Consequence. Careers | Backend Developer

About us

Consequence accelerates carbon neutral business, cities and government. We are building a capitalist solution to moral problems. Consequence prices the environmental impacts of financial transactions, allowing organisations and government to understand and eliminate them.

Combining innovative AI and machine learning with go-to-market expertise, we are building the simplest, fastest and most affordable way for any organisation to understand their impact on the environment, reduce it and offset through globally recognised projects. Our software helps businesses become sustainable and win customers, talent and investment. Experienced, funded team executing rapidly for maximum impact. Join us.

The role

We are looking for a Backend Developer to produce scalable software solutions. You’ll be working alongside our tech lead as part of a cross-functional team that’s responsible for the full software development life cycle, from conception to deployment.
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As a Backend Developer, you should be comfortable around back-end coding languages, development frameworks, and third-party libraries. You should also be a team player with a knack for visual design and utility.
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If you’re also familiar with Agile methodologies, we’d like to meet you.

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Key responsibilities

Work with the product and development teams to ideate software solutions
Design server-side architecture
Work closely with the frontend developer to implement features
Develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications
Write effective APIs
Test software to ensure responsiveness and efficiency
Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software
Create security and data protection settings
Write technical documentation
Work with data scientists and analysts to improve software

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Qualifications

Proven experience as a Backend Developer or similar role
Experience developing accessible and efficient web applications
Familiarity with common stacks available in the Linux platform
Knowledge of Python and JS languages, libraries, and frameworks for the backend (particularly Django and Nuxt.js)
Familiarity with traditional relational databases
Cognizant of the implications and tradeoffs involved with various of software design choices and strategies
Background and formal training in computer science and software engineering
Proactive and can function without supervision
Excellent communication and teamwork skills
Great attention to detail and analytical mind

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Don’t tick all the boxes? that’s fine, we would still love to hear from you.