Applications Engineer

THE ROLE

Our client is looking for an Applications Engineer who will work with an experienced team of engineers and product managers to make complex systems simple through a user-centric, UI-focused software design and development process. This role will help define and deliver new features for a long-lived but rapidly evolving application as part of a collaborative, quality-driven engineering team.

POSSIBLE SCHEDULES:

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Eastern DaylightTime (8:00 PM – 5:00 AM Philippine Standard Time), follows Philippine holidays

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time (11:00 PM – 8:00 AM Philippine Local Time), follows Philippine holidays

POSITION TYPE: Full Time

WORK ARRANGEMENT: Remote

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

·       Deliver maintainable, testable, and reusable code within the cadence of a two-week release cycle

·       Participate actively in the code design and review process

·       Collaborate with a cross-functional team (including UX/UI designers and product managers) to define and distribute engineering tasks

·       Communicate any needs or challenges to delivering assigned tasks

·       Handle additional duties and responsibilities that may be assigned as necessitated by business needs

QUALIFICATIONS

·       Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline required

·       3+ years of software engineering experience is a must

·       Experience with React UI framework and Ruby on Rails is required

·       Experience specifying and implementing unit tests

·       Familiarity with Agile development processes

·       Strong front-end development skills, including CSS development

·       Strong organization, oral and written communication skills

·       Ability to function in an autonomous environment—independent worker, self-directed