Senior Backend Developer

Summary

Join Red Sky, a startup studio with 18+ years of experience, as a Senior Backend Developer. You will handle complex projects, proactively identify roadblocks, and manage multiple projects simultaneously. You'll create POCs and technical documentation, working in custom or minimal-framework environments. The role requires strong technical skills, architectural design experience, and excellent communication. Flexible work hours and a 100% remote option are offered, along with competitive compensation and benefits.

Requirements

• Be a self-organized, technically skilled individual who avoids over-engineering solutions
• Demonstrate an advanced stage of growth in understanding the balance of complexity vs. simplicity (e.g., past the "valley of despair" on the Dunning-Kruger effect curve)
• Be proficient in integrating and building internal and external APIs
• Have experience in starting projects from scratch, with strong architectural design skills
• Be comfortable joining a project as an Individual Contributor (IC) rather than enhancing an existing system gradually
• Be capable of independently managing and delivering tasks, systems, and contributions that align with team goals
• Possess strong communication skills, with a results-oriented and efficiency-driven mindset

Responsibilities

• Handle complex projects with ambiguous timelines and dependencies
• Absorb information during project handovers to become self-sufficient in managing tasks
• Proactively identify and resolve potential roadblocks
• Respond promptly to external inquiries and stay on top of assigned tasks
• Independently manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Prepare proof of concepts (POCs) and create basic technical documentation to align teams
• Initiate and maintain basic technical documentation, including API Documentation (Swagger, ReadMe.io)
• Initiate and maintain basic technical documentation, including Infrastructure and Component Diagrams (at a level less detailed than L4 but more comprehensive than nothing)
• Work in custom or minimal-framework environments, focusing on improvement rather than dependence on full frameworks like Symfony

Preferred Qualifications

• Have at least 5 years of experience in PHP, with continued interest in its application
• Have experience with other programming languages, with RustLang being a notable example
• Possess some basic knowledge of DevOPS, Terraform and Kubernetes

Benefits

• Competency-based remuneration - at least - 19 000 PLN net B2B + VAT
• 26 paid days off per year
• 100% remote work or from our office in Szczecin
• Specialized know-how from great practitioners and professional development
• A supportive and committed team
• Great autonomy and independence in the ongoing activities
• The ability to develop and implement your ideas
• Access to benefits - Multisport Plus, Medicover Premium, group insurance
• Making decisions having an impact and a super high level of ownership