Hunter.io is hiring a
Senior Back-end Engineer

Summary

The job description is for a Senior Back-end Engineer position at Hunter's Engineering department. The role involves working on the company's back-end, which is a Golang monolith that scans billions of web pages monthly. The employee will work in a small team and have autonomy in their work. The job is remote and open to anyone located in Europe.

Requirements

• You have a proven track record as a Back-end Engineer or a similar role, preferably in a SaaS environment
• You have professional experience with Golang or Python
• You worked on Machine Learning projects (involving LLMs, NLP, or NER)
• You have solid experience with Postgres, Elasticsearch, and Redis
• You’re familiar with the Cloud ecosystem, or have experience with Kubernetes, as well as with CI/CD and automation

Responsibilities

• You'll become familiar with our processes for gathering, analyzing, and structuring data from billions of Web pages
• Within a few weeks, you'll become responsible for significant projects that will improve Hunter’s database at scale
• You'll collaborate with the rest of the Engineering team to gradually improve our data quality and quantity
• You’ll monitor and troubleshoot back-end processes, resolving any issues or bottlenecks that may arise
• You'll get a high level of autonomy in your work and help shape future development efforts

Preferred Qualifications

• You enjoy dealing with complex problems and finding elegant solutions
• You like staying up-to-date with the latest trends and advancements in back-end development
• You're excited to take ownership of projects, set directions, and make decisions. You're able to communicate clearly with your colleagues
• You have experience in remote working. You're comfortable working primarily with asynchronous communication and don't need much handholding or supervision

Benefits

• A yearly gross compensation ranging between $90k and $120k USD, depending on experience
• Five weeks of paid vacation
• An automatic annual raise of 5%
• Employment status (local contract via remote.com)
• Health insurance
• Coworking space membership
• Fully-paid setup (including a MacBook Pro, standing desk, ergonomic chair, etc.)