Backend developer to Combat Climate Change

Salary Unpaid
Equity To be negotiated

Hi there! You know you’re a great developer. But do you realize that with your programming skills you can literally make this world a better place? In ACT, we have developed a scalable mobile marketplace for sustainable grocery shopping, which will empower consumers to start shopping sustainably almost overnight with the ACT app, changing the direction of their money towards producers who respect the environment and treat their workers well. If your eyes widened and lit up a bit, read on!


What would be My role in ACT?

  • Developing a microservice-based infinitely scalable backend architecture in compliance with best development practices

  • Working on a. Payment solution and product sustainability rating system 

  • Help launch version 1.0 of ACT app

  • Next prepare version 1.1 where we will probably move to a leading cloud provider either with own infrastructure or using e.g. Amazon Web Services, infrastructure as code, optimal deployment pipeline, automated end to end testing of entire pipeline and separate services

What skills do I need to accomplish this?

  • 1-3 years of experience with Java development

  • TDD, CI, CD

  • Scrum-based development

Plus with experience in:

  • DevOps, Linux commands/batch scripting

  • Development and production pipeline telemetry

  • Feature switching, trunk-based development

  • PostgreSQL

  • Kubernetes

  • Web development, React

Why is working with ACT so awesome? For countless reasons, but let’s just name these 3: 

  • Joining our team at the beginning of a fascinating journey means you’d simply have a say in what we do and how we do it and take ownership.

  • At the same time, you will get constant support, working hand in hand with our diverse and competent team. E.g. our unbelievably skilled and good-hearted tech lead, Kudzaishe, who has experience working for the biggest bank in Africa, and from a social network platform creating enterprise systems in millions of users. Loads to learn from this guy. 

  • And above all, you’d play a crucial role in the emergence of (possibly) the only tool that can really impact the future of the food production industry and thus mitigate global warming and change the lives of millions for the better.

What am I like in your ideal-backend-dev fantasy? 

  • Loving, of non-violent communication and collaboration skills

  • Disciplined and self-driven (it’s not easy to come back from work and work again!), honest and generally good-hearted as hell (...)

  • A team player building effective and fun relations with other people of diverse backgrounds, even when they’re on the other side of the Earth (or screen)

  • Enjoying remote work and flexibility of time and location

  • Fluent in English

  • Able to pay your bills and have a decent life with a current stable job and devote at least 10 hours per week to ACT project without a salary (for the time being), paid in equity

What is your gut feeling telling you?

We know this offer may be peculiar and the no-money-yet aspect can be tough. We’ve all been there, and yet there we are around 20(!) people literally infected with ACT’s vision. If your heart (or gut) tells you “I want to be the next ACTer, I want to have my share (metaphorically and literally!) in this world-changing project” there’s nothing left but send us an application and tell us what your heart told you about working with ACT and share your skills and portfolio to prove that you not only want but also can

You cannot imagine how much we’re looking forward to meeting you :)

Cheers,

ACT Team

For more information or questions please contact us at jobs@aacctt.org

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Flexible working hours
Flexible working hours

Time is precious. Make it count. Morning person or night owl, this job is for you.

Equity package
Equity package

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Working at
ACT Cooperative Corporation

ACT is your partner in sustainable shopping — a simple, intuitive and enjoyable tool which helps you direct your money where it matters to YOU. Make a list, optimize it and choose ethically and ecologically produced items. Once we create demand for sustainable products, the food production industry will have to follow. Check our open positions and join this epic project to mitigate global warming with the power of innovative technology and united global effort of the smart and caring consumer! ACT is a unique project that has brought together an amazing team of international talents scattered around the world and coming together by their thirst for innovation, and passion for addressing one of the biggest problems we face in today's society: how we consume and specifically how can we consume more sustainably?

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