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, enabling new use cases, driving business opportunities, and paving the way for external developers to integrate and innovate. This is a chance to be at the forefront of enhancing the platform and designing a scalable, high-performance layer. The role requires tackling complex technical challenges and influencing architectural decisions that will shape the product's future. You will work with a fully remote team, impacting a $100 billion industry and driving innovation and inclusion in organizations. Smartcat offers a fast-paced, high-growth environment with opportunities to contribute significantly to the company's success.

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
• As a member of the Platform team, 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