Lead Backend Developer

One of the companies we work with is looking for a Lead Backend Developer to join the team.

Remote candidates must be living (or willing to live) in: Spain.Job description

What we're looking for

We’re looking for a talented and passionate Lead Backend Developer to join our development team. You’ll be working on a big variety of platforms to support and expand a set of apps, including the most popular Motivation app - with over 20 million users.

Our offer:🧠 Work on products that matter: 2 of our apps are among the most downloaded apps in the Mental Health space, with a 4.9 rating and more than 500k reviews.📈 We are bootstrapped, profitable, and believe we can continue growing sustainably without pressure from outside investors or an exit strategy.⌛We are a remote team and strive for an ideal work-life balance: work asynchronously as much as possible and minimize meetings to set your own schedule with flexible hours.🐒 Enjoy extra holidays → 4 additional company-wide days off (one per quarter).🏖️ Extended vacations after your 1st year -up to 5 additional days!- and the possibility to travel and work from anywhere.💻 Choose your ideal remote work setup with an equipment allowance.💳 Manage your compensation options (via Cobee) → food and daycare expenses, medical insurance.😌 Mental healthcare support.🍸 Enjoy this company's outings, paid for by the company.🪪 Manage licenses for Work-Related Software → budget to have the necessary software to excel in your role.🏛️ Boost your English skills → free lessons with a native speaker.Salary range starts at 75.000€.

Responsibilities:This is a position that combines team leadership and hands-on work.Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain and improve our APIs, admin tools, and websites.Build data integrations, help define our data model and research ways to improve our sorting algorithms.Continuously learn new technologies and platforms (Slack, Alexa, and Discord apps, Chrome extension, ML models…).Work at all stack layers, including AWS, Python, FastAPI, NodeJS, and SQL.Take an active role in identifying the tooling and infrastructure needs of the company.

Requirements:Positive attitude, passion for learning new technologies, and genuine care for our users.At least 8+ years designing and developing APIs, 5+ years in Python, PHP, NodeJS, or similar.Extensive experience scaling and maintaining high-traffic, resilient modern APIs.Experience leading a team of Backend Engineers.Strong experience in creating new APIs from scratch.Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud Services and CI/CD tools.Proficiency with Git and Gitlab.Strong experience with Redis and ElasticSearch databases.Ability to work well with others and communicate clearly in English (MANDATORY)Ability to hack solutions when necessary, making the right trade-offs in dealing with conflicting priorities.Ability to understand product needs, and translate them into technical solutions.Residence and work permit in SpainExperience working in both large companies and start-ups

Nice to haves:Experience working in consolidated companies like e-commerce, gaming, etc.Experience in Frontend Development with technologies such as VueJS, React, or similar.Passion for mental health, positive psychology, and self-improvement.

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Key Skills

• AWS
• Backend
• Frontend
• PHP
• Python
• Redis
• SQL