As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll be at the forefront of enhancing our platform's capabilities. You'll design and implement scalable, high-performance backend services that power critical features for our growing client base.
Outcomes
- Design, develop, and deploy backend services and APIs that solve real-world customer challenges
- Optimize application performance, scalability, and security
- Collaborate with product managers, frontend engineers, and DevOps to ensure seamless integration of services
- Troubleshoot and resolve production issues efficiently
- Actively participate in code reviews, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning
Requirements
- 8+ years of proven professional experience as a Software Engineer, with at least 3 years in .NET and C#
- 2+ years of experience in product companies (SaaS)
- Passion and strong skill for writing clean, maintainable, and testable code and well-documented C# code
- Experience with writing and maintaining Unit tests and E2E tests
- Advanced experience with MongoDB
- Upper-intermediate or higher English proficiency (written and spoken)
- Strong problem-solving skills and a growth mindset
- Readiness to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment with extreme focus, a strong sense of ownership, and determination
- Openness to constructive feedback and value the ideas and opinions of others
Our technologies
- Backend: .NET Core (C#), Python
- Frontend: Vue.js 2/3, Nuxt 3, Typescript
- Databases: MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch
- Messaging Queue: Kafka
- Cloud Provider: Amazon AWS
- Monitoring & Logging: ELK (EFK), Prometheus, Grafana
Why joining Smartcat might be your best move so far
- Innovating the $50 Billion industry
Smartcat’s innovative business model taps into this $50B language translation industry with a platform allowing enterprise end users to stop using traditional outsourcing and enjoy easy-to-use AI-powered SaaS that delivers immediate high-quality results at a fraction of the cost. - High-impact role enabling innovation and inclusion in organisations
You will enjoy building with us. You will drive changes in how an old-fashioned global language industry operates while improving how hundreds of thousands of people work and millions of people exchange knowledge and ideas worldwide. - Fully remote team of high-performers
We are a global team of 200+ enthusiastic people. We have been fully remote since 2020, with some locations populated with more Smartcaters than others, such as Boston, NYC, the Bay Area, London, Lisbon, Belgrade, and Yerevan. We strive to grow ambitiously, but we also preserve our high performance, engagement, and open feedback culture. As diverse as we are, we love working and having fun together, and we’re sure you’ll love working with us too. Check out our Culture Code to learn why we love being Smartcaters. - Join the rocketship to scale-up 10x and beyond together
We are looking for someone who will become a part of the team and play a critical role in the most exciting part of our journey from a post-Series B startup to a company exceeding $100M in ARR and $1B in valuation. Our journey isn’t for the faint of heart. We are growing 150% YoY thanks to the strong product-market fit and the culture of high sense of urgency. - Celebrating diversity
We welcome everyone and create inclusive teams. We celebrate differences and encourage everyone to join us and be themselves at work. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion is steadfast, and we stand firmly against discrimination and harassment.
