Software Developer - APIs

Virta is seeking a Software Developer to join our team, with a focus on creating scalable and robust software systems. In this role, you'll have the opportunity for hands-on development work while defining the technologies to achieve our long-term company goals. You'll also coach other developers in adapting services, particularly in Identity Management and customer APIs. As a Developer, you'll take technical ownership of our development without line management responsibilities. Check out our Tech Blog with awesome stories from Virta’s development team: https://medium.com/engineering-and-design-virta-ev-charging-platform Location – Romania Our modest expectations: Domain knowledge about Identity Management and API business. Understanding Event-driven architectures (Kafka knowledge is a plus), SOLID principles, test-driven approach, MVCS architecture, microservices adaption Proven hands-on experience in software development (e.g. Node.JS and PHP are a plus) Familiarity with databases, experience with modern CI/CD systems, knowledge of cloud services, and of front-end languages and libraries Experience in Scrum and Kanban. SAFe and other agile methodologies are a plus Fluent in English, as it is the main working language at Virta To provide insight of our existing technology stack: NodeJS microservices with Typescript, a PHP 8 Laravel 8 Monolith, and a PHP legacy system with JQuery UI React based web UI’s, MySQL and PostgreSQL databases, Redis, RabbitMQ, and Kafka, all running on AWS Microservice deployment on top of Kubernetes Bamboo, Bitrise and Drone, Gitlab Pipelines for CI/CD A helpful team passionate about engineering excellence Key Responsibilities: Create scalable, future-proof software architectures, and realistic plans for developing them across the whole Virta Platform Do hands-on software development to achieve your plans Work with development teams and businesses to ideate software solutions You are comfortable with coaching developers in the development work and implementing the plans you have created. You don’t sweat when writing technical documentation or internal tech blog posts. In addition to technical competence, communication is key in this role, you can explain complicated solutions in a simplified manner to your less technical colleagues. You are not afraid to ask hard questions nor provide simple instructions You have enough persistence and determination: it takes a certain stubborn attitude and time to build simple solutions to complex problems. Solutions that are easily maintainable, good quality, AND are also scalable, you understand this concept well Facts & Figures about Virta: Virta is one of the leading global EV charging platforms and charging networks in Europe since 2013 Virta is among the rare 1000+ companies that made the FT 1000 list four consecutive times 105 000+ EV charging stations online on the Virta Platform 30+ countries with charging networks on the Virta Platform Headquarters: Helsinki, Finland and 7 offices in total globally Offices: Berlin, Stockholm, Paris, London, Singapore, Bucharest 220+ employees 500 000+ EV charging stations in the roaming network Who we are? We are very proud of the culture we’ve created together at Virta, and we would love for you to experience it as well. Here, you can get a sneak peek into what makes Virta’s culture so special. Please, check our culture handbook here. Join us today to build Virta together and have fun!

Key Skills

• Node.js
• PHP
• Microservices