Senior Backend Developer

Summary

Join Smartcat's Product Platform Team as a Senior Software Engineer and play a pivotal role in rebuilding the product's core architecture. You will focus on enhancing the platform's API Gateway, creating a robust and user-friendly platform for internal and external developers. This involves improving scalability, performance, and usability, while collaborating with other teams to align on best practices. The role requires significant experience in software engineering, particularly with .NET and C#, and a passion for writing clean, maintainable code. Smartcat offers a fully remote work environment, the opportunity to innovate within a large industry, and the chance to be part of a rapidly growing company.

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)
• Experience with usage of the LLM-based solutions in daily workflow (Cursor, ChatGPT, CoPilot, JetBrains AI Assistant, etc)
• 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

Responsibilities

• Deliver platform API Gateway integration library and documentation updates to teams, assisting with “platformizing” their microservices
• Gain a deep understanding of the existing codebase and identify areas of improvement to transform our product into a more scalable platform
• Enhance and refine our API, ensuring it meets the performance and usability needs of both internal and future external developers
• Collaborate with team members to align on best practices for building a solid, flexible, and maintainable platform
• Become a self-sufficient contributor who can propose and drive architectural changes across multiple microservices
• Demonstrate ownership of key platform components, proactively suggesting improvements that will position our product for long-term growth and success
• Focus on enhancing the platform’s API functionality, stability, and ease of use
• Assist product teams in modifying (or advising how to do that) their existing microservices to align with platformization efforts
• Collaborate with the Architecture team to design and implement a more scalable and modern platform architecture

Benefits

Fully remote team