The Role
Position
: Mid/Senior Backend Developer
Salary
: Negotiable based on experience
Location
: Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur
Working Hours
: Mondays-Wednesdays (office); Thursdays-Fridays (remote)
What you'll be doing
Join forces with our team to build and grow the Lumi News app for millions of Malaysians! πͺ
- Develop, maintain, and troubleshoot Lumi News' backend application
- Design highly scalable, testable code
- Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems
- Participate in user growth initiatives
Requirements we're looking for
- Over 3 years of working experience in software engineering/web development in Ruby, Python, or NodeJS (applicants well-versed in other languages can also apply)
- A strong grasp of relational databases (we use PostgreSQL)
- Experience/exposure in building API using REST/GraphQL
- Cloud services such as AWS/GCP
- Automated testing and CI/CD
- Good experience in version control (Git)
- Good to have: Experience in background job processing
- Skills in web scraping is a plus!
- We invite you to apply even if you don't meet all the requirements
The non-technical things that matter
- You must be hungry to grow a mobile news app for millions of Malaysians
- You must be a problem-solver with a great work ethic; resourceful, disciplined, and would love to join a small team of simple, fun, practical people based in KL (and Discord)!
Who you'll be working with
- You'll be working together with our senior backend developer and our tech team
- You'll also be working closely with our Product Manager and other team members in tasks that require a collaborative effort
Apply now
Email your CV and GitHub link toΒ work@luminews.my and tell us why we should hire you!