Lead Engineer

Lead Engineer

*Please note that this is for direct hiring only, NOT open to recruiters.

About the company

At VYOND, our mission is to put the power of video in the hands of everyone. Vyond allows people of all skill levels in all industries and job roles to create dynamic and powerful media. With features that go beyond moving text and images, you can build character-driven stories or compelling data visualizations that engage audiences and deliver results.

Founded as GoAnimate in 2007, Vyond has helped Global 2000 organizations, small businesses, and individuals produce more than 30 million videos.

With offices in Silicon Valley, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, Vyond employs a team of people whose creativity extends well beyond our office walls. We are passionate about the power of video and how it makes the static dynamic and transforms the mundane into the captivating.
 

Responsibilities

• Work closely with product, design and engineers across multiple platforms to release features and run experiments.
• Communicate and collaborate with other engineers in the organization, getting alignment and buy-in to propose changes to other areas of our systems where necessary.
• Initiate and lead technical projects, or propose changes to existing processes, that will improve the quality of our codebases and systems, clear out technical debt and improve our developer productivity.
• Acquire domain knowledge relevant to the Verticals, and use this knowledge coupled with technical expertise to solution and build innovative features for our users.
• Work within technology stack (React JavaScript/TypeScript), but push the team on new technologies and implementation methodology.
• Build integrations with external API services.

Requirements
 

• Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Deep understanding of Agile processes, and SaaS/PaaS cloud architectures (AWS)
• Excellent knowledge in OOP, Data Structures, MYSQL, Redis, NodeJs, React.JS, XSS attacks
• Knowledge in GDPR, PCI-DSS and ISO27001 is a plus.
• Minimum 5 years hands on frontend and backend software development experience.
• At least 5 years in Javascript/Typescript software development.
• Proven leadership skills and good command of English