Senior Back End Software Engineer (Remote)
Job Description
Fully remote position in the UK (European applications may also be considered)
You will work in our R&D team developing projects across the backend stack. Your job will consist of building new features, optimising performance and helping to scale the product solution. As an experienced developer, you will also help to drive the technical direction of the product features.
We are a small company with a diverse team, so you will also be involved in mentoring graduate developers. This is extremely important and is a part of all of our experienced developer roles. Additional leadership opportunities exist.
You will make a defining contribution to the development of our new disruptive product, which is a next-generation security solution. Together with our cyber security department, you will also get the opportunity to shape our unified security solution.
Basic Requirements
You’re not expected to have all of the following skills, but they will be useful in performing your job.
We are looking for someone who:
* Has experience in building backend systems.
* Has experience working as a software developer.
* Proficient in a backend language such as Go, C++, Java, Rust or Python.
* Wants a career where their creative abilities will make a difference to the world of technology and where they will be part of an impressive R&D environment.
* Is passionate about writing high-quality code.
* Can demonstrate outstanding technical ability.
We default to programming using Go, but also use a wide variety of different languages and frameworks. It's not expected that you would be familiar with Go (or any of the other languages we use) but you should be enthusiastic and willing to learn new things. It is also considered a bonus if you have:
* Understanding of service-oriented architectures and building cloud-based products.
* Experience with Machine Learning, Computer Vision, AI technologies.
* Experience in mentoring and technical leadership.
* We are looking for a team player who thinks holistically, enjoys solving complex problems and thrives working autonomously, while not afraid to ask for input and learn from their teammates if they’re stuck