About Us

BaseConnect is a military only/invite only platform connecting service men and women to each other, the military installation, and the local community. We are building products that range from social and lifestyle applications to emergency management and communication. Our focus is improving the lives of military men, women, and their families by solving real world problems faced everyday by active duty, reserve and veterans.

We are building a mobile, web and cloud driven platform using modern technologies including:

• Web via React
• Mobile via React Native 
• Node.js/TypeScript
• AWS (Aurora, EC2, Elastic Beanstalk, S3, RDS, SQS) Commercial and GovCloud

About You

You are a highly motivated software engineer ready to work on an early stage software platform where your effort has a highly visible impact. You can quickly and easily adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced startup environment and enjoy rapid iteration without sacrificing quality, as we tackle a variety of problems and technologies. You are willing to learn skills, share and receive feedback and experience, helping others as our team grows.

You must be a United States citizen currently located within the United States.

About the Job

We are a remote team which leads to a high degree of individual autonomy and requires strong communication skills to help us all stay in sync. We are looking to add a new long-term member to our team as a direct full time hire possibly with a short contract-to-hire period at the beginning.

The full time salary rate for this position is between $90,000 and $110,000 per year (we offer very competitive benefits packages as well as equity options with full-time hires).

About the Position

Responsibilities:

• Develop software and features using React and other modern JavaScript technologies
• Maintain and improve existing features as well as implement new features
• Write clean code -- Javascript, Typescript, JSX
• Troubleshooting, testing, and debugging new and existing systems
• Designing features and writing specifications
• Implementing features according to specification
• Implementing/applying user interface design
• Comply with established policies and patterns adopted by the team

 Must Have

• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience building web applications
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science (or relevant field)
• Strong understanding of the fundamentals of building software
• Expert knowledge of Javascript, CSS, and React
• Expert knowledge and experience developing front-end web technology
• Experience developing production quality front-end web applications with React
• Basic understanding of standard development tools such as version control, command line interfaces, project management, etc...

Nice to Have

• Experience writing mobile applications with React Native
• Experience building backend cloud components
• Knowledge of cloud software architecture