Backend Engineer (NodeJS)

ElCoach is the #1 on-demand fitness and nutrition app in MENA.

ElCoach is an AI-powered fitness and nutrition app with its key distinction of being locally adapt to the MENA region. ElCoach envisions to continue the transformation of the digital fitness and well-being industry of the MENA region by building a complete digital fitness ecosystem that helps individuals build healthy habits that last.

• Develop, record and maintain cutting edge web-based Nodejs applications.
• Refactor, optimize and improve the existing codebase for maintenance and scale.
• Troubleshoot and fix bugs/flaws to ensure servers are running optimally.
• Provide timely solutions to issues.
• Use test driven development and acceptance tests to ensure feature quality.
• Document the development process, architecture, and standard components.
• Stay up to date with new trends and best practices.
• Participate in all phases of the development life cycle.
• Implement analytics and monitoring routines
• Get involved and participate in the overall application lifecycle

• 2+ years of experience as Backend Developer.
• Experience with Amazon Web Services
• Experience in front end technologies like ReactJS , React Native is a PLUS.
• Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system
• Hands on experience in in NodeJS, ExpressJS
• Excellent in mysql, redis and relational database skills.
• Experience with building restful JSON web services, GraphQL services
• Good understanding of the Linux ecosystem and experience with server management
• Experience with Docker and how to use it in the context of micro-services
• Experience with practical implementations of continuous integration and continuous delivery tools.
• Experience with scalable/high traffic apps
• Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
• Experience in clean code principals
• Experience with high availability solutions (load balancing)
• Understand how to automate builds and deployment for all lifecycles - from development through production within a Continuous Delivery model.