Appsilon is hiring a
R/Shiny Developer

Summary

Appsilon is looking for a new R/Shiny Developer to join their team. The job involves building advanced Shiny apps, understanding limitations of R and Shiny, scaling Shiny to 1000s concurrent users, implementing visually impressive apps independently from a Graphic Designer, extending Shiny apps with advanced functionalities, delivering solutions known for high quality thanks to well-balanced test pyramid. Requirements include experience in building web applications or websites using R/Shiny or JavaScript or Python, implementing visually attractive apps based on the input from the UX/UI Designer, experience in using unit testing, fluent written and verbal communication in English, and a valid passport or ID Card. Benefits include salary ranging from 7000 to 22,000 PLN/month (with VAT), 26 days of paid holidays, a Professional Development Budget of 5% of the salary, 33 days (paid 80%) per year on sick leave, 4 paid days per year for training/conferences, remote work with flexible hours, private health care insurance for you and your family, life insurance for you and your family, FitProfit or FitSport membership card (in Poland), AskHenry – a personal assistant, opportunity to work with prestigious brands, and opportunity to develop as an independent Shiny expert in a data science community.

Requirements

• Experience in building web applications or websites using R/Shiny or JavaScript or Python
• Implementing visually attractive apps based on the input from the UX/UI Designer
• Experience in using unit testing
• Fluent written and verbal communication in English
• You have a valid passport or ID Card

Responsibilities

• Building advanced Shiny apps, especially for large customers
• Understanding limitations of R and Shiny and proposing ideas on how to overcome them
• Scaling Shiny to 1000s concurrent users
• Contribution to performance optimization on different levels (frontend, backend, infrastructure). Understands the way Shiny uses WebSockets
• Implementing visually impressive apps independently from a Graphic Designer
• Extending Shiny apps with advanced functionalities. e.g. using custom bindings, JS events in Shiny, JS-Shiny communication, Web Components, etc
• Delivering solutions known for high quality thanks to well balanced test pyramid

Benefits

• Salary ranging from 7000 to 22,000 PLN/month (with VAT)
• 26 days of paid holidays
• + an equivalent of public holidays in Poland, est. 13 days in 2024
• +5% of salary in Professional Development Budget
• 33 days (paid 80%) per year on B2B when on a sick leave
• 4 paid days per year to be used for training/conferences, events, or workshops
• Remote work
• Private health care insurance for you and your family
• Life insurance for you and your family
• FitProfit or FitSport membership card. (in Poland)
• AskHenry – a personal assistant. works great in large Polish cities, elsewhere limited to online support
• Opportunity to work with the prestigious brands where you can see how data science is used
• Opportunity to develop yourself as an independent Shiny expert in a data science community