Senior Backend Engineer (remote)

(Fully remote, async-first, dev-tools, timezones: GMT +/- 3 hours, full time or part time (at least 32h/week))

Join Checkly, a Gartner Cool Vendor, as a Senior Backend Engineer and be at the forefront of the Monitoring as Code (MaC) movement. We're a remote-first startup on a mission to enable developers to detect and resolve issues 10x faster with code-first synthetic monitoring for modern DevOps. Monitor your APIs and apps at a fraction of the price of legacy providers. Powered by a Monitoring as Code workflow and Playwright.

Thousands of developers are using Checkly today, including those at 1Password, Autodesk, AutoTrader, Deno, Render, Sentry, and Vercel.

• We deploy ~20 times per day to production on average.

• We use Vue / Node.js / Postgres / AWS / ClickHouse.

• We're processing ~4000 API and Browser checks per minute now.

• We don't do daily sync stand ups. We keep meetings to a minimum.

• We work in small teams, with devs, product and design mixed together.

• We have over 1,000 paying customers challenging us every day.

• We have an onboarding plan for every new joiner.

We care about building a diverse team where people of all backgrounds are encouraged to do their best work. To achieve this we built a flexible, remote-first and async-first startup environment with inclusive benefits.

What you’ll do

Harden & expand our backend

Our backend runs on Hapi.js and a AWS based monitoring infrastructure, distributed around the globe. We ran over 2.5 billion checks already and are ramping up for a lot more.

You will help us build out new features and expand existing features. We have a TON of exciting stuff lined up (check out our public roadmap). You’ll work on scaling our current backend platform to meet the demands of our growing business.

About you

• You have deep experience in building applications in a professional product (SaaS) environment ideally with JavaScript / Node.js.

• You like to have business impact and the instant visibility that a start up offers

• You like to work in a growing company with experienced founders

• You assume good intentions and are a great communicator in spoken and written English

• You have the ability to be autonomous and self-motivated in a remote work environment, while you also enjoy getting to know your colleagues and helping others

• You are quick to pick up on new stuff and enjoy the process of learning new things

• You love making software!

• Located in UTC-3 to UTC+3

What we offer

• Transparent salary because your salary shouldn't be dictated by how good a negotiator you are. (more info below)

• Become part of a fast-growing, international, and remote team where you can have a real impact

• Remote- first, flexible work hours, async-first and transparent culture

• Stock options

• 27 days of paid vacation + your local public holidays

• Paid sick leave & up to 14 weeks of paid parental leave

• $1,000 learning & visiting budget

• Co-working budget or home office setup

• Company retreats

• Employment & contractor options

Find out more here.

What we pay

Fair, competitive, and transparent pay is very important for us. Therefore we work with a standardized salary calculator that includes several factors such as seniority level as well as location.

For this role, the range is

• €87k - €97k for someone in a similar cost of market as UK, Germany etc.

• €78k - €87k for someone in a similar cost of market as Spain, Poland, Ukraine etc.

Apply

If this sounds interesting, please apply! Studies by several different sources have shown that on average men will apply for a job if they meet 60% of the application requirements. Women/non-binary people will seek to match a much higher percentage of requirements before applying. If you're not sure you're the right fit, apply anyway and let us know what you bring to the table. We'd love to hear from you!

We're all about being transparent and setting clear expectations. That's why we've put together our hiring playbook. There you'll find a sneak peek of who we are and what you can expect in our hiring process. We recently also open-sourced our employee handbook!