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SAF Platform | www.safplatform.com | Full Time | Onsite | $80-$100k | New York, NY (Flatiron)

* Full Stack Software Engineer

We are a B2B financial services platform that facilitates the interaction between asset managers and institutional investors. We are a small team with experienced leadership in the alternative investment space.

Our stack consists of React, Redux, Rails, Postgres, and is hosted on AWS. We emphasize testing and value a culture of frequent constructive feedback.

The ideal candidate works well in a small, collaborative, and creative environment that moves fast. You also have previous professional experience and want to take an active role in building our engineering culture. You enjoy using technology to solve complex business problems. You are organized, self-directed, and committed to building great things.

Our interview process consists of a phone call, followed by a take-home coding challenge. Interested? Email engineering [at] safplatform.com

SAF Platform | www.safplatform.com | Full Time | Onsite | New York, NY (Flatiron)

* Full Stack Software Engineer

We are in the early stages of building out an engineering team here in NYC and are looking for a talented Full Stack Engineer who has experience designing, developing, and integrating complex systems. In this role, you will help build a scalable platform and resilient core infrastructure, architecting end-to-end data flows, and driving software development from initial concept to production release.

The ideal candidate works well in a small, collaborative, and creative environment that moves fast. You also have previous demonstrable experience and are ready for your next big project. You enjoy using technology to solve complex business problems. You are organized, self-directed, and committed to building great things.

Our stack consists of React, Redux, Rails, Postgres, and more. We place a great deal of emphasis on testing and value a culture of frequent constructive feedback.

Interested? Email engineering [at] safplatform.com

SAF Platform | www.safplatform.com | Full Time | Onsite | New York, NY (Flatiron)

* Back End Software Engineer (salary range $80-100k)

We are looking for a talented Back-End Engineer who has some experience designing, developing, and integrating complex systems. In this role, you will help build a scalable platform and resilient core infrastructure, architecting end-to-end data flows, and driving software development from initial concept to production release.

The ideal candidate works well in a small, collaborative, and creative environment that moves fast. You also have about 1-2 years of previous experience and are ready for your next big project. You enjoy using technology to solve complex business problems. You are organized, self-directed, and committed to building great things.

Our stack consists of AngularJS, Java, Spring, MySQL and more.

Interested? Email andrew at safx.io or apply at https://saf-platform.workable.com/jobs/193053

SAF Platform | Full Time | Onsite | New York, NY

* Back End Software Engineer

We are looking for a talented Back-End Engineer who has some experience designing, developing, and integrating complex systems. In this role, you will help build a scalable platform and resilient core infrastructure, architecting end-to-end data flows, and driving software development from initial concept to production release.

The ideal candidate works well in a small, collaborative, and creative environment that moves fast. You also have about 1-2 years of previous experience and are ready for your next big project. You enjoy using technology to solve complex business problems. You are organized, self-directed, and committed to building great things.

Interested? Email john at safx.io or apply at https://saf-platform.workable.com/jobs/193053

Great post Derek! What would be your best advice for someone with no technical skills (except html/css) who is going to start to learn how to code?

Since our interview in Singapore I've decided to devote myself 100% to learning to code (Rails to start with) during the second half of the year (I applied the 80/20 principal to my documentary re-interviews and travel).

When someone asks: "I really want to learn how to code, what should I do?" the answer is always the same: It's possible + you've just got to devote the time toward learning. If you are passionate about it you will stick with it. The answer has always been pretty clear for me: you just sit down and start learning how to code.

Basically, learning technical skills for me are kind of an inevitability rather than something I'm thinking about. I'm just looking for advice in regards to learning and efficiency. I really like your ideas + philosophy about self-learning, and remember you talking about learning methods in a Mixergy interview, e.g. spaced repetition software for language learning. Any similar advice about coding?

Basically, is there a way to increase the speed limit when learning to code?

Would you also recommend working on a web application while learning to code (since you started CD Baby in a similar way)?

Thanks in advance for the reply :)