Contentsquare is hiring a
Backend Software Engineer

Summary

The job description is for a Senior Backend Engineer position at Contentsquare. The role involves working either in the Growth or VOC (Voice of Customer) line, and requires 5+ years of experience building, maintaining, and supporting high traffic web backends using Python or NodeJS and relational databases.

Requirements

• 5+ years background building, maintaining and supporting high traffic web backends
• 5+ years of demonstrable experience using either Python or NodeJS and relational databases
• Experience building, maintaining and supporting cloud-native web application backends integrated with external systems
• Experience with automated testing in either Python or NodeJS, automated builds and continuous delivery
• English fluency, both written and spoken
• A pragmatic approach to engineering, with a focus on simple, robust and iterative solutions
• Dedication to maintaining high-quality code in a delivery-focused environment
• Ability to work with predominantly remote colleagues distributed across EMEA

Responsibilities

• Work in an agile cross-functional team with other engineers, product managers, and product designers to launch new products, features and experiments
• Advance and evolve our Voice of Customer Platform, by creating and managing services and infrastructure that power our product
• Develop production-grade Python , and implement solutions designed to handle high levels of traffic
• Build and maintain dashboards, monitoring essential application and business metrics
• Contribute to and enhance our tech stack, which includes technologies like Python, NodeJS,, PostgreSQL,, Kubernetes, Kafka and AWS
• Plan, refine, develop, test, and release new features and experiments
• Engage in pair programming, participate in code reviews, and provide ad-hoc assistance to team members
• Collaborate with engineers across the department to identify and implement improvements to our processes and systems
• Share your knowledge and insights across the organization through tech talks and internal/external posts

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with the following technologies is a plus: Redis, Linux, Nginx, Kubernetes, Kafka, Zuora and Amazon Web Services
• A strong product mindset focused on delivering iterative value to customers
• Experience with Django Web Framework
• Experience with full stack JS:  NodeJS, HTML, CSS, TypeScript and React
• Experience with resilient design and fault-tolerant systems (every request matters)
• Experience with Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and Test-Driven Development (TDD)

Benefits

• Virtual onboarding, Hackathon, and various opportunities to interact with your team and global colleagues both on and offsite each year
• Work flexibility: hybrid and remote work policies
• Generous paid time-off policy (every location is different)
• Immediate eligibility for birthing and non-birthing parental leave
• Wellbeing and Home Office allowances
• A Culture Crew in every country to coordinate regular outings such as game nights, movie nights, and happy hours
• Every full-time employee receives stock options, allowing them to share in the company’s success