Backend Engineer (Europe Remote)
Sherpany is the Swiss market leader for meeting management software. Since its founding in 2011, it has pursued the goal of creating a world in which every meeting counts. Over 300 European companies and 12,000 decision-makers are already using Sherpany with the aim of making their business relevant meetings more productive and thereby increasing corporate success. According to a jury of international investors, Sherpany is one of the best scale-ups in Switzerland with the potential to become a unicorn. Sherpany employs over 150 people in six locations in Europe and remotely in 19 countries around the world.
Tasks
What you will be doing:
Developing new features in product’s REST API and maintaining the existing ones in accordance with the best web security practices
Optimizing the performance of the application
Writing and maintaining unit tests
Taking part in the design process of new features by providing feedback from Backend Engineer’s perspective
Requirements
What we will love about you:
Experience with RESTful API design
Extensive experience developing and deploying web apps with Python/Django
Ability to debug at all levels of the stack
Experience with asynchronous processing (we’re using Celery)
Strong understanding of SQL, especially in the context of performance
Knowledge of Docker & familiarity with Kubernetes ecosystem and related technologies is a plus
Your mindset:
you are eager to learn more and not afraid of making mistakes
you like to ask questions, take chances, and encourage new approaches and ways of thinking.
you are a self-starter with a high level of attention to detail
you have a „get-it-done“ attitude and always aim for the best possible solutions
you appreciate working in a team with highly motivated and driven people
comfortable with regular context switches to unblock your team and communicate with internal and external stakeholders
able to stake out short, mid and long-term tasks based on a (multi-) yearly roadmap and assign appropriate priorities
Benefits
How you can imagine us:
You are part of a company with people working from everywhere in the world, in which you can take lot of responsibility and your ideas are always welcome
In order to maintain your work-life balance we offer flexible working hours, home office and/or remote-working
Your personal and professional development is important to us which is why we offer financial support for further education, trainings etc.
We work with modern Apple products; every employee receives an own MacBook
Last but not least: Our corporate culture means a lot to us, which is why we organize regular team events and cultivate a value-centric cooperation
Our recruiting process:
Interview with our Talent Acquisition Specialist
Show us your skills in a Code Challenge
Meet our Squad Lead and BE Chapter
Meet our VP of Engineering and your potencial future Squad
Offer 🎉
Join us and become a Sherpanee! 🚀