Remote Backend Engineer
at Oddball

Summary

Join Oddball as a Backend Engineer to work on a pivotal Federal program making a positive impact on millions of Americans' daily lives. You will be working hand in hand with other engineers developing and scaling a major application, writing code, developing tests, and debugging.

Requirements

• 2+ years experience working with PHP and Wordpress
• Minimum of 3 years working in an Agile software development environment
• Programming in a major open source language, such as Ruby, Python, Go, Java, or JavaScript
• Understanding of the fundamental technologies of the web: HTTP, SSL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and JSON
• Experience with a front end JS framework (like Angular, React, Backbone)
• Extensive experience in taking program requirements and creating an architecture vision with experience in high volume and high availability networks and systems
• Experience in creating and conveying to team members the architectural vision for a program or project
• Build APIs that support both the digital services we deliver as well as third-party usage
• Use unit and integration testing to ensure systems meet business needs
• The ability to write code that is a pleasure for other engineers to read and understand
• Experience with all phases of the software development lifecycle - from gathering and analyzing user/business system requirements to creating application system models
• Experience participating in design meetings and consulting with your project team to refine, test, and debug programs in order to meet business needs
• Must be a US Citizen and able to work domestically
• Must be able to attain low-level security clearance

Responsibilities

• Working hand in hand with other engineers developing and scaling a major application
• Writing code
• Developing tests
• Debugging

Benefits

• Fully remote
• Tech & Education Stipend
• Comprehensive Benefits Package
• Company Match 401(k) plan
• Flexible PTO, Paid Holidays