Senior Applications Engineer
Senior Applications Engineer What you will do Do you enjoy working with clients from different industries to investigate complex business problems and to design end-to-end analytical solutions that will improve their existing processes and ability to derive data-driven insights? Aimpoint Digital is a dynamic and fully remote data and analytics consultancy. We work alongside the most innovative software providers in the data engineering space to solve our clients' toughest business problems. At Aimpoint Digital, we believe in blending modern tools and techniques with tried-and-true principles to deliver optimal data engineering solutions. You will: - Become a trusted advisor working together with our clients, from data owners and analytic users to C-level executives on how to best solve their application needs - Develop, test, and maintain web applications using React, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. - Collaborate with the design and product teams to implement user-friendly and visually appealing interfaces - Developed and maintained RESTful APIs and backend systems, including CRUD applications and integrations with external APIs - Optimize applications for speed and scalability - Troubleshoot and debug issues to improve application performance and user experience - Stay up to date with emerging technologies and best practices in web development. - Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and adherence to development standards - Contribute to the development of technical documentation and user guides Who you are - We are building a diverse team of talented and motivated people who deeply understand business problems and enjoy solving them. - You are a self-starter who loves building software solutions and working with data to build analytical tools that business users can leverage daily to do their jobs better. - You are passionate about contributing to a growing team and establishing best practices. - As a Senior Applications Engineer, you will be expected to work independently on client engagements or to collaborate with a small team on project delivery, take part in the development of our practice, aid in business development, and contribute innovative ideas and initiatives to our company. Requirements: - Degree educated in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent experience - Experience with managing stakeholders and collaborating with customers - Strong written and verbal communication skills required - 4+ years working with application development; both frontend and backend - Proven experience as a Web Developer, Mobile Developer, Applications Engineer, Software Engineer or similar role - Proficiency in React or comparable design framework. Experience with other frameworks is beneficial (e.g. Angular, Svelte, React-Native, Swift, Kotlin) - Strong knowledge of JavaScript, HTML and CSS. - Proficiency in one or more backend languages (preferable one of Python, Java, C# or Golang) and an ability to pick up new languages, tools and frameworks. - Familiarity with developing RESTful APIs - Preferred proficiency in SQL and working with relational database systems (e.g. Postgres, MySQL, Cassandra, Elastisearch, Redis) - Experience with modern data platforms a plus (preferably Databricks or Snowflake) - Knowledge of web development security practices - Understanding version control systems - Experience with CI/CD (e.g. GitHub Actions), testing frameworks