Senior Software Engineer - International Corporate Contractor

*** This is an international corporate contract position, and candidates must be located outside of the United States

We all speak different languages, and languages come in many forms. That language could be Mandarin or English, Python or Ruby. Languages offer unique views of the world, but can also create barriers in communication. At GLOBO, our collective, unique skills allow us to bridge the divide and enable communication, helping change the lives of some of the most vulnerable in our society.

• VP of Engineering

As a Senior Software Engineer with GLOBO, you’ll dig deep into a variety of gnarly technical areas to help shape the evolution of our products, inline with our mission of “helping people communicate when it matters most”. This path gives you the opportunity to play a strategic role in the development of a product that is revolutionizing the delivery of language services and omnichannel communication while keeping you connected to the development work you love.

As a Senior Software Engineer working with and reporting to our Director of Engineering, you’ll be responsible for developing and integrating core technical aspects of our platform. This includes working closely with our internal development team to build and modify features that support the growth and enhancement of our technology, with a focus on stable scalability. Driven by your wealth of experience and passion, you’ll also support new product development by exploring ways that GLOBO can innovate in the areas of product and service delivery. The portal team is responsible for our our web portal and our different service lines that are integrated into the portal, including out call center platform.

• Develop new features and improve upon existing features.
• Diagnose and resolve bugs to ensure our clients and staff have the best error-free experience possible
• Develop and Maintain Unit and Integration tests
• Monitor, diagnose, and resolve performance issues
• Perform code reviews and mentor other team members on best practices and positively influence their career development
• Manage technical debt, helping our product and engineering teams work on improving developer happiness and efficiency

You're a true technologist and an advocate for great engineering practices. Solving complex problems and building products that serve a valuable function in society get’s you up in the morning. You’re confident working independently and enjoy working collaboratively to build truly useful products.

Stepping into this role, you'll leverage your software development experience to build creative solutions to the tasks at hand. You’ll utilize sound engineering practices including unit and integration testing, code reviews, stress testing to ensure the highest quality and performant systems possible . We believe that a skilled, open-source polyglot with creative problem-solving skills is preferable to an expert in our specific stack.

To summarize, we've built a high-availability system that enables real-time interpretation through voice, video, and chat. On the back-end, we provide visualized data that delivers powerful user insights. Our stack includes the following:

• Ruby on Rails
• PostgreSQL
• AWS
• Redis
• Twilio
• Objective-C/Swift
• Android/Java
• JavaScript
• React
• ElasticSearch
• RabbitMQ

This isn't a comprehensive list and we're always looking for the best tools, methodologies, and ideas.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field
• 2+ years of experience developing software
• Experience developing reactive web applications
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively verbally and in writing

GLOBO is a B2B communication platform provider, specializing in translation and interpretation technology, services, data, and insights. For the third year in a row, GLOBO has been ranked in the top-10 on the Philadelphia 100 list of fastest-growing privately held companies. Our platform, GLOBO HQ, enables real-time connection with best-in-class translation, interpretation, and transcreation services, 24/7 in over 200 languages.

What’s it like to work here? We’re a close-knit team with big ideas and ambitions. We’re proactive problem-solvers, excellent collaborators and empathetic, energetic innovators. We make the impossible happen, and make hard tasks easier. We don’t take ourselves too seriously, but we’re serious about our mission – Helping people communicate when it matters most.

Does this sound like you? We’re always on the hunt for people who bring energy and ideas to our diverse and growing team.

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