Senior Full Stack Engineer (Backend Heavy; Java, Vue/React)

Vonage Engineering Mission: Vonage is the emerging leader in the $100B+ cloud communications platform (CPaaS) market. Customers like Airbnb, Viber, Whatsapp, Snapchat, and many others depend on our APIs and SDKs to connect with their customers all over the world.

As businesses continue to shift to a real-time, customer-centric communications model, we are experiencing a time of impressive growth.

Why this role matters

The Engineering team at Vonage is a fast growing group of talented engineers. They face multiple challenges associated with high performance, distributed systems, and processing large volumes of data in real-time.

We are looking for Software Engineers to join our dynamic development team. As a key contributor, you will play a vital role in building a new generation of intelligence for SMS routing. 

 

What you will do

• Working on different aspects of the SMS platform and associated tools, server-side or user-interfaces.
• Developing and testing new features.
• Designing and planning new features, including wire-framing.
• Creating the supporting functional and technical specifications.
• Estimating the effort required to develop and implement.
• Supporting release and implementation of developed features.
• Adhering to coding standards development processes.
• Assisting with in-life maintenance, testing, debugging and documentation of deployed services

What we value

• Being disruptive. Getting things done. With smart people. Enjoying knowing that the work we do is having a global impact by enabling never before imagined communications.
• We have big goals, and we want the people who join us to be self-confident, focused on customers and delivery, and who are structured and committed in their approach. We iterate quickly, we fail fast, we take smart chances. We value those who will help us continue this spirit
• Values matter at Vonage. We are on a mission to bring value for consumers and enterprises through global cloud based communications.
• But just as important as delivering value is how we deliver that value.
• We believe in integrity. Both personally and professionally. We believe in empowering our employees and are actively seeking entrepreneurs in training who want to help build something larger.
• We have gotten to this point by being committed, passionate, and focused on getting things done. We need more people like us. If this appeals to you then we encourage you to apply.

Qualifications:

• Masters / Bachelors degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• Core Java, concurrency, server-side, and front-end experience (JavaScript, Typescript and front end frameworks - Vue Js ideally but React experience will be useful)
• Proven ability of programming in Java 8/11+

Preferred

• Cloud experience (ideally AWS)
• Understanding of Object Oriented Design and standard design patterns.
• Experience of multi-threaded, 3-tier architectures, web services and caching.
• A familiarity with databases and SQL (NoSql experience preferred)
• Ability and willingness to work in a global, fast-paced environment.
• Flexible with the ability to adapt working style to meet objectives.
• Excellent communication and analytical skills
• Ability to effectively communicate with team members

What is in it for you

Group Health Insurance.

Group Accident & Disability Insurance.

Group Term Life Insurance.

 

About Vonage

Vonage is a global cloud communications leader that helps businesses accelerate their digital transformation through our fully programmable Unified Communications, Contact Center Applications, and Communications APIs. We enable next generation communications that are more flexible, intelligent and personal, empowering our customers to do what is next and stay ahead.

At Vonage, our team members bring their passion to work, solve our customers’ problems, and operate as one global team supporting our vision of accelerating the world’s ability to connect.

Working at Vonage you are valued for your knowledge, skills, achievements, and diverse perspectives. With Accountability and Trust at our core, we offer our employees flexibility where they work and you will be rewarded through enriching learning and development opportunities to further grow in your career.

So ask yourself, why not Vonage?