Senior Backend Engineer

About the Position

We're on the lookout for Senior Backend Engineers to join our Staffbase team and help us build an awesome internal communications platform. We are looking for empathetic and motivated team players who are motivated by growth and ownership.

As part of our tech stack, we are using: React.js, Javascript, Typescript, Tailwind CSS, Kotlin, Go, Java, MongoDB, Terraform, Docker, and Playwright, to name a few.

Our environment

• Working with skilled and similar-minded professionals in a team that values diversity and inclusivity.
• We aim to create a flexible and agile work environment that promotes the well-being and work-life balance of our employees.
• We believe that team events during working hours play a vital role in building an exceptionally effective team.
• We are enthusiastic about technology and committed to using it to improve the world.
• We follow the "You build it, you run it" approach and take pride in it.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for improving and developing both our web-based clients, native apps, and our RESTful web services.
• Work in a cross-functional scrum team and produce high-quality and tested code.
• Give and receive valuable feedback in our code review process and continuously learn and share knowledge with your peers.
• Being open to feedback and taking ownership of your work are essential.
• Take ownership of topics ranging from the features you produce to the quality of our work and the environment we work in.
• You will work iteratively, frequently pushing code, ensuring a good CI/CD pipeline, and automating where possible.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a Backend Engineer working with Go and preferably Java/Kotlin.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Passion for the things you build and a desire to make a difference.
• Preferably, you have worked in an agile environment before.
• You value quality as well as clean code and are eager to learn new things.
• Good English communication skills.
• You are a self-starter who can work independently and as part of a team.
• Understanding and appreciating diversity and inclusivity in the workplace.

We Offer

• Competitive Compensation - we offer attractive salary packages including LTIP (unit-based Long Term Incentive Plan).
• Flexibility - we offer flexible working time models and the option of hybrid work, supported by a yearly flex work allowance of €1560.
• Recharge - with 31 vacation days annually (including one floating holiday), plus pro rata fully paid Fridays off during August.
• Support - we offer a company pension scheme.
• Volunteers Day - you’ll get one day off per year for supporting a social project.

About the Company

Staffbase is committed to creating a flexible and agile work environment that promotes the well-being and work-life balance of our employees. We believe in the power of team events during working hours to build an exceptionally effective team. Our enthusiasm for technology drives us to improve the world, and we take pride in our "You build it, you run it" approach.