Senior Full Stack Engineer

About Slash

Slash is an Innovative Digital Solutions Build Studio and Recruitment Consultant for IT teams. Our recruitment consultants specialize in building remote or hybrid autonomous teams to help innovators develop software & digital products, and launch hi-tech startups. We’ve cracked the code in helping our highly-skilled, global technology talent community connect with leading companies based on our experience in building and investing in our own startups and commercializing them through joint ventures in ASEAN and Europe. 

Slash has headquarters in Singapore and community-oriented R&D hubs in Phnom Penh, Yerevan, Jakarta, Bandung, Yogyakarta and Bali, and is building its hubs in the Philippines.

About our Client

Our client is a joint venture established in 2016,  the rising workforce employment needs of the emerging Asia Pacific market. We are one of the largest workforce solutions providers in the region, spanning over 45 offices across 13 markets including Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Our reach, scope, and scale of operations have set the industry standard for cross-border recruitment and holistic workforce solutions. Since inception, has placed over 59,000 positions across the region and works together with 98% of Fortune 100TM companies for their workforce solution needs. Technology group is a new team created to deliver cutting-edge online HR solutions to external and internal customers. Join our journey to build a diverse set of mobile & web integrated product offerings to transform the HR industry. 

About this Role

This is an individual contributor role. We are seeking talented and innovation-driven Fullstack Engineer who is passionate about digitally transforming our Perm Placement business in APAC. You will be designing, developing, and deploying innovative solutions in this domain to bring a step change in how we do things. In particular, you will be part of team developing a project to deliver a job-to-candidate matching application and its software components. You will use cutting-edge frontend design methodologies and UX patterns to build low-latency and secure software for our web applications that will make our recruiter's life easier. Similarly, you will use state-of-the-art architectural and operational patterns to design, build, and deploy scalable services and pipelines on our backend to power our regional operations. As a member of the Technology group, this is a pivotal role in transforming our businesses and operations, working with a hybrid of co-located and remote teams.

Requirements

Job Summary 

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and test our new job-to-candidate matching application and its software components for our Perm Placement business
  
• Work on an agile engineering team writing maintainable and scalable code for software components and influencing team decisions
  
• Collaborate with stakeholders to imagine, design, develop, test, and launch software that impacts our customers and inspires your peers
  
• Use technology to solve difficult problems. Define a design, turn it into high quality code, and deliver it on schedule. Proficient in a broad range of data structures and algorithms, knowing when it is (and isn’t) appropriate to use them
  
• Independently clarify technical requirements, assessing development estimates and apply a broad range of design approaches
  
• Demand and achieve the highest standards in documentation, unit testing, code reviews, test automation, continuous integration & deployment
  
• Obsess over operational excellence, evaluate system performance, security, design system metrics and driving quality improvements
  
• Bring best practices from previous
  

How do you know if you are a good fit?

• 7+ years of professional software development experience
  
• 5+ years of experience developing applications for web services or applications
  
• Strong computer science fundamentals in design, data structures, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis
  
• In-depth knowledge of CSS/HTML/Javascript and experience developing frontend UI in modern language frameworks such as Reactjs, Vuejs, Angularjs
  
• Proficiency developing backend in modern language such as Java, Nodejs, or Golang including object-oriented design
  
• Experience with design, development, deployment, and maintenance of scalable backend services and pipelines on AWS/GCP/Azure
  
• Solid coding practices including good design documentation, unit testing, and peer code reviews
  
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to navigate highly complex and ambiguous situations
  
• Ability to communicate in English (both verbal and written)
  

How do you know if you stand out?

• Located in Malaysia or Singapore
  
• Strong verbal and written English communications skills, as well as the ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations and virtual teams
  
• Passion for building a rich and innovative user experience
  
• Ability to make improvements to the team’s development and testing processes
  
• Ability to resolve conflicts and technical disagreements while leading the team to the optimal solution
  
• Ability to mentor teammates on team software, team culture, and customer-centricity
  
• Demonstrable track record as an owner who can take a concept and make it real
  
• Experience in HR/Recruitment/Finance industries