Senior Back End Engineer at Bambee (Los Angeles, CA)

Job Description

About us

Bambee is an early-stage, venture-backed startup creating a new way to provide best-in-class Human Resources to small businesses all over the U.S. Bambee likes to hire go-getters - past and future entrepreneurs who view their departments like small companies. As a member of the Bambee team, you must have an insatiable drive for results. Solving customers’ problems should excite you. Data should guide you. Results should inspire you. You use analytical thought to make programmatic decisions and logic-based choices, ultimately delivering value for Bambee’s customers and Bambee as a business overall.

Bambee’s goal to offer Human Resources for $99/month has never been done. The team that will accomplish this is a team full of drivers. What are you? If you’re a passenger, thanks for reading. If you’re a driver, join us.

Job Summary

We are looking for an engineer that loves and has chosen to specialize in backend development, and loves working within Node/Express with MongoDb/Mongoose. We expect candidates to have boilerplates or custom built frameworks that they are proud of and clearly communicate their design principles. The successful candidate will also be familiar with the infracture the code will run on and have experience in configuring Docker and Virtual machines to strategize infrastructure needs with the DevOps team.

Responsibilities

• Working with cross functional team members to produce tech solutions from business requirements

• Creating API services for Full-Stack engineers to consume

• Developing an API versioning plan to implement and maintain backward compatibility

• Planning and releasing new Services and Database Schemas

• Strategy to increase source code test coverage

• Ensure API services are maintainable and debuggable through proper automated tests and logging procedures.

• Ensure deployments are handled gracefully through proper data schema management and migrations.

• Enforcing security practices to ensure customer data integrity

• All other duties as assigned

Skills & Qualifications

• 3-5 years in our primary stack (Node/Express, MongoDb/Mongoose)

• Proven records for launching, maintaining API services that have gone through the test of time and high volume.

• Understanding microservice design and experience in implementing client/server versioning to gracefully handle new deployments

Additional Competencies

• Experience implementing GraphQL with express

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

• Agile-Based Development

• Test Driven Development

• Experience using Ava

What’s In It For You

This is a fast-paced, rapidly-growing startup - you will be a contributor right from the start, whose contributions, experiences, and insights will have an immediate, meaningful impact on our business. Bambee is a company where you will be valued, challenged, and respected, and you will be a meaningful contributor to what we are building. Join our team.

Benefits Include

• Equity

• Medical, dental, vision insurance

• Life insurance

• Monthly gym reimbursement

• Health equipment reimbursement to promote a healthy lifestyle

• Personal travel reimbursement to promote new life and travel experiences

• Arts & cultural experience reimbursement to encourage participation in arts & cultural events

• Office in one of the most iconic buildings in Downtown Los Angeles

AAP/EEO Statement

We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, we comply with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

We expressly prohibit any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of our employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.

Company Description

Small businesses can't afford an entire human resource department. But now they can for only $99/mo. Bambee is an on-demand HR service for small to mid-sized businesses, all for less than the price of a cell phone bill.

Bambee is early-stage and venture-backed. Early stage and venture-backed, Bambee was founded in 2016 by Allan Jones (2x-entrepreneur & ex-CMO of ZipRecruiter, and Head of Product at Docstoc [acquired by Intuit]), who has a proven track record in developing successful product and marketing strategies for small businesses/HR. Our team is close-knit, passionate, easy-going, comedic, and lightning-fast.
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