Knowledge of GIT is essential, as is a workflow and merging and reviewing code changes between developers.
Other skills of value:
If you have what it takes to be a tech lead, there is also the opportunity to lead in the architecture of solutions, refactoring systems, improving internal processes and documenting specifications for projects.
Job Description
- Work remotely via Slack with our project managers and other developers/designers on a wide variety of projects
- Handle tasks using a ticket-based system that lets you track your time and view priorities between tickets.
- Benefit from working from home and on your own hours.
- Get exposure to a wide array of project types, solutions, and challenges. Work with us is always evolving and ever-challenging.
Job Qualifications
- You should consider yourself a strong/senior developer in at least a few areas of the industry. This is not a junior position; you will be expected to lead or at least work independently on one or more projects at a time.
- You need to self manage yourself well, and this means you should be able to track your time daily and with a good degree of accuracy while also juggling tickets from different projects that you are engaged in parallel.
- You should be good at blocking your time out for particular tasks so that you can work efficiently on specific tasks/projects and minimize your own distractions.
- You need to be a quick learner, able to pick up new skills and technologies as needed and as new clients are acquired.
- Prior experience working as part of a remote team is essential.
- Able to communicate in a clear, documented, and direct manner.
- you should have experience estimating projects that are over 300 hours and breaking them down into discrete components.
- You need to be able to demonstrate good troubleshooting skills. (deduction, documenting steps taken)
- Even though we value independence, you should also be a good team player and able to ask for help when you need it; we are a family.
- We use Slack, Google drive/apps, and Redmine as our project tools, familiarity with these tools plus Jira and Bitbucket is beneficial.
Based on the responses we get, promising candidates will be requested to fill out a form that asks more specific questions.
Fountain City™ is an equal opportunity agency that believes in and promotes a positive work environment, equality, and fair compensation.
Thank you!
Job Type: Contract
Salary: $45.00 to $80.00 /hour
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