We are Nyati 🌿
At Nyati we create, curate and improve everyday products to sell them in our own site and own stores. The products we create are based on what our customers want: health, performance and affordable prices. We are fearless entrepreneurs who believe that with a little bit of ingenuity, a clever use of technology, and by paying honest attention to what people seek, we can make the tastiest cookies, the cleanest soaps, the softest diapers, at the fairest prices, while keeping you healthy and our world safe.
We're a fast growing, ambitious startup backed by a set of top notch investors. If you want to make a big impact fast, believe in a future where everyone has access to high quality affordable consumption, and would like to join the friendliest team in Retail-tech, then we would love to speak to you.
We are small, but we have big plans to turn the retail world upside down, and we invite everyone to join us as we pioneer a future where grocery shopping is better for all.
What you’ll work on 💻
- Develop backend software with a commitment to Clean and DRY code, observability, and evolvability
- Design and maintain comprehensive unit and integration test coverage, to ensure site stability and development confidence
- Maintain and develop third-party integrations, including documentation and testing
- Keep up with industry trends and best practices, and continually suggest improved strategies and initiatives
- Monitor the performance and usability of backend systems, ensuring that SLOs are met and faults remain uncommon
- Contribute to maintaining an open, empowering, responsible, and proactive engineering culture
- Participate in (and lead!) recruiting efforts
About you 🙌🏻
- 3+ years of professional software experience (or equivalent)
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent)
- Excellent coding skills in at least two of Python, Ruby, Java, or PHP
- Experience using modern web development frameworks (e.g., Ruby on Rails, Django)
- Advanced SQL skills (MySQL and/or Postgres), with experience in data modeling
- Strong Unix / Linux command line skills for both software development and service monitoring
- Interest in agile processes (scrum / kanban), data-driven development, reliability, and responsible experimentation
- Familiarity with Docker and AWS, and have used them to streamline the lifecycle of software development projects
- Insatiable curiosity, a commitment to precision and excellence, and a drive to work collaboratively within and between teams
Bonus points: we’ll definitely want to have a conversation if 🤘🏻
- Nothing thrills you more than starting such an ambitious project from scratch
- You have experience with microservices or SOA: designing, creating, deploying, testing and monitoring
- You’re interested in FOSS, and having continued involvement within the broader engineering community
- You’re passionate about idiomatic code style, readability, and when to use which software design patterns
What we offer 💵
- A chance to join the team as an early employee and have autonomy and ownership of engineering at Nyati
- The opportunity to work with the most modern tech stack
- The tools you need to do your best work
- A competitive compensation package
- The opportunity to build the future of mass - healthy - consumption
- An inclusive, transparent, friendly and fun working environment - we pride ourselves on being the friendliest team in Retail-tech
How we hire 🤝
- Apply to this very job post.
- Quick telephone chat with Angie our CPO
- Work on a technical challenge
- On-site interview with Angie and Iván, our lead investor’s CTO
- Final interview with René our CEO and Laurène our CMO