Senior Software Engineer

Position Summary:

We are looking for a Node & React software engineer responsible for the development and maintenance of web applications aimed at ticketing solutions. Your primary focus will be development of APIs to interact with back-end services. You will be working alongside other engineers and developers working on different layers of the infrastructure such as GraphQL and front-end React.js calls. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and the creation of quality products is essential.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Apply expertise in backend language/frontend framework/microservices architecture, distributed systems and database management to lead the design, development, testing of complex software systems and ensure their alignment with long-term business goals.
• Drive architectural decisions to ensure scalability, performance, security, and reliability across all software systems.
• Apply expertise in software development, system design, and engineering best practices to play critical role in driving the success of our platform.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (product managers, designers, and other engineers) to design and build scalable, high-performance systems that align with business objectives and technical goals.
• Shape the future of our product architecture, improve existing systems, and provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers.
• Create and ensure that technical documentation is kept up-to-date throughout the development lifecycle, enabling better knowledge sharing and process consistency.
• Design and build applications for the Node platform
• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications
• Collaborate with a team to define, design, and ship new features
• Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization

Grooming:

• All crew members must maintain a neat, clean and well-groomed appearance (specific standards available in the Employee Handbook).

Physical Demands:

• Ability to bend, rotate and reach frequently
• Ascending/descending stairs or ladders safely
• Ability to maneuver through/in/around small and/or confined areas within the vessel
• Must be able to maintain both static and dynamic standing balance to complete various duties associated with job
• Must be capable of performing emergency duties as listed in the vessel’s station bill

Requirements & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a Computer Technology related field or equivalent experience
• Master’s degree preferred
• Proficient with Node.JS and React.JS
• Minimum 7 years of experience as Software Engineer/Architect
• Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning
• Familiarity with GTFS, Real Time transportation Lat/Long coordinates, and RESTful APIs to connect iOS applications to back-end services
• Knowledge of other web technologies and UI/UX standards.
• Understanding of Apple’s design principles and interface guidelines
• Knowledge of low-level C-based libraries is preferred
• Experience with performance and memory tuning with tools such as Shark
• Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications
• Knack for benchmarking and optimization
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools as Github and Gitlab
• Familiarity with continuous integration solutions such as Gitlab
• Available outside of office hours for urgent and high priority work related issues