Senior Full Stack Engineer (React-Java)

  • Full-time

Company Description

Hello, we are Edify, one of the highest ranked IT companies in Costa Rica and Central America according to Great Place to Work ®.

We're a consolidated technology services consultancy firm specializing in education technology. We deliver unbelievably creative and rock solid solutions for a wide range of clients, including major corporations, startups, educational institutions and non-profit organizations.

At Edify we believe that bored employees make boring products. Here, there's no such thing. We help our clients design, build and run some of the most interesting ventures in the industry, while promoting the warm, friendly and cooperative culture. Work and life should definitely be buddies, so we're serious about cultivating a great work environment.

Job Description

We are on the hunt for passionate Senior Full Stack Software Engineers. This role is perfect for those with a strong sense of how it should be done, as we're looking for leaders who can help establish standards and practices of front-end and back-end development in our projects. And if you've worked with big consumer applications and helped them scale massively, that'd be great too.

Qualifications

You know your stuff:

  • 5 years plus of Software Engineering.
  • Ability to work on all aspects and tiers of development.
  • Extensive back-end development experience using technology stacks based on Java
  • Experience working with front-end frameworks like React and/or Angular.
  • Confident with HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript.
  • Experience working with SQL and relational database engines MySQL or PostgreSQL.
  • Great verbal and written English and Spanish communication skills, at least B2 according to CEFR for both languages. 
  • You strive on building high quality, secure, legible and maintainable code, based on best practices and on solid theoretical knowledge of computer science and software engineering.
  • Keen to learn and improve everyday.
  • You thrive in collaborative environments and are not shy to pitch in improvement proposals. 
  • You’re up for supporting the team on achieving set objectives and you know the right time to ask for help on achieving yours.
  • You’ve worked extensively with git and git flow.
  • You know your way around the terminal and have written bash scripts to automate some of your tasks.

Additional Information

We believe that work and fun can, in fact, coexist. To wit:

  • Competitive salary in USD.
  • WFH all week.
  • Career path programs.
  • $200 quarterly training subsidy. 
  • Private health/life/dental insurance with PALIG (free for you, 50% discount to include for your spouse/children).
  • Social Responsibility, Wellness and Occupational Health committees to take care of ourselves and others.
  • Access to Headspace app for mindfulness meditation to improve sleep, and reduce stress and anxiety.
  • Very flexible schedule (objectives is what actually matters).
  • Work-Life balance.
  • Culture of integrity.
  • Culture of knowledge sharing.
  • Special time-off licenses for: paternity, marriage, bereavement and minor sickness (that may not require a CCSS incapacity).

Once we can go back to the office (1 day per week):

  • Lunch is on us the days at the office.
  • Free fruits to enjoy at the office Monday thru Thursday.
  • There's always drinks and snacks in the kitchen.
  • Private and secure parking space.
  • Video game room.