Polyglot Developer

Responsibilities:

• Work on technically challenging problems.
• Collaborate with the team to design elegant solutions.
• Write code that is easy to read, test, and maintain.
• Participate in building prototypes and showcasing products.
• Participate in the larger tech community as a speaker and represent Tarka Labs at conferences.

Requirements:

• Experience in building distributed systems and demonstrating ownership of the work you've done.
• Comfortable communicating and reaching clarity on ambiguous business requirements by talking with stakeholders.
• Knowledge of CS fundamentals.
• Knowledge of the web-based UI technologies: HTML5 CSS, React/Redux, or a similar modern JavaScript development environment.
• Understand one of the bundling tools like Webpack, Rollup, Parcel, or esbuild.
• Deep knowledge of the HTTP server and writing microservices with at least one dynamic language focused on productivity, like Ruby, Python, or PHP, with its popular framework and its ecosystem (e. g., Rails, Django, Flask, Laravel, etc. ).
• Knowledge of a statically typed C family of languages like C, C++, C#, Java, Scala, Go, Rust, or similar.
• Knowledge of working with an RDBMS like MySQL or PostgreSQL.
• Be comfortable with complex queries and understand how to read query plans and optimize the query accordingly.
• Basic knowledge of the Linux operating system is required to be comfortable with SSH and run some common operations to manage the server.
• Knowledge of containerization tools like Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes is preferred.
• People with a growth mindset.
• Must be a passionate hacker, enthusiastic polyglot developer, and software plumber who works with clients to build beautiful and brilliant digital products and digital experiences.
• Must have a strategic mindset for projects and spend time negotiating with clients to bring a technical vision to life.
• Having a balance of high-level and tactical mindsets is a must, as you will spend time both with clients and alongside your fellow teammates.