Senior Full Stack Web Developer

Want to lead mission-critical projects and join a small group of forward-thinking developers working in an agile environment? Scribendi, a leading online language services company, seeks a Senior Full Stack Web Developer to join our in-house team. You will work with cutting-edge technologies, apply them in the ecommerce sector, and collaborate extensively with stakeholders and the development team to achieve ambitious goals. This role is for a fearless self-starter with good communication skills, a good work ethic, and the ability to participate in all aspects of the software development lifecycle. If you dream of creating software that has a real impact, this opportunity is for you. What you will do: Develop high-volume, highly available, and distributed production web applications Perform code reviews, pre-deployment testing, and production deployments Provide technical guidance, support, and technical mentorship to other members of the software development team, including code and documentation reviews Make self-improvement efforts to enhance skills and knowledge to stay current with technologies, methods, and processes through Scribendi's training days using leading online learning platforms Work with a talented team of engineers using the latest technologies on the Google Cloud Platform Who you are: Have a minimum of five years of professional experience deploying software in production environments Are able to write high-quality, production-ready code that promotes reuse and readability and uses current best practices Have a strong grasp of relational database systems, OOP, MVC web frameworks, and web application security principles Have experience performing code reviews, pre-deployment testing, and production deployments Can act as a project lead as required, including but not limited to allocating tasks to team members and exercising initiative and sound judgment in the execution of project plans and schedules Have a good sense of humor (Preferred) Have experience developing high-volume, highly available, and distributed production applications using microservices and containerization technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes Have high-level knowledge of the DevOps development lifecycle and software development methodologies Technologies we use: HTML5, CSS3, SASS JavaScript, jQuery, React PHP, Perl, Node.js MySQL, Redis Smarty Apache, Nginx, Linux SVN, Git, Bitbucket WordPress, Bootstrap Microservices, Docker, Kubernetes, RabbitMQ Who we are: A small team of developers working in a profitable and rapidly growing company Always striving to be innovative and fast moving as well as passionate about getting work done right Working collaboratively to grow and learn together Not afraid of difficult problems but carefully choose what we spend time on

Scribendi is a pioneering internet-based language company that offers document revision services to clients in all sectors, including business, academia, and publishing. For 20 years, we have cultivated our reputation as a leader in the editing and proofreading industry. Today, Scribendi is a fast-growing, profitable online company with a network of 400 professional freelance editors, processing hundreds of orders per day. In 2018, Scribendi launched Scribendi.ai, our artificial intelligence and machine learning arm that is creating tools to improve our customer experience and enhance our human editors' skills. Headquartered in Chatham, Ontario and opening offices in Montreal, Quebec, we boast a collaborative corporate culture that encourages creativity and innovation. We value our employees and empower them with opportunities to learn and experiment with new technologies and industry best practices, ensuring they continually build their skill sets and remain challenged. We work hard but also emphasize work–life balance: we offer flexible work schedules, comprehensive medical and dental benefits, a wellness allowance, an employee assistance plan, personal and vacation time, opportunities to make meaningful contributions to the community, and monthly social gatherings. As a global company, we offer three equally beneficial options, depending on the position: working at our corporate headquarters in Chatham, Ontario, working at our new offices in Montreal, Quebec, or working as a freelancer from the comfort of your home.