Software Engineer (Full Stack)

  • Full-time

Company Description

Portonics is a team of technology consultants that specialize in application design, software & mobile application development. Our goal is to help clients understand and make full use of digital technology that can heighten brand awareness and lead to better business.

We are a diverse team of engineers, analysts, solution architects working on the latest technologies, and running a wide range of projects from business-critical applications to applications serving a large number of customers daily. 

We build and manage in-house, client products, and end-to-end services locally and globally. Services include server management, software management, networking, development, deployments, information security and consultancy.

We are an agile team who are very passionate about what we build. We design solutions to reduce/automate operations. Along with building custom solutions, we leverage open source technologies. Our teams build, manage, automate monitoring systems, alerting and deployments.

As a digital transformation team, we are big on Dev, DevOps culture, and collaboration.

Job Description

Full Stack engineers will champion the development of best-in-class web applications, consistently ensuring UI consistency and quality.

You will create and deploy software building blocks that support the client's and internal product suite, and work cross-functionally with product and leadership teams to implement the best solutions. You will work for standardization and improvement of development processes including technology selection, deployment steps, and code review.

In addition to the above, you will be,

  • creating system functionality;

  • amending existing features;

  • doing research and development of proof of concepts;

  • structuring code in according to coding standards;

  • writing thorough automated tests for your code;

  • Updating/managing tasks through JIRA;

  • participating in daily standup meetings;

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field; with 3+ years of industry experience or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience;

Must have:

  • Excellent PHP (7+), JavaScript, NodeJS development experience;

  • 3+ years of experience in web front-end experience: HTML, CSS (SASS/LESS), JQuery, ReactJS / AngularJS (or equivalent);

  • Experience in PHP framework Symfony (preferred), Laravel, and/or CodeIgniter; 

  • Experience in Webpack, Grunt, Gulp;

  • Strong experience in working with API’s;

  • Strong experience with data modeling, relational database, SQL and database administration, and complex queries; 

  • Demonstrated experience supporting enterprise-level, mission-critical applications;

  • Exceptional written and oral communication skills, able to synthesize complex information into succinct executive summaries for internal and external audiences;

Good to have:

  • Experience with PHPUnit, mocha, jest, or similar ;

  • Experience in server technologies, specifically AWS;

  • Experience in Docker applications will be a plus;

  • Familiarity with open-source software a plus;

  • Familiarity with JIRA, Jenkins, Elasticsearch, Grafana, Kibana is a plus;

  • Experience in Kubernetes will be a plus;

Additional Information

  • Communication skill is very important for this role; our engineers work across every team in the organization. Applicants should be able to communicate not only with other developers but also with management, non-tech team members & external parties.
  • Someone who will take ownership of a feature or application from initial conception through release while also assisting others when the need arises.
  • Have an understanding of virtualization and containerization as a tool for growing scalability, reliability, and expediency.
  • Ability to learn and teach new technologies and skills as new technology is introduced.
  • Sound mature judgment and decision-making ability.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • We are looking for honest, dedicated and responsible individuals.