Backend Engineer

Time zone

Mainly GMT+3, but be ready to take evening calls with leadership team / clients between 8pm and 11pm GMT+3 about 1-2 times per week.

They're mindful and respectful of the TZ you're in and won't be asking to stay up late unless it's a very serious matter (example: a first "introduction" call with a new client).

Line manager

Makar Stetsenko, Engineering Manager.

Why we are recommending

• Unmatched learning opportunities with world class team members who have worked at companies like Twitter, LinkedIn, Google, Samsung, and HP.
• Work on meaningful client projects that create value for our customers’ businesses and internal products that create value for our team.
• Chance to explore new things - new technologies, new tools, new projects, new industries.

Products to work with

• You’ll be expected to work on a range of products and industries. Some of the projects that we work right now include: Biotech, SaaS, Music/Publishing Industry, Marketplaces.
• You’ll be working on building software for web and mobile platforms. Multitude of APIs and Backends.

Key challenge

• Building robust backends capable of supporting high loads, but also have the experience to balance business needs to avoid “over engineering” at smaller scales.
• Growing our internal closed (for now) source library of components and solutions.
• Sharpening product building skills and mentoring team members.
• This opportunity is ideal for those who want get exposed and grow in other areas of Software Development (e.g. product, design, strategy, leadership).

What else can interest:

Their vision is that every team member could one day be the CEO/CTO/VP Product/Eng of a company that we spin out of SVI.

Company offers

• Flexible work hours; you will (almost) always have someone on your team online with you.
• Flat and open organizational structure with family-like relationships.
• Competitive salary relative to your skill level, autonomy, and capability to add value to the team. There is opportunity for yearly evaluations and performance-based growth.

Hiring process

• Get to know call with someone from the Leadership team. This is for you and us to meet and greet.
• Series of Technical Interviews (depending on the background expect 1-2 deep dives).
• Test project. This will be tailored to you.
• Project review.
• (Optional) One more call with a team member.
• Compensation review call.
• Call with CEO.