Software Engineer

About Us

At 1904labs, we are a human-centered technology company that focuses on using modern tools and technologies to solve enterprise organizations' crunchiest challenges.

We look for innovative, courageous, intensely curious, and team-minded people. At 1904labs, we are committed to providing each team member with opportunities that will allow personal and professional growth.

The Role

As a Software Engineer, you will be responsible for the Analysis, Design, and Development of modern application software.

Each team member is expected to have the right attitude and aptitude required to embrace new technologies as necessitated by the problems we encounter.

We seek "T-shaped" developers, deep in a few core areas and broad across a wide range of systems, programming, and computer science disciplines.

That said, we strive to build complementary teams that leverage your core strengths while also providing opportunities for growth in a collaborative setting.

Requirements

• Proficient understanding of Object-Oriented Programming and best practices for developing robust solutions as well as experience using standard Design Patterns to solve common problems.
• Must be adaptable and have the drive to learn new technologies and frameworks to support R&D interests
• Experience with relational and / or document-based data stores. E.g. (Postgres, MySQL, and / or MongoDB, DynamoDB, elastic) in a professional environment
• Experience with one or more of the following frameworks or server-side technologies. E.g. (Node, React, Angular, Vue.js, etc)
• Experience working with distributed architectures including SOA-based solutions and / or micro-services implementations.
• Familiarity with consuming from and standing up REST-based APIs
• Deep understanding of how to build, deploy, test, run and manage full-stack, cloud-native applications.

Desired Skills

• Java backend development and / or Spring boot framework experience.
• JavaScript "single page" web frameworks as well as a deep understanding of utilizing JSON-based services.
• Experience with JavaScript build tools (webpack, r.js, grunt, bower, etc.)
• Previous work experience in an Agile team-oriented environment.
• Experience with code quality tools (e.g. eslint, jshint, pmd) as well as integration into a build process.
• Full scope test automation from unit to behavioral / functional to integration (e.g JUnit, ScalaTest, JBehave, Cucumber).

Experience integrating these frameworks into a continuous integration environment.

• Experience with any of the big three IAAS platforms : AWS / GCP / Azure
• Experience with infrastructure management platforms : Kubernetes, Cloud Foundry, etc.
• Experience with various analytics tools used for working with big data

Why Choose 1904labs?

• Innovation Hours - 10% of our work week is set aside to work on our own ideas and projects. We believe that giving folks the time and space to innovate and tinker allows them to bring fresh ideas and perspectives to the work we do.
• Innovation First - work where it makes sense - each day we want you, in conversation with your team, to work from where it makes the most sense.
• Competitive salary, bonus, and benefits (medical, dental, paid parental leave, 401k match).
• We invest in the personal and professional growth of every employee because we believe growth leads to innovative solutions and personal fulfillment.
• Career paths are crafted by you and supported and nurtured by 1904labs.
• Experienced team made up of intensely curious and innovative thinkers from a variety of disciplines who inspire each other to come up with the best solutions possible.
• Being a trusted advisor to our clients allows us to affect change within their organizations.
• We work to create an intentional culture crafted around promoting and supporting the needs of our employees as whole people.
• Flexible schedules and a Human-Centered approach to work.
• Strong commitment to the community. Take advantage of the relationships we've built with our established community partners or pursue any other community endeavor you are passionate about.
• The offered salary will be dependent upon experience

Don't meet every requirement? No problem. We encourage you to apply if your skills and experience align without meeting all requirements.

We are committed to fair hiring practices and equal treatment and opportunity in all areas of recruitment, selection, and employment without regard to gender, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, disability, gender identity / expression, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other category protected under the law.

1904labs is an equal-opportunity employer; committed to an environment of inclusion, free from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.