Senior Node.js/GraphQL/PostgreSQL engineer at Contra

Senior Node.js/GraphQL/PostgreSQL engineer

🌍 100% RemoteFull-Time

Posted August 8, 2022

Contra is an Independent-first community and commission-free hiring platform empowering the future of work. We match Independents with flexible opportunities, and Clients with the perfect Independent for any project from content creation to coding. We strongly believe that independence isn t just a gig, it s a way of life.

Contra is all about transforming the future of independent work. We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our fast-growing backend team and help us build the best community for independents.

You will be designing, developing and maintaining a variety of backend services powering our platform and working primarily with Node.js, PostgreSQL and GraphQL.

How you ll add value at Contra:

Develop enterprise-scale backend services using cutting edge technologies
Write professional-quality, clean and testable TypeScript code
Transform business requirements into relational database structures and GraphQL schemas
Craft readable, performant and scalable SQL queries
Collaborate with the rest of the team through planning, code reviews and regular communication

You ll be successful here if you:

You have formal education or bootcamp in data analytics - including data visualization, data cleaning, basis statistics understanding, and familiarity with basic ML approaches
You have strong knowledge of exploratory data analysis techniques and have advanced SQL skills to create and evaluate complex statements involving numerous tables and data relationships
You are comfortable manipulating data using Python and/or Jupyter notebooks and have an interest in establishing a team that shares reproducible analysis and models
You have experience driving a hypothesis-based testing approach, can reliably collect data, and make deliberate decisions based on the outcomes of experiments
You have experience defining data tracking needs and processes
You can distill complex data into easy to read and interpret dashboard to enable leadership / product teams to gather data insights and monitor KPIs
You can navigate ambiguity like a champ; as our first data analyst, you'll be working closely with product and engineering to pave the way for how we use data as an organization
You are a strong communicator and have the ability to influence decision making with data
You have a GSD attitude - no task is too small or big to reach best product outcomes
You have 2+ years experience in a data-oriented role within a fast-paced, hyper collaborative environment

Our stack:

TypeScript
Node.js
GraphQL
PostgreSQL
Redis
Temporal

How Contra can add value for you:

Remote-only culture that is here to stay
100% health coverage for US full-time employees, and health reimbursements for all international contractors
$4,000 laptop reimbursement upon starting + additional equipment, co-working, education, and meetups
401k matching for US full-time employees
No-meeting Wednesdays
Half days every third Friday of the month to enjoy a long weekend, reduce screen fatigue, and decompress
Generous time off 2 week-long company-wide shutdowns per year, so we can all collectively relax together, in addition to paid time off and flex days to look after your wellbeing.
Flexible parental leave
Annual team wide off-site
A custom slack emoji, just for you!

Our interview process

Intro Call (15-30 minutes)
Technical Assessment (2 hours max)
Interview #1 In Depth Technical Discussion Chat with Hiring Manager (45 minutes)
Interview #2 Culture Interview (30 minutes)
Interview #3 Founder Interview (25 minutes)

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