Full Stack Developer (Django + React) vacancy at SelfCode

We are a fast-growing biotech company in the personalized health space. We build software to help interpret peoples’ genetics, lab tests, and symptoms in order to give personalized health recommendations. Our primary goal is to give people affordable tools they need to live a healthier and better life.

General overview of the role

Our primary goal is to give people the tools they need to live a healthier and better life.

We are looking for a Full Stack Developer. Pay will be in accordance with abilities, skills, experience, hustle, leadership, math/bioinformatics knowledge, level of English proficiency and location.

We do not want to waste your time applying, so please look at these bullet points before applying.

Full time - we expect people to put in 40 hrs a week or more
Fully Remote.
NO agencies
Minimum of 2-3 years professional coding experience
Salary: $15-$35/hr USD as a contractor (around 30k-65k/ year) - depending on skills, speed, experience, proficiency in our tech stack, location, English fluency, leadership abilities, work hustle & drive, personality, plusses listed, etc...
Equity is also available for outstanding applicants and those with leadership abilities - people who can take on a leadership role.

Responsibilities

Creating new features related to personalized health based on genetics, labs, and symptoms
Developing scalable, easily-maintainable software
Optimizing applications for maximum speed and scalability
Extending and improving existing internal software systems
Software Testing
Able to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system
Implement creative and visually-appealing frontend designs
Translate designs, wireframes, and mockups into highly-composable code
Participating in weekly scrum meetings

Requirements

Strong English-language communication skills
Professional experience with Python
Professional experience with a python based web application framework, such as Django or Flask. Experience in Django is preferred.
Professional experience with React & Redux or similar front end technologies or frameworks (Angular, Vue, etc...)
Proficiency in Type
Experience with React performance testing and performance optimization (React profiler, server-side rendering, code splitting/lazy loading)
Solid command of Java, CSS and HTML
Well-versed in source control with Git
Understanding the differences between multiple delivery platforms (e.g. mobile vs desktop) and optimizing output to match the specific platform (e.g. HTML5, and CSS3)
Understanding of accessibility and security compliance
Knowledge of user authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments

Skills considered as a good plus

Bioinformatics knowledge
Math knowledge
Knowledge of Wordpress
Health enthusiast
History of leadership