Full Stack Developer wanted for Big Data Startup

Tasks

You are the implementer in our company: As a full stack developer, you bring our application to the launch in close exchange with the product management as well as the UX. Here's your role:

- You will work across the full stack, developing highly scalable and distributed solutions that deliver positive user experiences and measurable business growth
- Develop new features as well as infrastructure to support rapidly evolving business and project requirements
- Take the lead on new projects from conception through rollout to production
- Ensure application performance, availability and scaling by maintaining high standards for code quality and thoughtful application design
- Agile development methodology, adherence to best practices and continuous learning
- Participate in all aspects of agile software development, including design, implementation, and deployment


Requirements

- Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering or a related field
- 1+ years of professional experience
- Experience in web development using modern libraries/frameworks (React, Next.js, Tailwind, Node, Flask, FastAPI).
- Experience in designing as well as integrating APIs (REST/GraphQL)
- Excellent troubleshooting and optimization skills
- Proficient German and excellent English language skills
- Prior knowledge in the areas of NLP/NLU as well as (knowledge) graph databases is advantageous

• Softwareentwicklung
• Web Development (Front- and Backend)
• Lean Startup

With the help of our competence-based database, journalists can find reliable, citable sources in the shortest possible time and use them for their work. On the other hand, experts and researchers are offered an easy way to make their knowledge available to a broader public quickly, comprehensively and smoothly. Our goal is to bring more scientific voices into the public discourse and make them heard. We want to enable a new kind of research that ultimately promotes wise decisions for all of us.

So far, we have been funded by the Media Lab Bayern as well as the Journalism Lab of the Landesmedienanstalt für Medien NRW. From September 2021, we will be funded by the EXIST-Gründerstipendium and start off strong.

Benefits

- Flexibility: flexible working hours and remote working
- Freedom: autonomy and the freedom to jointly define and drive the strategic direction of the company
- Ownership: opportunity to build a startup that will change science communication for the better
- Team: work in a flat hierarchy with 2 founders with business, journalism and technical backgrounds, and a diverse team of 5+ freelancers and interns
- Remuneration: EXIST-based salary (up to 3,000 EUR/month depending on education level) and equity with steady performance

Do you want to improve science communication? Then join our adventure and apply! We are looking forward to it.

With Meta.link, we want to revolutionize the transfer of knowledge between research, media and end users.

With the help of our competence-based database, journalists can find reliable, citable sources in the shortest possible time and use them for their work. On the other hand, experts and researchers are offered an easy way to make their knowledge available to a broader public quickly, comprehensively and smoothly. Our goal is to bring more scientific voices into the public discourse and make them heard. We want to enable a new kind of research that ultimately promotes wise decisions for all of us.

So far, we have been funded by the Media Lab Bayern as well as the Journalism Lab of the Landesmedienanstalt für Medien NRW. From September 2021, we will be funded by the EXIST-Gründerstipendium and start off strong.

Challenges

MVEs, Förderungen, MVP

Target group

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