Full Stack Developer (remote) at Self Decode

Job Type and Pay

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: Depending on skills, speed, experience, proficiency in our tech stack, location, English fluency, leadership abilities, work hustle & drive, personality, plusses listed, etc...
Substantial equity is also available for outstanding applicants and those with leadership abilities - people who can take on a leadership role.

Highly Desired Duties & Skills

Strong English-language communication skills
Professional experience with Python
Professional experience with a python related framework, such as Django or Flask. Experience in Django is preferred.
Professional experience with React & Redux or similar front end technologies or frameworks (angular, etc...)
Proficiency in Typescript
Experience with React performance testing and performance optimization (React profiler, server-side rendering, code splitting/lazy loading)
Solid command of Javascript, 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

Duties

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
Participating in daily scrum meetings
Implement creative and visually-appealing frontend designs
Translate designs, wireframes, and mockups into highly-composable code
Collaborating and troubleshooting issues with our backend team and other company stakeholders

Plusses

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

About Self Decode

About Us:

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 the tools they need to live a healthier and better life.

Our companies:

SelfDecode.com - We analyze people's DNA, lab tests (over 40,000 users so far) and symptoms and provide health recommendations that are simple and easy to understand using our custom-built algorithms.

Selfhacked.com - With over 1.5 million visitors per month, SelfHacked is a trusted source of scientific information on supplements and health topics.

Our outlook:

We are a flat organization and prioritize efficiency.
We work as a team and every input and suggestion is taken into account, no matter who it comes from.
We thrive on open communication and dedication.
We are a meritocracy and people who show good abilities or skills can move up in the organization fast, get raises, etc...
We expect people to work full time without side gigs.
We expect the applicant to have a long term relationship with our company.
We expect employees to be proactive and autonomous.
We do not micromanage.
Dishonesty is not tolerated at all, and we thrive on trust.
When you're working, we expect you to work.
We emphasize skills & abilities rather than education.

We are very selective in our process because we look for a very long-term, full time partnership with our employees. We try to keep the process as short as possible, so that we don't waste anyone's time.

If this is the type of company you want to be a part of, apply now!