Backend Developer

TL;DR

Backend Developer: Working on Home Assistant Cloud services, maintaining existing features and infrastructure, and creating valuable new features with efficiency and privacy in mind with an accent on scalability, high-performance, and reliability. Focus on implementing security and data protection best practices.

Location: Remote. Must be able to cover Eastern → Pacific timezones (UTC-5 → UTC-8).

Salary: Argentina 51.000.000 - 66.000.000 ARS, Brasil 200.000 - 267.000 BRL, Colombia 90.000.000 - 120.000.000 COP, Chile 35.000.000 - 48.000.000 CLP. These figures may be adjusted based on experience, qualifications, and work hours.

Company

hirify.global is building Home Assistant Cloud, a cloud service that aims to put users, their privacy, and their data first.

What you will do

• Contribute to the design and implementation of scalable, high-performance, and reliable backend applications.
• Participate in code reviews as part of our collaborative development process.
• Collaborate with cross-functionally to define, design, and ship new features.
• Contribute to maintaining and improving the performance, quality, and responsiveness of the cloud services.
• Implement security and data protection best practices in your work.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and share best practices with the team.

Requirements

• At least five years of professional experience in back-end development.
• At least two years of professional experience in Node.js/Typescript
• Basic knowledge of system administration
• Experience with cloud services (preferably AWS)
• Experience with Git & Github
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken

Nice to have

• Experience in NestJS, Elixir, Terraform, Grafana or Python
• Personal experience using Home Assistant
• Knowledge in modern frontend app development
• Affinity with open-source development and philosophy

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote organization with no fixed schedule, aiming for at least 3 hours of overlap in the workday.
• Five weeks (twenty-five days) of paid time off.
• Fourteen days of paid sick leave if your country/laws treat them as unpaid.
• Six weeks of paid and six weeks of unpaid parental leave to be used in the first year after birth.
• A budget for your work hardware once you start. After three years, you may keep this equipment for personal use.
• An annual smart home budget ensures you keep up-to-date with the latest smart homes offer.

Hiring process

• Apply for the role.
• HR Screening.
• Live Coding Session.
• Team interview.