Backend Engineer

Summary

Join Uberall as a Backend Engineer and contribute to a SaaS platform connecting businesses with customers. You will lead innovative projects, design and improve software architecture, and collaborate with a skilled agile team. Responsibilities include designing and implementing distributed services and APIs, writing high-quality, scalable code, and ensuring platform availability and maintainability. The ideal candidate is highly proficient in Kotlin or Groovy, experienced in designing scalable systems, and familiar with various technologies like Spring Boot, AWS, and microservices. Uberall offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, including flexible work arrangements, remote work options, paid parental leave, and professional development opportunities.

Requirements

• You are highly proficient in Kotlin or Groovy, and proven coding skills with other JVM languages (such as Java or Scala) are considered a plus
• You have proven experience in designing scalable software systems, ideally a successful SaaS product
• You are familiar with containers, microservice architecture, event-driven architectures, cloud computing, and RESTful APIs
• You have deep knowledge of most of the popular technologies like Spring Boot, Hibernate, JUnit, AWS, Elastic Search, MySQL, Docker, or OpenAPI
• You are a self-motivated and independent engineer and bring creativity and the ambition to strive in a constructive and multicultural team
• You have experience with agile methodologies and automated testing
• You are a great team player with a positive and solution-oriented mindset
• You are fluent in English, sufficient for success in a remote and largely asynchronous work environment

Responsibilities

• You will lead impactful and innovative projects within our SaaS-solution
• You will play an active role in designing and improving our overall software architecture
• You will participate in the design, implementation, and execution of distributed services and APIs
• You will collaborate closely with other your team, other squads, and stakeholders like product management
• You will contribute to the codebase with scalable, high-quality code and deliver solid coverage with automated tests
• You will ensure outstanding availability and maintainability of our platform by evolving our architecture and tech stack, participating in code reviews, refactoring, and improving integration and delivery systems

Benefits

• A piece of the pie Our pay & perks are competitive, and you better believe we review them on the regular to make sure they stay that way
• We grow together, so of course all Uberallers are part of our long-term incentive program through VSOP/ESOP
• Flexibility to fit your lifestyle Want to come to an office for collaboration? We’ve got space for you in Berlin, Amsterdam, and Barcelona. We also offer co-working access in Montreal, Paris, London, LA and San Diego. Prefer to work remotely? Fine by us! Bonus points if we meet your pets in a video call. If working from another country is legally possible for you and within a reasonable time zone, we happily support work-ations
• Emotional and intellectual connection Events and alignment sessions - YES and YES. With the team, cross-functions, regional, you name it - we love bringing people together. Uberallers share a LOT of hobbies. Whatever you’re into – reading books, baking, heavy metal, fostering kittens . . . you’ll find kindred spirits on our team
• Health and Wellness We prioritize your wellness with generous holiday time, paid parental and circumstantial leave, and individualized health and wellness opportunities depending on your location
• All-access pass Get immersed in Uberall from day one. Your onboarding is packed with a deep dive into our values, insights into all our departments and a chance to ask the CEO anything. We come together monthly for our town hall and product showroom so you’re always in the know
• Everyday growth We support you on your non-stop learning journey. We offer development dialogues, live workshops on topics like resilience and feedback and a Leadership Academy to make sure our leaders have all the tools to bring out the very best in teams. We also invest in your growth with a learning fund program reinforcing our commitment to fostering a culture of continuous learning
• Top-of-the-line tech MacBook Pro, magic mouse, 2nd screen . . . Need anything else? Let the People & Culture team know