Full Stack Software Engineer - iChurch Solutions

As a Full Stack Software Engineer with iChurch Solutions, you will be responsible for building enhancing and securing our web application for the Church Software industry.

At iChurch Solutions, you will work on a true cloud-based project that publishes code frequently. From small team discussions, design and code reviews, developing in a modern web stack, problem solving, refactoring, troubleshooting and improving, you will be fully involved in the development of the product.

What You Will Be Doing

• Build, enhance and secure the iChurch Solutions software
• Optimize it for performance and scalability
• Participate in design and code review
• Collaborate with a team to bring new features and unique selling points

Experience

A minimum of 3 years of professional experience, during which you’ve developed technical expertise and stellar professional skills.

Requirements

• Intermediate understanding of the core features of at least one backend language: Primarily PHP/Node
• Intermediate understanding of JavaScript core language concepts — DOM manipulation, Fetch API, ES6+ features
• Working knowledge of at least one complementary front-end languages/frameworks (ex: Angular, jQuery ) as well as experience with responsive design interface development (Bootstrap)
• Intermediate understanding of at least one Web Framework: Codeigniter/Yii2/Laravel for PHP.
• Strong understanding of fundamental database concepts – relational (SQL) database, non-relational (NoSQL) database, ORMs/ODMs and Web storage API (front end)
• Experience with architecture and design principles, building to consider maintainability, performance, security requirements, and impact.
• Strong preference for test-driven-development (TDD) and understands its importance
• Familiarity with at least one web server technology — (ex: Apache, Nginx)
• Familiarity with at least one cloud hosting platform –(ex: AWS, GCP)
• Working knowledge of tools and editors— (ex: Grunt, Sublime, Atom, JSLint)
• Comfort working within agile methodologies and experienced in estimation and time management

Preferred Skills

• Strong ability to problem-solve, debug, and understand pertinent performance metrics
• Knowledge of unit, integration, e2e and UI testing, with at least one relevant testing framework
• Familiarity with containerization infrastructure and orchestration
• Awareness of the capabilities of applicable languages/frameworks/libraries as well as the inherent differences between them in order to understand trade-offs and make recommendations.

What You’ll Get*

• Full-time compensation
• Beautiful working environment
• Opportunity to work with the brightest minds inside and outside of your field
• A chance to change the world for the better
• We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.