Senior Backend Software Engineer

About the role

It’s certainly not another mediocre offer to join a company that is reinventing a wheel for a niche segment that has a “nice” projection. No, not at all! We’ve got a truly demanded product that is being currently used by a number of household name companies, and we are constantly adding more of them. That’s the reason why we are “pitching” you to join the gang! At the moment we have around 40 employees, a young motivated and international team, but to supply the always growing demand for our product we must become bigger as well, thus we’ve already prepared a spot for you equipped with all the modern favors. It’s the right time to join! Let’s improve this world together! YOUR MISSION: Work hand in hand with the Frontend Engineers, Architects, and Product Owner to create outstanding services; Develop high-class Backend code to further enrich and be a decision-driver for our Microservice Architecture; Further, improve our solution and codebase by making implementation decisions and realizing them; Write clean, maintainable, and scalable code that complies with SOLID principles; Implement user stories in an agile environment; Be in charge of medium to large features and tasks from technical design through to release; Help set goals and technical direction while ensuring that they align with the goals of the business; Create and maintain tools to interact with the software and data; Work closely with our product team to understand our customers' needs; Make sure the product code matches the documentation and testing (including reviews, Unit, integration, and end to end testing); Understand and leverage new backend technology and know-how to empower our product. YOUR EXPERIENCE: 7+ years of experience working professionally with SQL and NoSQL databases (key/value, graph, and relational databases, transactions); Profound experience with Golang; Experience working professionally with the latest C++ standards; Experience working with microservice architecture (JWT, orchestration vs choreography, load balancing, service discovery, REST/gRPC communication protocols); Affinity and experience with DevOps (Kubernetes or Docker Swarm, load balancing, cloud computing, CI/CD); Affinity and experience with Agile Methodologies (scrum and/or Kanban); Experience working on complex projects in teams as well as leading teams; Scientific knowledge or interest related to fields we research (3D programming and rendering, statistics, numerical methods, mathematical modelling in physics, etc.). WHY US? We care about your future: Unlimited contract; An opportunity to become an owner through equity/virtual shares; Optional Private Pension Scheme. We care about your development: Individual career paths; €1,000 yearly budget for professional Learning & Development; A chance to be a part of a competent, ambitious, and fun team that inspires us to perform our best, and grow both professionally and personally. We care about respect: Flat organization; Solution-focused 360-degree communication and feedback. We care about serious FUN! People & Culture events such as company outings, ThirstyThursdays where we celebrate our cultural diversity, TheNews, Lunch&Learn and so much more! 30 days of vacation. We care about innovation: Monthly time budget of 1 day dedicated to breaking out of daily tasks – facilitated with the Design Thinking Methodology; All the tech you need (cool tech-stack, fully configured MacBook Pro, monitors, gadgets, etc.); A commitment to our Vision to change how products are created and maintained, helping a whole industry to become more sustainable! Originally posted on Himalayas