Senior Backend Engineer

At Lokalise, we make it easy and profitable for businesses to expand into new markets. Founded in 2017, our AI-powered translation and localization platform automates workflows, integrates with over 60 tools, and helps product teams launch multilingual products 10x faster and at 80% lower cost. Trusted by thousands of businesses across over 100 countries, Lokalise is empowering more than 25 million people worldwide to use diverse services in their native languages. Backed by a customer-loved support team, our platform seamlessly fits into your design and development processes, helping you scale effortlessly.

Location

While our company operates exclusively on a remote basis, you must reside and have the legal right to work in one of the following countries: the United Kingdom, Latvia, Spain, Germany, Denmark, Poland, Portugal, or Ireland.

About

We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Platform Domain. In this domain, we build foundational components of our technology stack, such as core services and the API gateway, with a focus on solving performance and scalability challenges. This domain is a key enabler for the rest of the engineering organisation and, ultimately, the quality of the user experience we offer.

In this role you will:

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of complex software systems.
• Define technical standards, best practices, and coding guidelines that impact the entire engineering organisation.
• Architect scalable, robust, and efficient software solutions that define how our technology platform operates.
• Stay updated with emerging technologies and industry trends.
• Mentor other engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to ensure high-quality code.
• Contribute to technical discussions and decision-making processes.
• Promote a collaborative and inclusive team environment.

You must have:

• A degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of software development experience, with a focus on designing architecture for high performance and scalability.
• Proven experience leading engineering projects from design through rollout.
• A strong understanding of common modern technologies, including API best practices, message queues (RabbitMQ or similar), data stores (PostgreSQL or similar), and cloud services (AWS or similar).
• Experience working with multiple technology stacks. (You'll find a range at Lokalise, from a PHP monolith to Node.js microservices.)
• Proven experience in testing, including unit and integration testing.
• Proficiency in understanding full-stack contexts that drive innovation and efficiency.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively in a fast-paced, fully remote start-up environment.
• A passion for learning, growth, and continuous improvement, staying up to date with industry trends and advancements.

It is a plus if you have:

• Experience driving platform changes and adoption across an engineering organisation.
• Experience contributing to or maintaining open-source projects.
• Familiarity with the localisation domain and software localisation.

Our Benefits

• Competitive salary and employee stock options plan
• Fully remote and flexible working hours
• Co-working budget
• Flexible vacation policy
• Equipment budget to set up your home office
• Learning & Development program
• Health insurance
• Wellness benefits
• Mental health support - every employee has access to a dedicated mental health platform
• Great startup atmosphere, team spirit, and team events