Back-end Developer

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NaturalCycles is a revolutionary approach to birth control and family planning. Whether you want to stay safe and healthy or whether you want to plan a pregnancy, NaturalCycles is the ideal solution for billions of women. Developed initially by two former physicists, NaturalCycles is clinically tested, used to date by more than 60’000 women and backed by two leading VC firms.

We are looking for a Back-end Developer who is passionate about our product, our customers and our vision and works with us to make NaturalCycles a global success.

Job Description

We are looking for a Back-End Web Developer responsible for managing the interchange of data between the server and the users. Your primary focus will be development of all server-side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your coworkers into the application. A basic understanding of front-end technologies is therefore necessary as well.

Responsibilities

– Integration of user-facing elements developed by a front-end developers with server side logic

– Building reusable code and libraries for future use

– Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability

– Implementation of security and data protection and privacy

– Design and implementation of data storage solutions

Skills And Qualifications

– Proficient knowledge of Java

– Basic understanding of front-end technologies and platforms, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3

– Understanding accessibility and security compliance

– User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments

– Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system

– Management of hosting environment, including database administration and scaling an application to support load changes

– Data migration, transformation, and scripting

– Setup and administration of backups

– Outputting data in different formats

– Understanding differences between multiple delivery platforms such as mobile vs desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform

– Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes

– Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests

– Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git

– Understanding of “session management” in a distributed server environment

– Experience with Google App Engine is a plus!

Interested? Join our awesome team by sending your CV and a few words to [email protected]