Software Engineer

About Us:

AkitaBox is a Madison based startup with about 40 employees. We were founded in August of 2015 by a nuclear engineer, a building technology guru and a lifelong salesman who had a vision to advance the built environment to improve the lives of others. Our software-as-a-service product helps building managers and operators automate their manual maintenance processes, saving them time, money, and likely a few choice words. With our ridiculously easy to use software interface, phenomenal customer success and efficient implementation; our product is selling faster than a newly launched Tesla. If you’re looking for a startup company that values transparency, empathy, personal AND professional growth, but still knows how to have some fun - we’re the company for you. We’re disrupting the world’s largest market - the world you and we live in. Our team is expanding rapidly, and we want you to help us continue our growth.

What we’ll do for you:

We practice the golden rule - we treat you as you want to be treated. We only hire people we trust (seriously it’s written in our core values), so from day one, you’ll be treated as an expert with valid opinions. You’ll work with us, not for us. We want to help you achieve your goals, while you help us achieve ours. We have a relaxed and flexible small business work environment with tons of opportunity for growth and upward mobility. We’ve also got you covered with full health benefits, vacation, and paid holidays. In short, we let you be… well... You!

• Awarded - Top Workplaces
• Compensation will be a Competitive Base 
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Unlimited Paid Time Off
• Flexible Schedule

Who you are:

You have a passion to work collaboratively and continuously learn.  You want to deliver a balance of sound engineering and help develop, design and execute ideas into creative solutions. You want to contribute to a company, find fulfillment in the work you’re doing and seeing the results of your efforts in real time. You’ll fit in here if you’re hardworking, find enjoyment in developing ideas  and want to be part of an awesome team that loves to celebrate a win!

What you’ll do:

As one of our Software Engineers, you’ll play a critical role in part of our team structure. You will help to make what matters most to our customers and users of AkitaBox when it is needed most. 

• Implement scalable, secure, low-latency and highly available web applications and APIs
• Execute full software development lifecycle
• Design, build, debug, and maintain efficient, reusable, reliable, and readable code
• Follows guidelines for best practices in securing applications and data
• Perform validation and verification testing
• Write automated integration and unit tests
• Integrate software components into a fully functional software system
• Document and maintain software functionality
• Participates in the agile process: helping complete sprints, review code, prepare for releases, participate in planning, participate in sprint retrospectives
• Supports team with creative and critical thinking
• Balance: completed tasks vs implementing a perfect/elegant solution
• Keep assigned JIRA tasks updated reflecting progress

What we’re looking for:

Candidates who not only understand what it takes to be a software engineer but to also work together as a team to develop creative solutions. 

• Understands object-oriented programming, automated software testing, databases, development workflow, agile methodology, and testing methodologies
• Experience writing JavaScript
• Experience writing automated test cases
• Comfortable using frameworks such as Angular, React, Flutter, Node.js, Express.js and Mongoose.js
• Comfortable writing html and css
• Understands server operation on AWS and learning elements of our cloud network
• Understands CI/CD process
• Comfortable using git commands to create/complete GitHub pull requests
• Naturally innovative, eager to learn, and passionate about software development
• Excellent creative problem-solving and analytical skills
• Possesses great work ethic, is self-driven, and able to work independently
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to work in a team environment
• Enjoy working in a fast paced, innovative, collaborative, and agile environment

We require a HSED, GED or equivalent, but prefer an Associate’s or Bachelor’s degrees.