Software Engineer (Distributed Team)
PHP 45,000 - 60,000 monthly

Synacy Inc.
With business certificates
51-200 employees
6/F Crown 7 Building, Pope John Paul II Ave., Kasambagan, Cebu City, Cebu
Type: Full Time
 
Location: Philippines
 
Minimum Experience: Experienced
 
We are hiring a software engineer to join our team. This role is for our distributed team, who normally operates within the +8 UTC (Cebu) to +10 UTC (Sydney) time zones.
 
As a software engineer, you will help us build our telecommunications products which are being used by customers globally. We want to empower small and medium businesses to offer telecommunications products to allow them to compete with big companies. If you are interested in working on this mission, please join us.
 
What You Will Be Doing:
 
A software engineer, will have the following functions:
  • Design, implement, and test new features in accordance to our quality standards
  • Perform preventive maintenance, improvements, and refactoring on our existing code base
  • Understand and model business domains that comprise our system (e.g. FAX, SMS, billing, etc.)
  • Investigate and create proofs of concepts, such as in using external services, APIs, and libraries
  • Monitor, maintain, and resolve problems in our production systems and support our customers’ inquiries and issues
  • Maintain and develop infrastructure (e.g. set up applications, pipelines, and databases) in our staging and production environments on Amazon Web Services
As part of our distributed team, the following are expected:
  • Establish a working space and infrastructure to effectively participate in a distributed environment
  • Schedule work on a daily basis with a minimum of 4 hours overlap with the rest of the team
  • Use a stable, high-quality Internet access for video conferencing
  • Able to join a video conference during working hours
Who You Are:
 
We are looking for someone with the following qualification:
  • With at least the equivalent of 4 years work experience, in any programming language, in building software systems. (If you have at least the equivalent of 6 years of work experience, you may apply at the Senior role here)
  • Strong background in Java development for web services
  • Experience in frameworks such as Spring Boot and frontend development using Javascript frameworks like Angular is an advantage
  • Knowledge and experience in scalable database design, data modeling, and test-driven development
  • Experience in using cloud services and APIs, preferably with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Administration and shell usage of Linux-based systems (CentOS, Ubuntu)
  • Understanding of common Internet protocols (HTTP, DNS, etc.) and usage of networking software such as SSH and curl is an advantage
  • Knowledge in best practices for object-oriented programming (SOLID principles, etc.) and architectural, design,and code patterns
  • With strong communication skills, openness to new ideas, resourceful, and eager to continuously learn
As part of a distributed team, the following qualifications are required:
  • Self-discipline and good work ethics
  • Good verbal and written communication
  • Good time management and ability to minimize distractions
What We Offer:
  • An environment of a sports team that is there to coach each other while being performant
  • A software engineering culture that strives to build high-quality software
  • An organization of autonomous teams, exploring and trying out solutions in a safe environment
  • A place for you to learn, practice, develop yourself, and contribute to something meaningful
  • A front seat at a fast-growing, global company with a lot of opportunities in software and technology with exposure in telecommunications and web
  • Flexibility and a wide array of health and well-being incentives to keep you balanced
  • An opportunity to work with some of the best and smartest people around
A starting salary range of P45,000 - P60,000 per month. Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.

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Synacy Inc.

About the Company
 
Synacy is a global company, developing software products in the Philippines using international best practices, and exporting to the world.
 
We aim to help businesses be competitive by a consolidating telecommunications and technology markets and giving them access to opportunities that until now only large companies can realise.
 
We believe the best results for end-users and customers come from a number of various companies providing the best to service them. We want to enable them so they thrive.
 
We do this by providing the infrastructure and tools for them to sell new telecom products and enhance the value they deliver to their customers.
 
Our founders are from Australia, and together with our diverse, international leadership team, we managed the business from our offices in the Philippines, Australia, Canada, and Singapore.
 
Our company offers our products and operates under a few brands. At UTBox and Monopond, we offer fax and SMS messaging products, available globally, for individual and wholesale use. We founded an internet service provider to accelerate internet in the Philippines known as RISE. At RISE, we offer competitive fiber based internet access, to businesses located in major cities in the country.
 
It is our intent to form a globally competitive organization. We believe talented and remarkable people is found anywhere in the world. At the moment, we have most of our teams co-located in our offices in the Philippines. However, we are not limiting our reach here, we are forming a remote-first culture within our organization, so we can offer the opportunity to current and new members to work wherever they are productive.
 
A few of our strategies:
 
Software and automation is at our core. We believe in efficient, resilient, and scalable approach. Work smarter not harder, so that when you work hard you are working smart.
 
To our customers, we want to offer a complete service, in an integrated package.
 
We have taken the challenge of integrating with many telecommunication providers in the world, and aggregated our customer traffic, to offer a consistent quality at the best possible price.

Learn more at :
http://synacy.com/