Agile Hacker

Agile Hacker

Duties and Responsibilities

• Work in a small team to define the

  architecture, design, and code

  for a highly scalable product.
• Deal with near-real-time updates and manage, analyze, and mine vast amounts of data.
• Craft elegant, well-tested solutions, focusing on quality and robust design, not just delivering working code.
• Continuously learn and improve, both personally and for the team and organization as a whole.

Skills

• Expert skills in at least one programming language

  such as Java, C#, Ruby, JavaScript/Node.js, Python, Scala, or Go.
• Superb skills in

  object-oriented or functional programming and design

  .
• A strong understanding of

  multi-threading, synchronicity, databases

  (relational or non-relational), I/O, and networking.
• Excellent understanding of

  data structures and algorithms

  .
• Strong understanding of

  design patterns

  , or the ability to articulate why they might be overrated.
• Good communication and collaboration skills for working with stakeholders and team members.

• Desirable:

  Experience with building scalable web-based applications and APIs.

• Desirable:

  Experience with Node.js and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Redis, etc.).

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of

  2 years of experience

  working on innovative projects that showcase out-of-the-box thinking.
• A strong passion for challenging the status quo and making things the best they can be.
• An eagerness to work on different technology platforms and languages.
• A strong interest in user-centered interaction design.
• The willingness to work in a fast-paced environment and engage in debates about technologies and methodologies like FP vs. OO, TDD vs. BDD, and XP vs. Scrum.