Full Stack Software Engineer-Bulgaria (Remote)

About Us

IZEA (NASDAQ: IZEA) provides leading brands and agencies with unmatched professional services backed by next-generation technology to develop scalable Influencer Marketing and bespoke Content Marketing initiatives. 

Over its 17 years of being a renowned industry pioneer, IZEA has been recognized and awarded repeatedly for its campaign work, technological innovations, most importantly, as a 'top place to work' and 'best work-life balance' as rated by its team members.

The company serves as a champion for the thriving Creator Economy, enabling individuals to monetize their content, creativity, and influence. IZEA launched the industry's first-ever influencer marketing platform in 2006 and has since facilitated over 4 million sponsorship transactions.

IZEA is a modern, remote workplace that welcomes people from diverse backgrounds and viewpoints, promoting an inclusive environment with equal opportunity. Our team member locale concentrations currently span 95 cities and 12 countries around the world.

We don’t just celebrate the modern Creator Economy. We’ve been here since Day One. 

The Opportunity

We are seeking a talented and motivated Full Stack Software Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will help build tools to power influencer marketing campaigns and contribute to the development of new features and maintenance of existing code.

This position is part of a global, cross-functional team that delivers world-class, customer-centric digital experiences. You will be responsible for collaborating with the team to develop project scope along with effective testing approaches to ensure quality applications and products. 

The team strives to be ego-free and motivated only by building amazing software for our users. We seek to understand the "why" behind the "what". We regularly break out into small teams to tackle problems, learn new technologies, or just share what we know with others. We test our code and invest in the health of our systems. We push each other, learn from each other, and strive to continually grow.

Your mission at IZEA

• Work as part of a team (6-10 engineers) to help enhance existing features.

• Assist with onboarding new clients into the platform.

• Participate in code reviews (through GitHub pull requests).

• Pair with other engineers to share knowledge or help resolve any blocking issues.

• Participate in sprint activities (planning, refinement/estimation, and reviews).

What you will bring to IZEA

• 3+ years work experience.

• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Java/Groovy code. 

• Meeting with the software development team to define the scope and scale of software projects. 

• Designing software system architecture. 

• Troubleshooting and bug fixing. 

• Identifying bottlenecks and improving software efficiency.

• Offer suggestions for ongoing improvement, and add or remove features as necessary. 

• Design a plan for stability, scalability, performance optimization, and ongoing improvement

• Experience with SQL databases, Postgresql is a huge plus. 

• Experience with application containerization (i.e. Docker). 

• Experience with cloud tools and technologies (i.e. AWS) 

• Experience integrating with RESTful / GraphQL APIs.

• Understand CSS, HTML, and Javascript fundamentals and semantics.

• Strong knowledge of Git and GitHub.

• Great communication skills, written and verbal.

• Motivated team player.

Tech Stack

• Java

• Groovy

• Grails

• Angular

• Ruby on Rails

• Deployed to AWS (Dockerized using ECS)

• Jira, Slack, Zoom for communication

• Git, GitHub

Why would you want to work here?

The act of hiring is not simply to up the headcount or to fill a seat quickly. When we hire at IZEA, it's to add to our strong existing roster of talent and choose the right individual to impact, collaborate, commit, inspire, and grow alongside our tenured teams. 

We take great pride in creating a positive work environment for all our employees - from our investment in team member ongoing education, to the ability to influence real change across our business - we are dedicated to your long-term growth and success. 

At IZEA, you have an opportunity to make an impact on a global scale. IZEA connects leading brands with creators ranging from TikTok stars to travel bloggers and everyone in-between. We are the pioneers fueling the democratization of information, entertainment, marketing, and commerce. Our platforms fuel the burgeoning Creator Economy, filled with the next generation of artists, poets, filmmakers, photographers, thought leaders, comics, actors, and musicians. What you do here will impact hundreds of thousands of people directly and influence the actions of millions more. 

We provide a modern, virtual workplace that welcomes people from diverse backgrounds and viewpoints. IZEA places value on action and results. We seek individuals that thrive in a challenging and fast-evolving work environment. While the company certainly is not a startup, our executives remain active player-coaches -- they roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty by working side-by-side with our team members across all levels of seniority to accomplish our common goals. 

If you are the very best at what you do and seeking an opportunity to attack the "never been done before" with a passionate team of dreamers and doers, we encourage you to apply.

California residents, please use the following link to view the types of information we may gather from California residents who are applicants, employees, or contractors of IZEA, and how we use such information: https://izea.com/california-employee-applicant-independent-contractor-privacy-notice