About Widewail

Widewail is a Burlington, Vermont based startup solving a key problem for many businesses -how to efficiently and effectively deliver the very best customer service experience while simultaneously influencing prospective customers to choose their business. By integrating with our client’s  business management systems, Widewail invites our client’s customers to review their recent experience, then monitors and responds to reviews on behalf of the businesses. These responses are expertly crafted to include key content that attracts new customers and improves overall local search rankings. By further collaborating with our clients, Widewail  ensures that responses to negative reviews successfully address the customer’s feedback while encapsulating the client’s voice. Our client base is growing fast and we are looking for additional team members to help us meet our growing demand by expanding our current product offerings and bringing new products to market.

Come help grow a Burlington Startup!

Backend Engineer

The backend developer will be responsible for taking high-level ideas and transforming them into working software. You will have the creative flexibility to help define and design our user-facing products both in terms of the user experience and the software architecture. You are responsible for ensuring the quality and correct operation of your own work. You are responsible for the successful deployment and monitoring of your work. The position would be based either in our Burlington, VT -OR- U.S. based remote.

What you'll do

• Analyze, design and develop new software and maintain and enhance existing software.
• Greenfield development of new products.
• Integrating with a diverse range of 3rd party APIs.
• Communicate with team members on product development.
• Monitor the performance of our platform

Education

• 4+ years professional software development experience
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or equivalent.

Required Qualifications

• Self-motivated and independent learner. We are a small team and everyone is responsible for finding and implementing the right solution at the right time.
• Experience working with RESTful APIs.
• Experience working with a relational database
• Proficient with Git
• Working on a team on a shared codebase
• 3+ years of Java development experience
• Spring Framework
• Experience with automated test technologies (Junit, Mockito, etc)

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Lambda
• Kotlin experience
• Working in young, early-stage companies.
• Working in a cloud environment (AWS).

Compensation & Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA, FSA, DCA
• Company funded Lifestyle Spending Account
• Employer match 401K
• Paid Parental Leave
• Combined Time Off & Paid Holidays
• Salary Range: $73k-$100k