Metal Toad is an award-winning AWS Consulting Partner and AWS Managed Services provider company based in the USA. We help our customers with their cloud adoption by providing architecture, migration, optimization, machine learning, and even 24/7 support. We are a professional services firm providing services in software engineering and the cloud. We do Technical consulting, Programming & Quality Assurance, DevOps, Applications, UX, Product management, and Project management.

Metal Toad is a fully remote organization with all employees having the option to work from home. The candidate must be able to work between 8 AM and 5 PM Pacific Time (PST) from Monday through Friday.

Although Metal Toad is a remote company, we are currently seeking contractors residing in Brazil for this position.

Advanced to fluent English communication skills are essential for this role.

To apply for this position, please submit your resume in English as a PDF.

Job Description

The Fullstack Software Engineer position at Metal Toad requires experience in building high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications. You will be part of a talented team that works on mission-critical applications.

Responsibilities

Planning

Able to adapt to a dynamic and collaborative work environment, make independent decisions, and communicate them effectively.
Confirms project requirements by reviewing program objectives, input data, and output requirements with PMs, supervisors, and clients.
Provides estimates based on requirements, wireframes, and designs.

Development

Own project success by proactively communicating risks, known issues, and changelogs.
Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle.
Work as part of a team.
Code conforms to best practices.
Appreciate the value of well-tested code.
Perform peer code reviews.
Create projects that are free of major defects.
Maintain a positive and respectful tone in all interactions.

Expertise

Research new libraries, techniques, and ideas.
Interested in publishing blog posts showing technical expertise.
Enhances the organization's reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests and exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

Qualifications

Required

Agree with our Corporate Values Statement.
Believes in the company's mission: to help people.
Believes in the principles of open source.
4+ years of experience with PHP, Ruby, Python, or Javascript
Familiar with relational database concepts.
Familiarity with Postman and how to make API calls.
Experience with or knowledge of the following technologies:
REST API development and deployment.
JSON modeling and usage.
Querying and modeling using a relational data store.
Using package managers such as npm or composer.
Using Git for source control.
Familiar with Magento Open Source or WordPress..
Scripting experience with PHP, JavaScript, and WordPress hooks/filters.
Deep knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and REST API integration for WordPress or Magento Open Source development.
Experience with web accelerators, load balancers, reverse proxies, and CDNs