Back End Developer

OMG

We are looking for an experienced Back-End Developer to join our development team. You will be responsible for the server side of our web applications and API endpoints.

  • Location: Full-Remote, Anywhere (EU/US/CA/UK/BY)
  • Currency: USD, EUR, or GBP
  • Contract: Self-Employed / Contractor

About OMG

OMG (Online Media Group) is a digital media agency and content delivery platform. We are attentive, innovative, disruptive, and work tirelessly in our mission to inform and entertain worldwide audiences. Our platform serves globally recognized brands and reaches a monthly audience of over 20 million across nearly 50 billion engagement moments.

Working at OMG

At our core, we are a technology driven organization; our people are highly skilled, creative, and focused on the goal. Some of them are generalists, some are specialists, all are problem solvers who want to see their input make a difference to our success. The senior leadership has a demonstrated track record, a vast amount of experience to share, and thrives on helping people succeed and grow.

We offer the opportunity to become part of our international, full-remote, organization; a dynamic, fast-moving, but ultimately fun and challenging environment where we value independence and initiative, create opportunities for career development and eliminate friction so that we can be an organization where everyone can deliver their absolute best.

About the Role

If you have excellent programming skills and a passion for developing applications or improving existing ones, we would like to meet you. As a Back-End Developer, you’ll work closely with our engineers to ensure system consistency and improve the user experience.

You should be able to develop and maintain functional and stable web applications and APIs to meet our needs.

Responsibilities

  • Participate in the entire application lifecycle, focusing on coding and debugging
  • Solid JavaScript and NodeJS knowledge is essential
  • Write clean code to develop functional web applications and API's
  • Troubleshoot and debug applications
  • Perform tests to optimize performance
  • Manage cutting-edge technologies to improve legacy sensitive and large-scale applications
  • Collaborate with Front-End Developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic
  • Gather and address technical and design requirements
  • Provide training and support to internal teams
  • Build reusable code and libraries for future use
  • Liaise with developers, designers, and system administrators to identify new features
  • Follow emerging technologies

Requirements

  • Proven work experience as a Back-End Developer
  • In-depth understanding of the entire web development process (design, development, and deployment)
  • Hands-on experience with JavaScript and NodeJS
  • Excellent analytical and time management skills
  • Teamwork skills with a problem-solving attitude
  • BSc degree in Computer Science or relevant field, or equivalent experience

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