Full Stack Engineer

As a Full Stack Engineer at Carbyne, you will be responsible for the end-to-end development of our life-saving platform. This includes designing, developing, and maintaining highly resilient services with fault-tolerant functionalities. You'll also build complex web applications and UI components that help emergency services respond quickly and effectively, ensuring that anyone can access emergency help in moments of crisis.

To qualify for the Full Stack Engineer position at Carbyne, you should have a Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering or Computer Science, along with a minimum of 4 years of experience in Backend Development, particularly with a focus on Microservices. Experience in Frontend Development, especially with Angular, and familiarity with cloud-based development, particularly AWS, will be advantageous.

Full Stack Engineers at Carbyne play an integral role in enhancing public safety by developing our innovative emergency call platform. Your contributions will directly improve 911 emergency communications, enabling faster response times for those in need. By applying your technical skills, you'll help ensure that our solutions can reach people in crisis, making a real impact on lives worldwide.

At Carbyne, Full Stack Engineers utilize a variety of technologies to bring our life-saving platform to life. The backend is centered around microservices, and while we frequently use Scala, we're open to expertise in any backend technology. For the frontend, we primarily use Angular, and experience in cloud technologies, especially AWS, is considered a bonus. Additionally, there's room to explore the application of AI technologies within our services.

The work culture for Full Stack Engineers at Carbyne is focused on collaboration, innovation, and making a difference. We encourage an inclusive environment where ideas are shared, and every team member’s voice matters. Our commitment to equal employment opportunities ensures diversity, while our mission-driven approach fosters a proactive attitude towards solving important challenges in public safety.

In your response, highlight specific projects where you've implemented microservices. Discuss the benefits you've seen, such as improved scalability and maintainability, and any challenges you overcame during implementation. Share examples that demonstrate how microservices contributed to increasing efficiency or responsive design in previous projects.

When asked this question, emphasize your understanding of REST principles, focusing on resource-based URI design, stateless communication, and using the appropriate HTTP methods. It’s beneficial to mention any past experiences where you’ve successfully designed and documented APIs, and how you ensured they were intuitive and easy to use for developers.

For this question, outline your process for frontend development, including gathering requirements, creating wireframes or mockups, and eventually coding the UI. Discuss your experience with Angular and how you ensure interfaces are user-friendly and accessible. Sharing examples of past projects can illustrate your expertise effectively.

Talk about the importance of building resilient applications and any techniques you use, such as redundancy, failover strategies, and regular testing. Mentioning specific examples where you’ve implemented these techniques highlights your practical experience in creating robust systems that maintain performance during failures or unexpected issues.

Share any specific projects where you've utilized AWS services. Discuss the advantages you've found in using cloud platforms, such as scalability, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness. It’s great to mention particular AWS services you're familiar with, like EC2, S3, or Lambda, and how they've supported your development tasks.

This question allows you to showcase your problem-solving ability. Pick a specific and challenging bug, explain how you diagnosed the issue, and detail your process for fixing it. Emphasizing the lessons learned or changes you implemented to prevent similar issues in the future can also demonstrate your proactive mindset.

In answering this question, mention the resources you use to stay current, such as industry blogs, online courses, or attending conferences. Show your commitment to continuous learning and adapting to new technology trends, emphasizing any communities you participate in, such as GitHub or Stack Overflow.

Here, stress the importance of collaboration in software engineering. Share how you communicate with team members, the tools you use for project management, and any previous experiences where teamwork led to successful project outcomes. Highlight how you value diverse perspectives that contribute to a project’s success.

Choose a particular instance where you faced the need to learn a new technology under tight deadlines. Discuss the strategy you used for rapid learning, such as online resources or practical hands-on experience, and explain how smoothly integrating that technology contributed positively to the project.

Express your enthusiasm for contributing to a mission-driven company like Carbyne. Highlight specific aspects of the role that appeal to you, such as the chance to impact public safety directly and work with innovative technologies. Show your passion for problem-solving in meaningful contexts and how that aligns with Carbyne’s goals.