Fullstack Senior JS Developer

What we're looking for
..a Fullstack Senior JS Developer (with focus on backend) to join and further grow our development team
Responsibilities

As a full stack developer, you will work on the frontend as well as the backend side of our product and therefore will take full ownership over the features you are creating. After you develop a comprehensive understanding of the components of our product, you are given full responsibility to extend them and build on them in ways that makes our product more valuable, more reliable and better structured to ensure future maintainability.

Specifically, we have a frontend based on React and a backend written in They interface with each other using GraphQL. We utilize TypeScript (Version 4.7) for the entire codebase to improve code quality and reliability. We write comprehensive integration tests using. Our infrastructure is based on AWS and Docker.

Qualifications

The most important part is not a specific tech stack, but traction, experience, and interest in building great products. We are looking for a senior, not a strong junior of mid level person

At least 5 years of hands-on software engineering experience (after university - in real projects)

Substantial experience working with and the JS backend ecosystem, and ideally some experience with React

Profound experience with JavaScript and familiarity with TypeScript

Experience with relational databases

Experience with code refactoring

Experience with writing integrations tests

Experience with Docker and AWS

Ensuring technologies are used efficiently, profitably and securely

Ensure our services keep data confidential

Ensure our services are highly available

Ensure our services are secure

Build quality assurance and data protection processes

Generalist mindset; eagerness to learn about new technologies and tackle unfamiliar problems

Experience in agile product teams as a contributor

Startup mindset and pragmatic, hands-on attitude

Fluency in English and good communication skills (at least written)

Experience in startups

You are very programmatic with a will to get stuff done

Benefits

Opportunity to join a promising startup with an informal, collaborative, transparent, honest, non-hierarchical, ego-free culture

Remote work from where you want (as long as it is GMT+/-3)

Great entry into the hot topic communities and DAOs (and also blockchain) with direct input to the founding team

Opportunity to fundamentally influence a growing platform

A front-row seat to learn how to grow a tech heavy startup

Travels to Berlin to meet the team (and have some fun time) at least once a year

Enough space for your own ideas

Learn how to work in a start up that puts security and privacy first

Option to become a core team member including ESOP (we prefer to have our team as shareholders instead of VCs or banks..)

About Us

tchop is the first out-of-the-box platform that lets enterprises, publishers and content creators reach out to their most trusted users with their own branded app. An app that combines content and news with an engaged community.

Our solution empowers small teams as well as big enterprises to establish direct user relationships on a branded mobile platform, creating a central communication hub where user find all relevant content and where they are empowered like on a social network.

Our clients appreciate a highly secure tech environment that puts privacy first. We don't sell or trade data and we don't want to track users more than needed.

We are fully bootstrapped (we actually dislike VCs and what they often add to the company in terms of pressure), approaching 1mb ARR with clients all over the world We're small but fast growing, you'll get to learn a lot working alongside incredibly talented and like minded people in a very open environment.

We're always looking for talented humans who are interested in building the future of content and community alongside us.

How to Apply

Apply now with your complete application documents, gladly also without a photo and without stating nationality, marital status, gender, religion or other potentially discriminatory characteristics.

Include this role's title in your subject line (it'll help us to sort through the emails).

Send along links that best showcase the relevant things you've built and done.

Please send everything to

At tchop, we are huge advocates for diversity and inclusion. From LGBTQ+ events to open discussions about eliminating bias, we highly encourage people from underrepresented groups to apply.

We also encourage people without degrees to apply: we believe that what you've worked on and achieved is way more important than on-paper qualifications.

We are looking forward to meeting you

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