Senior Backend Engineer

We are JOIN, a team of 75 colleagues from various backgrounds, all on a mission to democratize recruiting. JOIN is one of Europe's fastest-growing HR-Tech startups with over 80,000 customers in 6 countries and more than 100,000 job listings.

YOUR FUTURE TEAM

Our mission as Backend Guild is to provide JOIN’s customers and their candidates with robust features, stable business flows, security, performance and resiliency. We strongly believe that Backend engineering should be collaborative with Platform, DevOps, Product and Frontend teams.

We take care of our guild’s tools by using our own architecture based on Clean Architecture, strict linters, code generators, coding conventions, code snippets and service templates to spend less time doing mundane work. We take pride in working through TDD, making sure all our services are covered with tests and that our releases are always reliable and stable.

A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY

We’re launching our tech hub in Barcelona! This is your chance to be among the first team members in Barcelona and play a key role in one of Europe’s most rapidly expanding HR-Tech startups.

• Collaborate with frontend engineers, product managers and DevOps/Platform teams to create meaningful features for our customers through our custom-made work methodology Agile SDLC/Kanban
• Conduct peer code reviews and attend project retrospectives to discuss and execute improvements as a team
• Participate in technical retrospectives to discuss testing culture, architectural solutions, automation topics, coding standards, and many more!
• You are not “just” a coder — you are empowered to and always thinking about our product value that you can bring and how to improve the experience of our customers

• 6+ years of backend development experience in total
• 2+ years of experience in any strongly typed language or TypeScript
• Strong experience with any RDBMS (either raw queries or via ORM)
• Good unit/integration testing experience
• Experience with message brokers (SNS/RabbitMQ/Kafka/Google PubSub/etc...)
• You thrive in dynamic environments and can easily adjust to changing priorities
• You take full responsibility for your work and can be counted on to deliver projects on time
• You are eager to grow and learn, picking up new skills and technologies quickly
• You regularly evaluate your own performance and are open to constructive feedback to continuously grow both personally and professionally

NICE TO HAVE:

• Experience with Node.js
• Experience with GraphQL
• Experience in GCP or AWS
• Experience with gRPC framework and proto buffers
• Good understanding of SOLID principles

• Be among the first team members in Barcelona and play a key role in one of Europe’s most rapidly expanding HR-Tech startups
• Join our dynamic team in a flexible tech environment, with a new M3 Pro Macbook Pro.
• Experience an inspiring, diverse, and international work atmosphere.
• Regular company events in Berlin, sponsored by the company.
• Enjoy flexibility with our hybrid work approach (3 days in the office / 2 from home).
• Work from Anywhere: After your probationary period, you can work from anywhere or from home for up to 104 days per year.

We welcome applications from individuals of all ages, abilities, genders, religions and diverse backgrounds. If you need assistance or accommodations during the hiring process or in the workplace, let us know!

Don’t meet every requirement? No problem! We’re always open to exceptional candidates and value diversity in all forms.

Interested? We can’t wait to hear from you!!