Details about the client

Name of the company: Daon

Website: https://daon.com/

A short resume of the company:

Founded in 2001 in Dublin, Daon has become one of the world’s leading companies
recognized for innovation in the areas of biometric authentication and identity
management. Daon is an innovator in combining security solutions using biometric
authentication in the areas of digital banking, the travel industry, payment verification
systems, insurance, telecommunications, and other critical infrastructure.

Since founding the company, their mission has always been the same: to become a
leading identity platform enabling people around the world to easily verify and protect
their identity.

Their flagship product - "IdenitityX", currently processes over 150 million biometric
authentications per day, across six continents, with leading clients such as Mastercard
Visa, BNP Paribas, SMBC, Atom Bank, Australia Post, Bancolumbia, Kiwi Bank, Hong
Kong Jockey Club, Denver Airport, PayPay, PWC, USAA Bank, and many others.

Last year, in response to the COVID-19 crisis, Daon was one of the first to jump into the
creation of digital health passports, with the launch of its VeriFLY product. VeriFLY is the
smarter digital health passport that allows a real-time verification of COVID-related
credentials, such as health questionnaires and diagnostic lab test results, right on your
smartphone.

Today, Daon has over 200 employees working around the world, with development
centers in Ireland, Serbia, the United States, and Australia. Company headquarters are
located in Virginia, USA.

Core values that Daon nourishes: Respect and Integrity.

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They would describe their company culture as a Team Environment and a fun place to
work

Belgrade’s office is located in Zorza Klemansoa 19, and they also have an office in Novi
Sad.

Currently, there are 60 employees onboard, but they have already engaged several new
people that will join their team in the following weeks. By the end of the year, they expect
to reach the number of 90.

Technologies:

Front End – React, Redux, Angular, Backbone.js, Marionette.js

Backend - Java, Spring, Hibernate
DevOps -- AWS (ec2, vpc, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, route53, rds, ecs, etc.), Salt,
Haproxy, and Centos 7/8

Teams

Engineering teams are defined per product development, currently in the Belgrade office
they have 3 teams working on Digital Onboarding, Authentication and VeriFLY. They also
have a DevOps team and a Research team.

The company's growth plan for the next year is to hire 22 staff in Serbia in the coming
few months.

Working conditions:
● Full-time Work contract
● Salaries are paid by the last working day of each month
● Based on company performance bonuses may exist at end of the year
● 22 vacation days
● Notice period - 30 days
● Flexible start between 9 am and 10 am
 ● Remote work is the current setup, but they will transfer to
hybrid-working model soon
● Paid sick leave up to 30 days - in the amount of 65% of the average salary in the
last 12 months before the month in which temporary inability to work occurred;
● Benefits:
○ Lunch
○ Parking lot - there is parking space in Luka Beograd that acts as service
parking, charged 150 rsd daily. It is located cca 500m from the office.
○ Private health insurance for the whole family
○ FitPass
○ Professional development budget
○ 2000eur referral bonus
○ Team buildings
○ Trips to Dublin - Not applicable at current time but in normal circumstances,
they send the employees to Dublin as needed.

● Equipment - employees can choose between Mac or Windows-based computers

whichever they prefer.

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● Every 12 months annual reviews are done at Daon, with potential opportunities for
promotion!

Details about the role

Role: Javascript Engineer

Preferred number of years of experience: 3+
Reporting to: Software Engineering Manager

As the Javascript Engineer, you will be working on Daon’s flagship product - IdentityX.
This person will join the product development team which is responsible for evolving the
product and integrating new biometric technologies as they become available.

This is a great opportunity to work with a skilled team on an exciting and rapidly growing
in-house project.
You will be a great fit if you have the flexibility and desire to learn new technologies and
have a strong knowledge of app deployment capabilities; You strive to improve
capabilities, pick up and champion new technology and programming languages, apply
best software development practices, look to add value and innovate.

This position offers the opportunity to advance to Team Lead Position.

There are currently 5 team members in the working team that this person will join. Two of
them are back-end developers, and two are manual testers. Their seniority is Mid to
Senior. Besides communicating directly with their team internally, this person will also
collaborate with other teams.

The working methodology they use in this team is Scrum.

Challenges that a person in this position will face are complex problem-solving working
with biometric authentication and matching.

Key responsibilities:

● the development, maintenance, and improvement of Daon’s Digital Onboarding

platform's web applications and JS SDKs

● collaboration with DevOps and backend teams to synchronize priorities and

deliver an updated version of the product

The ideal candidate:

● Has a minimum of 3 years of experience in Front-end Engineer roles or similar
● Has exceptional knowledge of Vanilla Javascript
● Understands various JS frameworks (Angular and React are preferred)
● Must have a desire to learn new skills and keep up to date with advances in
development tools and frameworks.
● Has undertaken serious projects during their career
● Has solid knowledge of build tools, e.g. DevOps tools, such as Jenkins and other
tools are a plus
 ● Is familiar with TypeScript and JavaScript Canvas
● Expertise with a variety of testing tools
● Strong understanding of CI/CD processes
● The ability to work at all stages of the Software Development Lifecycle
● Is familiar with Agile/Scrum methodologies
● Able to work independently and as a member of a team
● Excellent verbal and written English

Nice to have skills and experiences for this position:

● Excellent knowledge of HTML5 & CSS3

● Work experience with RESTful service

● A strong understanding of RESTful Web Services design and consumption

Why is Daon such a good choice? 😊

Message from Daon:

The development center in Belgrade started operating at the end of 2018, and since the
first employee, it has been growing very fast. Currently, the team has almost forty people,
and we plan to double that number by the end of next year. The Belgrade team is
working on the continuous development of our products under the IdentityX platform,
such as IdentityX Digital Onboarding, IdentityX Authentication, or the new VeriFLY
product, making them better, safer, and easier to use.

Our employees have the opportunity to work on the development of very unique and
complex products, and to encounter interesting biometric algorithms and solutions on a
daily basis. Our problems are never simple, and we are always looking for talented
people to help us solve them. Therefore, we are proud of the fact that most of our
employees have been with us for an average of ten years or more. The field in which we
work is the field of innovation, and therefore it is constantly advancing and changing.
With the good working environment we strive to provide, our business is always
interesting and future-oriented.

At Daon, we value professionalism, creativity, innovation, and teamwork. We know that

we are only as good as the people around us, so it is very important to us that every
employee is valued in the right way, and an important and respected member of our
team, who always has an environment in which to progress and develop their career in
the right way.

We offer a relaxed work environment, with flexible working hours, a career advancement
plan, working on interesting products, and many other benefits.