Backend Engineer – WFM

Backend Engineer – Workforce Management (WFM)

About Veryable

Veryable is a high-growth company with a vision to revitalize the manufacturing sector through technology-driven operations improvement. Our tech and real-time marketplace have enabled us to transform an antiquated and inefficient labor market. These efforts have resulted in more work opportunities for individuals and increased productivity for manufacturers and supply chain businesses across the US.

The Backend Engineer will serve as a key contributor on the Workforce Management (WFM) team at Veryable. Your day-to-day work will require you to work with product managers, designers, and engineers to define objectives and propose strategies and deliverables to meet those objectives. You will contribute to solving problems related to scaling our product, reducing latency, ensuring security, and improving technical excellence. Specifically, you’ll be collaborating with 7 backend and frontend developers, designer, product manager, and will have the support and supervision of an engineering manager.

Our ideal Engineer has a passion for development, problem-solving, and architecture. We love engineers who think through potential pitfalls and complexities, but who also offer solutions and options to our teams. We want engineers who are closely tied to the product and are committed to delivering the best possible experience to our users.

This is a full-time role, based in Downtown Dallas, Texas. We believe strongly in hands-on collaboration, and for the growth stage of our business, we rely on in-office, in-person dynamics to ensure we can move at a high pace with efficiency.

Overview

The Backend Engineer will serve as a technical expert on the Workforce Management (WFM) team at Veryable. Your day-to-day work will require you to work with product managers, designers, and engineers to define objectives and propose strategies and deliverables to meet those objectives. You will get to solve the hard engineering problems of scaling our product, reducing latency, ensuring security, and improving technical excellence, all while mentoring engineers, shaping the team culture, influencing engineering processes, and helping to guide the direction of our products. Specifically, you’ll be collaborating with 7 backend and frontend developers, designer, product manager, and will have the support and supervision of an engineering manager.

Responsibilities

The work here is fun, fast-paced, and challenging. Our developers are fantastic coders and subject matter experts, and they play a critical role in growing our business. Specifically, a backend engineer is responsible for the following:
Contribute to the development and evolution of an industry-changing tech platform
Build robust services and APIs to power existing and new features for our web and mobile apps
Interact with business partners to plan new features, refine and enhance existing features, and offer support and technical guidance
Embody our world-class tech team and company cultures

Requirements
1-2+ years of experience in backend engineering roles
Proficient with Javascript and Java/ Python/ PhP or any Object Oriented Language
Willingness to learn and build applications using Node JS as a backend language
Ability to create and consume internal/third-party APIs
Ability to utilize and implement creational/ behavioral/ structural design patterns
Understanding of RDBMS databases, such as MySql/ Postgres/ Oracle etc.
Understanding of Mac OS/ Linux/ Windows OS and Git/ SVN versioning tools
Passion for solving new challenges, new problems, and reacting quickly to market changes and requirements.
Ability to manage multiple projects and report on the status
Demonstrate strong time management skills
Display high levels of coordination with other developers using digital tools
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Strong organizational skills with attention to detail
Experience writing technical documentation and specifications
Experience writing clean, performant, and testable backend code
Experience integrating 3rd party tools and libraries
Ability to work in-office at our headquarters in Downtown Dallas, Texas
Bachelor’s Degree or higher or equivalent experience in lieu of formal education

Preferred Experience
Experience with Node JS, JavaScript, TypeScript, Kafka/ Messaging or Task Queuing, OOP concepts, RDBMS
Experience with Test Driven Development best practices
Experience working with agile project management methodologies: Kanban/ Scrum
Experience with containers and container orchestration

Employee Benefits
401K Plan
Health insurance
Life insurance
Dental Insurance
PTO