Company Profile
Xtracta has been in operation for 14 years and has built a global customer base of partners and end-users utilising its technology. The company has experienced fast growth and is looking to expand its resources to match growing demand. Its primary base and the majority of its team are located in Auckland, New Zealand; alongside off-shore teams in other countries. The company develops a product that captures data from a range of documents using artificial intelligence and has users around the world, the company is needing to expand its resources to meet client demand and move into new areas of research.
Role
Role
We are looking for enthusiastic and bright engineers who are familiar with and want to use cutting edge technologies and techniques in web development. Candidates must have an excellent command of the English language with an ability to collaborate with clients. The role includes:
- Scoping projects
- System design
- Writing clean, maintainable and well-tested code
- Reviewing other team members' code (providing feedback and guidance where necessary)
Team
The development team at Xtracta is comprised of a group of intelligent, inquisitive and capable individuals. They are educated, resourceful and always eager to learn new technologies and approaches. They are very friendly and are all keen to support the successful candidate who fills this position.
Requirements
- At least bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field (or an ability to show high levels of competence if not)
- At least 5 years of working experience
- Proficiency in
- PHP | Codeigniter framework
- Node.js | NestJS framework
- React.js
- TypeScript
- SQL
- Building and consuming REST or GraphQL APIs
- Experience with testing frameworks (e.g. Vitest, Jest, etc)
- Experience with Docker
Nice-to-haves
- Familiarity with microservices architecture
- Experience with orchestration systems like Kubernetes
- Familiarity with monitoring systems like Grafana & InfluxDB, Splunk
- Familiarity with logging systems like Elasticsearch & Kibana
- Familiarity with messaging services like NATS, Redis
- Experience with AWS
Working Environment
Xtracta's headquarter is located in Auckland, New Zealand, within walking distance of the Penrose train station. The office boasts great views and is in close proximity of nice cafes. The team is diverse, friendly, and welcoming to all. Xtracta offers a flexible work schedule, with a preference for in-office collaboration, while also acknowledging the possibility of some work from home (remote work) arrangements.
Immigration
Xtracta is an accredited employer (AEWV) with the New Zealand government. We can provide all services necessary to help out-of-country applicants obtain a New Zealand visa and also with relocation costs and processes.
Application Questions
In your application please answer the following questions in your cover letter:
- What is your favourite design pattern, and why?
- What is your favourite programming language? Tell us about a new (or upcoming) language feature that has you excited.
