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You might hire a back-end developer to:

  • Regularly communicate with stakeholders, project managers, quality assurance teams, and other developers regarding progress on the long-term technology roadmap
  • Create and maintain workflows with teams to provide visibility and to ensure workload balance for consistent visual designs

  • Develop and oversee testing schedules in the client server environment, addressing all browsers and devices to ensure various devices display the desired content
  • Produce quality code, raising the bar for the whole team on quality and speed
  • Recommend system solutions by comparing advantages and disadvantages of custom development and purchase alternatives

Required skills and qualifications Preferred skills and qualifications
Computer science degree or equivalent experience Experience designing RESTful APIs, specifically for mobile apps
Excellent foundation in computer science, algorithms, and web design Experience leading a team
Experience writing highly secure web applications  
Experience with core AWS web-enabling technologies  
A growth mindset, able to challenge the status quo to find new solutions and out-of-the-box ideas