The Mobile First Company - Founding Backend Engineer

The Mobile-First Company

Location: Argentina

Role: Founder Backend Engineer

Stack: Python, Node.js, Java, AWS

About the Opportunity

As the founding backend engineer, you will collaborate closely with our CTO and other team members to design and shape the current and future of our backend systems, infrastructure, CI / CD processes. Also, develop the backend applications for all of our mobile applications.

Benefits

• Relocation to Europe

• Company Onboarding in Paris, France.

• Health Care Insurance

• We provide the equipment needed for the role (Macbook of your choice)

• Trip to Paris HQ per quarter

• Free Hotel/Flat whenever you want in Paris (The Mobile Home)

• Company Retreat (working remotely for 10 days with the entire team)

What You’ll Do

• Selecting and defining the appropriate tech stack for our backend applications.

• Implementing and maintaining scalable and reliable backend systems using languages like Python, Node.js, Java, Kotlin or similar.

• Designing and defining backend tools, databases, and architecture to ensure scalability, security, and efficiency.

• Developing and delivering high-quality backend systems in conjunction with mobile engineers.

• Implementing RESTful API design and integration points.

• Utilizing Cloud services (e.g., AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) to optimize backend infrastructure for scalability and performance.

• Implementing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines to ensure seamless and efficient software delivery.

• Monitoring and optimizing backend performance, identifying areas for improvement, and implementing solutions.

• Creating tools, libraries, or components to enhance the efficiency of backend development processes.

What we are looking for

1. Backend Engineering:

   • Proficiency in backend development with languages like Python, Node.js, Java, Kotlin, or similar. Backend testing experience is a must.

   • Track record of building and maintaining scalable and reliable backend systems.

   • Knowledge of RESTful API design and integration points.

2. System Architecture:

   • Expertise in designing scalable and maintainable backend architectures, and understanding when to apply different architectural patterns.

   • Ability to optimize backend systems for performance, reliability, and security.

   • Capable of monitoring the whole architecture using tools like NewRelic or Datadog in order to measure the systems availability, performance, quality. etc.

3. Data Management and Integration:

   • Experience with data modeling, storage, and retrieval.

   • Knowledge of integrating backend systems with various third-party services.

4. Infrastructure and CI/CD Experience:

   • Experience in deploying backend systems to Cloud services (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) for scalability and resilience.

   • Understanding of containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).

   • Proficiency in setting up and optimizing CI/CD pipelines for automated testing, deployment, and continuous integration using tools like: Jenkins, GitLab CI, or CircleCI

5. Collaboration and Communication across the board:

   • Capable of actively participating in discussions with all stakeholders on every step of the development process with a solution-oriented mindset.

   • Effective communication and collaboration in a team environment with business professionals, designers, and other developers.

6. Business and Product Mindset:

   • Ability to understand the "why" behind what we're building, the need we're solving, the users we're targeting, and the markets we're aiming in order to develop great mobile products.

   • Awareness of customer needs and the ability to prioritize features based on impact and value.

7. Cultural Fit:

   • Commitment to the company's vision and willingness to help in any way to achieve it.

   • Excellence-driven, always seeking to deliver the best solution possible but with a mindset of delivering quickly and iterating later.

   • Foster and build team relationships and trust. Also, positive impact and common sense always prevail.

   • Openness to giving and receiving feedback, to challenge everything and everybody, and with a constant desire to improve.

   • A collaborative mindset with a willingness to help others and learn from them.

   • Respect for diversity and a commitment to creating an inclusive work environment.

The Interview Process:

• Silver.dev Recruiter Screening

• CEO Screen

• Live Coding Interview w/Technical Leader

• Case Study

• Cultural Interviews

Compensation Tiers:

1. 76k USD per year

2. 61k USD per year

3. 49k USD per year