Fullstack Engineer at Carry1st

Description

Carry1st is the leading publisher of social games and interactive content in Africa. We work with studios across the globe - from Addis Ababa to Sofia to New York City - to level up their games and scale in dynamic, frontier markets. In addition to our full-stack publishing service, we’ve built a proprietary payments and ecommerce experience which allows customers to pay for digital content, even when they don’t have a credit card.

As Fullstack Engineer you’ll be responsible for architecting, developing and maintaining critical components of our Carry1st products and applications, including our gamer-centric digital commerce and payments ecosystem. You’ll work closely with our awesome team of Engineers and Product Managers, gaining exposure to backend, web, and mobile technologies at the intersection of Gaming Crypto and FinTech.
 

You will…

• Build, maintain, and improve the next generation of Carry1st products in mobile web, Android, iOS

• Design & build mission-critical backend microservices solutions to support the growth of the platform

• Collaborate with team members to ensure we deliver in a fast, agile manner with high quality code

Requirements

What makes you a great candidate?

• 3+ years experience with Java 11+, Spring, Spring Boot

• Experience with JavaScript (React JS), HTML5, and CSS

• Experience with Native Android, Kotlin, React Native, iOS

• Experience with microservices and dynamic routing

• Experience building progressive web apps

• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science or relevant IT qualification

• Self-motivation, problem solving, and ability to work in a distributed team environment

• Bonus: Experience developing or integrating with payment systems, games and/or media streaming applications

Our Stack

• Backend code written primarily in Java, and one application in PHP

• Hosting in AWS with use of KOPS, ECR, EC2, RDS, S3, ELB, ElastiCache, ElasticSearch, Route53 – managed with Terraform IaC

• DevOps/CI implemented using Jira, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker,, Bitbucket, Prometheus, and Grafana

• Caching is implemented primarily via Redis

• Queuing is implemented via RabbitMQ

Benefits

What will we offer you?

• The opportunity to build awesome, industry-changing products that reach millions of users

• The ability to work from anywhere in the world

• Competitive cash compensation and equity ownership

Some additional perks you’ll get access to…

• Co-working excursions and retreats: Our teams are encouraged to work from a shared location and visit each other. Carry1st will cover travel expenses, accommodation, and provide you with a daily spending allowance

• Awesome Equipment: To set our teammates up for success we make sure you’ve got everything you need to work effectively

• Remote working allowance: An allowance that you can put towards creating your own office space, whether it’s internet expenses, ad-hoc equipment, or using a co-working space

• Birthday Leave: Our teammates enjoy a paid day off on their special day

• Learning and Development: Access to a Professional Development Fund to enable teammates to attend courses, conferences and training events

• Social events: Fun and regular company events to relax and connect with teammates

Although we’ve specified a location that could work well for this role, it’s not essential to be based there. Carry1st is a remote first company – in fact, we currently have people in over 19 different countries. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. Join us!