Backend Web Developer

Day Translations is a global translation and interpreting company. We help improve worldwide communication through accurate, localized translations, interpretation and outsourcing services, and a wide variety of tailored language solutions for individuals, organizations, and businesses of all sizes.

Position type: Full-time
Location: Remote job (worldwide)
Reports to: Senior Lead Developer(s)

Job Description

We are seeking a talented, passionate experienced developer to work with our team on the next-generation platform - Day Interpreting. Day Interpreting is the language interpretation platform that connects the best professional interpreters from any language to the client that needs them instantly.

The successful candidate will have a proven track record of thinking big in terms of architecture, not just code, experience building federated components, turning customer needs into elegant, user-centred designs, as well as implementing those designs in the presentation layer by using smart, clean web development patterns. The candidate should preferably have good past work experience in building VOIP projects. The ideal candidate will have experience understanding, mapping, designing, developing, and testing systems that empower users to successfully navigate and manage large asset libraries. UX Design experience is a plus. As a Back-end Engineer, you have the chance to help develop a new product from the very early stages. We are looking for candidates who thrive in a fast-paced start-up-like environment and want to invent the future. We are looking for an Engineer with experience in both front-end interfaces and back-end systems.

If you’re an experienced, creative, hard-working, organized, detail-oriented and professional Web developer with excellent communication skills in English, please read our requirements carefully and apply for this exciting position.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for application development, integration and deployment.
• Liaise with different members of the UX and development team to develop the highest quality web applications.
• Responsible for building reusable code and structures.
• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications, and their adherence to the designs.
• Adhere to coding best practices, ensuring code quality and organization

Requirements:

• Minimum 5+ years of experience in Backend Web development, integration and deployment.
• Expert-level knowledge and experience in PHP (Laravel,/CodeIgniter), RestAPI integration, Node (Express Server, Apis), HTML/CSS/Javascript.
• Must have worked on extensive VOIP projects in the past using Twilio APIs/SDKs
• Should have experience in building Rich UI components with React/Vue/Angular
• Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills
• Hands-on knowledge of MySql database structure/designing for optimized performance
• Should have experience working on Unix/Linux server-related operations
• Should have a good understanding of version control systems and their concepts (Bitbucket, GitLab)
• Must have excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills
• Experience working in an Agile environment in a remote workplace
• Experience in end-to-end performance tuning.
• Ability to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions
• Excellent skills to debug ambiguous/undefined problems; ability to think abstractly

Candidates should be prepared to take additional tests/interviews. The full process includes two interviews - one with HR and one with the head of the Development team.