Software Development Engineer (Multiple Roles)

Our main product is delivered as a (single page) Progressive Web Application - the core technologies are JS, HTML, CSS, REST. Server is also written in JavaScript (NodeJS) using MongoDB as a data store. The application server is hosted on AWS. We deploy to web (modern browsers only), iOS, Android, and Windows (same code base, using Capacitor / Electron).

Rather than depending fully on one specific client-side JavaScript framework, we instead have a purpose-built internal architecture, that borrows concepts and implementation patterns from the best open-source frameworks to fit our needs. Some of the concepts that we use are listed below. If you have used any modern JavaScript framework, you’ll feel right at home here.

• Live data updates (via Server Sent Events)
• Reactive UI views (similar to React, Vue, Svelte, etc…)
• Simple declarative UI templates (HTML & CSS)
• Native Web Components for common elements (e.g. Buttons, Input Fields)
• Single-file UI components for views (similar to .vue / .svelte components)
• Seamless data layer (similar to Ember Data Store + CouchDB / PouchDB)
• Encrypted offline data cache (similar to IBM JSONStore)
• Server-side reactive data processing (MongoDB Change Streams & Lamba Functions)
• Client-side multi-threading via Web Workers

Our architecture goals include:

• High-performance runtime (fast & responsive on all devices).
• Separation of concerns for the core layers (server processing, data sync, REST API, business logic, client-side storage, UI components, etc.). Each component does one thing, and does it well.
• Common client / server modules and business logic use the same code to keep internal APIs consistent; avoiding duplication of logic.
• Great DX – it's fast and seamless to build out new components.
• Solid telemetry across the platform for quickly isolating issues in development & production.

Equity: 0.5 - 6.0%

• Solid fundamentals in web application technologies: JavaScript, HTML, CSS.
• Experience building API-driven client applications.
• Experience building web services and APIs; for example, in JavaScript (NodeJS, Deno), Python, Java, C/C++, Ruby, PHP.
• A solid grounding in Computer Science fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design and systems architecture.
• Understanding of cloud infrastructure fundamentals (virtual machines, basic networking principles, Linux command line).
• Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills.

Salary : Highly competitive salary.

Equity : For the value you put into VetDrive, we want you to share in the success.

Flexibility : Flexible work hours, and location. Working remotely, or from home is possible.

Time off : 30 days paid time off for vacation, holidays & sick days.

Application process : Please send a recent CV to careers@vetdrive.co.

We will follow up with suitable applicants and set up an initial phone introduction; with any further stages taking place using video conferencing