Staff Engineer, QA North America
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Tech training company
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Tech training company
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
To get organisations to develop skillsets and mindsets in AI, cloud, data and other technologies.
Role
Who you are
- Hands on technical leadership experience leading project teams and setting technical direction
- Experience architecting and developing solutions to ambiguous problems
- Passion for coding, web technologies, and shipping features that drive user adoption
- Solid experience with one or more programming languages (e.g. Python, Kotlin, Go, Java, NodeJS, C/C++, C#)
- Solid experience with relational databases and with other type of databases (no sql): PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis is an advantage
- Advanced knowledge and experience on modern web patterns: AJAX, RESTful APIs, SOA, WebSocket, client-side rendering, etc
- Experience with distributed version control systems: mostly Git (Github and/or Bitbucket)
- Familiarity with cloud-oriented technologies: AWS, Google Cloud, Heroku
- Solid experience working and designing with Docker based systems
- Familiarity with cloud architecture patterns and best practices for designing highly available, scalable and secure systems
- Interest and ability to learn other coding languages
- Good level of English proficiency, both spoken and written
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Staff Engineer to help us take our product to the next level. We move seamlessly from full-stack web development, to mobile, to deployment/scaling
- In this position you will take ownership of how features are implemented, from user experience to backend, involving our web app, mobile app, APIs and backend infrastructure
- Be a technical leader within the team you work with and within Cloud Academy in general
- Lead technical cooperation with external suppliers, designing and implementing effective and maintainable integrations with third party systems
- Coordinate technical projects across teams within Cloud Academy
- Collaborate with other engineers, product managers, and designers to identify and solve interesting and challenging problems
- Collaborate with key internal stakeholders to determine how to scalably design backend systems and APIs to meet their needs
- Lead designs of major software components, systems, and features
- Mentor and train other team members on design techniques and coding standards
- Collaborate with the HR department performing technical assessments on candidates for roles on the Engineering team
Our take
It’s important to highlight the chase that human operators face, when being challenged by innovative technologies like AI and machine learning. QA (formerly Cloud Academy) wants to confront the stance that everything will one day be machine operated, it claims human initiative and intuition is still and will be important in all aspects of computer software development. The company sets out to tackle this issue and create structured learning for companies in all cloud technologies - Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform to name a few.
Efficiency in companies is key and we’re all aware that cloud platforms are constantly evolving. This can lead to employees being caught out and lack the most updated training, hindering the confidence of the employee and the productivity of the company. QA fills in the gaps and works with both the “students” in mind but also to help increase performance for the company through tech insights. it also goes on to offer well designed programmes for each company to develop with the skills their specific team needs.
There is a boom for online training courses and so an opportunistic time for QA. The importance of employee health and nurture is fundamental in companies nowadays so the demand for support like QA is only rising. They’re a well established company now with a healthy roster of clients such as Regeneron and AXA, it’ll be interesting to see how they stay relevant as they face the challenges of the ever updating technology and need for human operators.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
May 2015
$3m
SERIES A
Nov 2014
$0.1m
SEED
Total funding: $3.1m
Company benefits
- 27 days annual leave & holiday buying scheme
- Medi cash covering a range of healthcare expenses
- Cycle to work scheme available
- 2 days per year charity leave
- Season ticket salary sacrifice
Company HQ
Midtown South, New York, NY
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