Viva Translate is seeking passionate individuals to join our team of ML researchers & engineers from top institutions such as Google and Stanford. We are creating a world where language is no longer a barrier to work and opportunity, and we are starting across Latin America.

Viva is building an AI tool that helps people read, write, and speak better across English, Spanish, and Portuguese. If you share our vision for a borderless future and are a motivated builder, idealist, and explorer, we would love to hear from you.

What you'll be doing

Write clean, scalable & efficient code
Integrate user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic
Build reusable code libraries for future use
Design and implement RESTful APIs
Optimize the performance of applications for full-scale production deployments
Provide code documentation and other inputs to technical documents
Participate in code reviews
Set up and execute deployment processes and error monitoring (Sentry)
Perform troubleshooting and debugging to optimize performance

Must-have skills 💪

4+ years of experience as a Backend Engineer or similar positions
Knowledge of Python, JavaScript, Typescript, Node.js, Express, Django, REST APIs.
Knowledge of relational and non-relational databases
Data migration, transformation, and scripting
Experience in container systems (Docker), microservices, GIT version control, CI/CD, and working in high-performance environments
Comfortable working in a highly agile, intensely iterative software development process
Positive and solution-oriented mindset
An inclination towards communication, inclusion, and visibility
Demonstrated capacity to clearly and concisely communicate about complex technical, architectural, and/or organizational problems and propose thorough iterative solutions

Nice to haves 🍒

Experience with frontend technologies such as React, Redux, Vuejs, etc.
Experience with Websockets, Socket.io, WebRTC based technologies
Experience with cloud services (AWS, Google)
Familiar with DevOps

Our values 💛

Continuous growth - we take pride in setting new standards and taking ownership in our work
Data-driven - Decisions made together based on data and logic
Open integrity - we promote a low ego environment that treasures transparency, empathy, and feedback
Play - we champion diversity and creativity, and want everyone not be afraid to fail & fail quickly

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