Hiring: Junior Developer
The role
AddressFinder is looking to expand its diverse team of developers, and that might be you. You will be working in a small but growing company ten people strong, with a flat structure, you will report directly to the CTO and be encouraged to bring your skills, thirst for knowledge and curious mindset to this role.
The company
AddressFinder is an established address search service with strong presence in both New Zealand and Australia. We pride ourselves on providing fast and reliable service with professional but friendly customer support.
Join our growing team in an exciting SaaS company based in the Cuba Quarter of Wellington. We promise social events, table tennis, team lunches, fruit and great coffee. We also promise a real focus on learning and development, supporting our people in the growth of their knowledge and careers. You will also have the opportunity to participate in the financial future of the company through our generous Employee Share Ownership Programme.
Our team values of Continuous Improvement, Do the Right Thing, Support & Respect For All and Sustainability are at the heart of everything we do.
The job
Tech stack you are going to work on:
- Web apps written in Ruby on Rails
- Background data processing written in Elixir
- PostgreSQL and ElasticSearch for storage and fulltext search
- Interesting cloud architecture using AWS, Azure and local providers
- Github for code hosting
- Local development done in Docker on MacOS
You
Learn new skills on the job. Grow your existing knowledge of web technologies. Be coached and guided, as you work alongside more experienced developers, and collaborate on new features and improvements. You’ll be enthusiastic about being involved at all stages of development including solution planning, designing best-fit technical solutions, and coding. Bonus points for being comfortable talking to our customers and being able to speak their language.
Required
- Familiarity with web development
- Comfortable with a back-end programming language
- Familiarity with relational databases
- Should have a relevant qualification such as a Computer Science degree or EDA course
- Must be a NZ resident and have a good level of written and spoken English
This is what your day might look like:
- Start your day with stand up
- Use Linear.app to pick work from the backlog which you have helped scope and design
- Pair program with one of our experienced devs, switching between driving and navigating as you go
- Work independently on tasks within your grasp
- Participate in code reviews as the reviewer and reviewee
- Work with our customer success team to diagnose a customer problem
- Communicate efficiently over Slack about things you are working on and/or need input on
What next?
If this opportunity excites you, and you think you’d be a good fit for this role, please send the following to jobs@addressfinder.com
- Cover letter
- CV
Our office is closed from 23 December 2021 and reopens 6 January 2022. Any enquiries will be responded to when we return.
Applications close: 17 January 2022
Salary range: $60,000 — $90,000
