Remote Senior Software Developer, Backend Job in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, UK SMART Technologies

Who you are

• Strong foundations in computer science, in particular data structures, concurrent programming, distributed services, databases, etc.
• Experience developing web services in Java or Go using REST
• Understanding test-driven development practices including writing and maintaining unit tests
• Experience with developing software using Agile software development
• Building and deploying applications to Amazon Web Services
• Strong communication skills in English
• Ability to take initiative and propose solutions
• Preferred Experience developing/architecting highly available services
• Preferred Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field

Desirables

• Self-directed
• Fast learner
• Flexible
• Strong foundations in computer science
• Experience with Java or Go
• Understanding of test-driven development
• Experience with AWS
• Strong communication skills in English
• Ability to take initiative
• Experience with highly available services
• Degree in Computer Science or related field

What the job involves

• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Optimize the application for maximum speed and scalability
• Implement security and data protection
• Design and implement new functionality in our web products
• Apply test-driven development practices including writing and maintaining unit tests
• Work closely with our test team to ensure automated testing has appropriate coverage
• Evaluate and choose new technologies and libraries to incorporate into our products
• Contribute to team’s best practices to ensure fast delivery of new code
• Ensure that the new developments are properly monitored with appropriate metrics that allow observability
• Troubleshoot and fix technical bugs
• Run performance benchmarking tests