Job Description
Junior Backend Engineer
Zeals
Anywhere
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14 hours ago
Work from home
Full–time
Are you looking
• To make a real impact at the fastest-growing tech company in Japan?
• For a fair, highly flexible, inclusive working environment where anyone, regardless of their background, can make an impact?
• To build the next bold idea in customer acquisition and revenue growth through conversational commerce technology
• For a place where things are not just fast - but they happen now?
We Are Zeals - “Designing conversations. Driving conversions.”
Zeals is not another chatbot. Our automated chat solution and conversational technology are changing the way consumers purchase or act online. Zeals converts customers who appear "unengaged" to become "valuable" through designed chat on Messaging Apps. Using AI-powered, human-designed conversation flows across chat platforms, Zeals enables brands to build personalized, automated conversations with their consumers and develop a deeper understanding of their preferences while creating a delightful, seamless shopping experience. Our last 3 years have been phenomenal. We have captured the heart of many businesses in Japan, with over 480 enterprises relying on our chat commerce offering to boost their mobile business.
The goal is simple: to “revolutionize hospitality on the Internet”, unlocking digital customer service experiences that were limited to physical stores previously.
Just Getting Started…
With more than 480 enterprise companies worldwide already utilizing our product, we are perfectly poised to seize market share and fuel exponential growth in the US market, with an eye on global expansion. Investors have taken note of our potential, leading us to recently secure nearly $40 million in funding backed by Salesforce Ventures.
Your Typical Day With Us
• Participate in a number of key development project that will shape Zeals’ current and future product
• Create a clean architecture for new services in Golang–using REST and gRPC interfaces
• Migrate legacy interfaces (written in Python and Ruby) that align with DDD architecture
• Documentation API specification and data flow
• Evangelize cutting-edge methodology or technology whilst serving as a role model for both junior and mid-level engineers
• Propose recommendations, improvements, and changes where necessary
What You’ll Need
• Hands-on experience in development flow based on Git and GitHub
• 2+ years of experience in Software Engineering or a similar role
• 1+ years of experience in development using Golang
• Proficiency in testing, including both unit and integration testing
• Exhibit a strong ability to adapt to a dynamic and ever-changing environment
What Makes You Stand Out
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Clean Architecture
• Hands-on experience with gRPC and RESTful API
• Hands-on experience with RDB and SQL
• Experience working in a GCP environment
• Proficiency with continuous integration tools like CircleCI
• Experience working in a scrum under a JIRA environment
• Ability to communicate in Japanese
• Proficiency using Python, Ruby, or NodeJS
Don’t just take our word for it
Zeals has received the LinkedIn Top Startups award twice in a row. We believe this is a testament to our growth and our ability to attract great talents–who could potentially be your colleagues!
Ready to roll up our sleeves
We obsess over bringing hospitality to everyone–be it our customers or you! You’re an individual with unique needs. So, While we can’t attract you with ping-pong tables or all-you-can-drink espresso bars, we promise you a once-in-a-lifetime experience and co-workers that you can brag about to your friends, family, or anyone you meet the next time you go out for a party! As an employer, we are ready to roll up our sleeves and change the status quo if it means to make your experience better!
• Salary Range: Up to 5.5M Japanese yen (performance review every 6 months)
• Performance review: twice a year
• Holidays: 10 days paid holidays during the first year, weekends off, national holidays, summer and winter break.
• Visa support: We sponsor visas for the right candidates. You can expect full visa support from our professional HR team.
• Education support: Udemy, Frontend Masters
• Flexible working: Highly flexible, remote-first international organization
• For Japanese residents: Work from anywhere, interim work from overseas, full flex time
• Housing allowance (within 1.5KM away from office)
• Club activity allowance
• Shuffle Lunch allowance (Cross department lunch)
• Zeals Bar (monthly free-flow beer party
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Junior Backend Engineer position is now open for candidates interested in the Remote Jobs sector. This role in Any where offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Remote Jobs is a plus.
