Senior Backend Engineer

VIDA is a Google Ventures backed e-commerce platform that converts a creative vision into products in a matter of minutes and allows customers to purchase unique items from anywhere in the world. We manage an on-demand production process and work with thousands of artists from over 2,500 cities around the world. We are growing rapidly; doubling our revenues every 3+ months.

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our team and help us build tools that will empower our artists to share their work. You’ll work with our engineering team on features that will scale with our growth; researching and implementing solutions to give our designers the best VIDA experience possible.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Design and develop microservices, web applications and infrastructure as code. Create custom features, data processing pipelines and systems integrations. Work with marketing and operations teams to define and create software tools. Investigate and fix issues and production incidents in a cloud environment.

SKILLS

Java 8, Spring 4, Node.js and ES6
HTTP, RESTful web services and Enterprise Integration Patterns
Docker, Docker Compose and Kubernetes
MongoDB, MySql, RabbitMQ and ElasticSearch

NICE TO HAVES

Familiarity with React.js, HTML, CSS, Google Cloud and CircleCI
Experience with JUnit, Mockito, Mocha, Chai Http

WE LOOK FOR PEOPLE WHO

Create new paths and solutions, rather than follow the crowd
Are honest, open, respectful, and responsible
Work hard and actively contribute
Appreciate beautiful design and craftsmanship
Care about their impact in the world

LOCATION

San Francisco

ABOUT THE COMPANY

We are a well-funded, seed-stage company, backed by Google Ventures, Azure Capital, and Slow Ventures, among others. The company was launched in 2014 and has grown over 10x in the past 18 months. We are a group of ambitious, somewhat idealistic, highly creative, and thoughtful people, bringing experience and learnings from Square, Dropbox, BetaBrand, Stella & Dot, Nordstrom, Threadless, Everlane, and Etsy. We’re a mission-driven company that cares about the impact we create across the globe and the legacy each of us leaves behind.

Email Us at careers@shopvida.com