Node.js and good knowledge of JS fundamentalsHave a good understanding of computer science fundamentals. You might not have gone to school for it, but you know the difference between heap and stack, different time complexities, and which patterns to use and when.You are ambitious. You might want to build your own company one day or have tried to tackle the toughest tech problems just for fun.You enjoy writing Javascript or TypescriptYou have an eye for performance. Whether thinking about the latest client side bundling techniques, or the proper way to shard a mongo database, you want things to be fast.You are a team playerYou have good communication skillsWhat Sets You Apart:You have a passion for high performance applicationsYou have significant open source contributionsYou want to work in a fast growing startup. Which comes with the blood, sweat and tears of working to disrupt an established industryYou have empathy for the end user. A spec is a conversation starter, as an advocate for the end user you always are thinking about how to best serve their needsYou have an eye for code quality and you strive to uphold best practices in engineering, security, and designWhy You Should Choose Us:You'll be working with world class engineers, Phd's, and designers in a fully distributed teamWork in an agile and fast changing environmentEquity commensurate to your contribution in a profitable companyHealth insuranceUnique challenges and the support and talent to solve them4 weeks PTOFreedom to work where you pleaseWhat We're Looking For:5+ years of Typescript, Node.js developmentStrong document / key-value store knowledge (Redis, MongoDB)Strong SQL knowledgeDemonstrable knowledge of building scaleable consumer based appsStrong experience with unit, integration, and load testingExperience building APIsExperience with cloud APIs (Google Cloud, Digital Ocean)Bonus Points If You Have:Experiencing working in high traffic, low latency applicationsGood dev ops experienceDigital Signal Processing experienceAI experienceApply at are flexible! For the right candidate we ask: What do you need to do your best work?