Description

Description

Pixelmatters is a digital product studio. We’re a team of strategists, designers and engineers creating top-quality digital products.

Our mission is to empower businesses to achieve their full potential by creating top-quality digital products, while fostering great relationships along the way. We envision a world where great user experience is the norm, not the exception, inspiring businesses and people to be at their best.

We're looking for you - a meticulous and pragmatic problem-solver - mid to senior Back-end Engineer, that is always looking for an opportunity to learn something new, making you a learner and open-minded go-getter. You have the ability to design, test, and implement web services and APIs, as well as a strong interest in learning Web 3.0and decentralization.

Your role will focus on tackling projects that require architecture design, infrastructure planning, data modeling, database management, API development, CI/CD pipelines, among others, and you will be involved in all stages of the development of all server-side responsibilities. For this specific position, proficiency in JavaScript, ideally Node.js, is key. More importantly, desire and eagerness to learn and work with Web 3.0 is a must.

Some of your day-to-day tasks will include planning and the design of architectures and data models for server-side services, dealing with databases, web services, APIs, and integrating all pieces together, while negotiating with Front-End Engineers API contracts for data exchange. On top of this, you will be building and managing infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines for different services and scenarios, guaranteeing the implementation of security policies for data protection. Research and creating Proof of Concepts (POCs) will also be part of your day.

Requirements

• At least 4 years of experience as a Back-end Engineer
• Solid JavaScript knowledge
• Experience with back-end frameworks, preferably Node.js based ones
• Willingness to explore, do R&D, and adopt Web 3.0
• Proficiency developing and designing RESTful services and APIs
• Experience designing and implementing scalable databases, architectures, and web services
• Proficiency working with SQL (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL) and or NoSQL (e.g. Mongo, Redis) databases
• Solid knowledge in CI/CD pipelines
• Experience integrating third party services and tools
• Familiarity with hosting solutions such as Heroku or AWS
• Good understanding of English and Portuguese (written and spoken)

It would be awesome if you also have...

• Exposure to Web 3.0 technologies such as IPFS, Solidity or Metamask
• Experience with web security (HTTPS, CORS, OWASP)
• Previous proven experience building and launching web apps from scratch
• An enthusiasm for being an Open Source contributor

Benefits

• Quality-driven, inspiring and collaborative work environment
• Competitive salary and benefits, including health insurance
• For now, you’ll be working fully remote. Over 2022, we’ve planned opening a new office located at Porto’s downtown. You’ll then be able to decide where to work from.

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