Cloud Developer

Join the team designing and developing innovative software solutions to meet client needs while providing expert technical support.

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Who We are and what We Offer at Next point

We’re problem solvers, simplifiers, and challenge seekers, all united by a shared goal: fostering a happy workplace and delivering great results for our clients. At Nextpoint, we value innovation, creativity, diversity, and initiative, thriving in a tech-forward environment where our team enjoys coming to work. If you thrive in a relaxed, informal setting and love taking on new challenges, Nextpoint is the perfect place for you to grow and be rewarded.

What you’d be doing in this role

The impact you’ll make:

• Building new tools and solutions to enable client self-service.
• Comprehensive knowledge of designing and developing high-quality, efficient software
• Define and document best practices and strategies.
• Seek ways to push and improve Nextpoint’s development processes by introducing new methods and technologies.
• Delivering software solutions to increase our clients’ command of their data.
• Identify and track meaningful metrics.

Your expertise:

• 3+ years

  of cloud software or infrastructure architecture experience.

• 3+ years

  of experience with core AWS services and microservices architecture.
• Strong notions of security best practices, such as using AWS S3, IAM, VPC, Batch, Step Functions, and AWS Lambda, are mandatory. 
• Working knowledge of MySQL is mandatory. 
• Working knowledge of Python and Elastic/dtSearch is desirable.
• Should have Knowledge of web services, like API, REST, and RPC.
• 2+ years of experience in RoR development is a major plus.
• Passionate Software Engineer who contributes to define, implement and maintain highly scalable, distributed and resilient software applications.
• Ability to effectively communicate technical information, both orally and in writing.
• Great team member, Strategic and analytical thinker that takes responsibility and works collaboratively.
• Should have experience working in an Agile environment.
• Legal technology experience is a plus, but not required

What we bring to the table besides salary

• Competitive pay that matches your experience
• Flexible hybrid schedule (2-3 days in-person) 
• Annual professional development stipend to keep growing
• Most importantly, we offer a psychologically safe and inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome and supported.
• And more good stuff!

Don’t just take our word for it that we’re awesome!

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• Nextpoint Culture

Equal Opportunity Employer

Nextpoint is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to foster a diverse workplace, actively seeking to recruit, retain and promote people of color and LBGTQ+ candidates. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. If you are interested in our company, we encourage you to apply even if you do not see an applicable job description, as we are growing fast and are always on the lookout for high-performing, curious, and entrepreneurial-minded individuals to join our team!