Staff Software Engineer (Hungary)

Responsibilities:

• End-to-End Development: Own the design, development, testing, deployment, and support of features and services from concept to delivery. 
  
  
• Quality Ownership: Ensure high code quality, performance, and maintainability by following best practices and conducting thorough code reviews, automated testing, and performance monitoring. 
  
  
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and fellow engineers, to define and deliver features that meet both business and technical objectives. 
  
  
• Continuous Improvement: Proactively identify areas for improvement within the codebase, infrastructure, and development process. Drive solutions that increase team efficiency and code quality. 
  
  
• System Reliability: Monitor the health and performance of services and ensure timely resolution of issues and bugs. 
  
  
• Technical Innovation: Stay current with new technologies and trends to ensure the systems you build are modern, scalable, and aligned with industry best practices.
   
• Thought Leader and Influencer: Drives decisions on difficult challenges with innovative ideas. Leads and influences entire teams with coaching and guidance.

Required Qualifications: 

• TypeScript & Node.js Expertise: Experience with TypeScript, including advanced types and type-checking techniques and strong understanding of Node.js runtime and ecosystem. 
• Frontend Experience: Strong experience in building, designing, and front-end applications using JavaScript client side frameworks (Angluar, Vue, React) 
  
  
• API Development: Skilled in designing and building RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs. 
  
  
• Database Management: Experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and/or NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Redis). 
  
  
• Asynchronous Programming: Familiarity with promises, async/await, and event-driven architecture. 
  
  
• Testing and Debugging: Knowledge of testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, Mocha) and debugging tools. 
  
  
• Code Quality and Standards: Understanding of code linting, formatting, and adherence to best practices (e.g., ESLint, Prettier). 
  
  
• Version Control: Experience with Git and collaborative development workflows (e.g., GitHub, GitLab). 
  
  
• Cloud Services and Deployment: Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud, Azure) and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes). 
  
  
• Microservices Architecture: Understanding of microservices design principles and implementation. 
  
  
• Security Best Practices: Awareness of security standards, such as OAuth, JWT, and data encryption. 
  
  
• Performance Optimization: Experience in optimizing code for performance, scalability, and efficiency. 
  
  
• CI/CD Pipelines: Knowledge of continuous integration and deployment tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI). 
  
  
• Agile Methodologies: Familiarity with Agile development practices, including Scrum and Kanban. 
  
  
• Strong Problem-Solving Skills: Ability to troubleshoot issues and optimize backend performance. 
  
  
• Effective Communication: Capable of clearly communicating technical concepts to team members and stakeholders. 
  
  
• Code Quality: Commitment to writing clean, maintainable, and well-documented code, following best practices such as TDD, unit testing, and code reviews. 
  
  
• Problem Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to break down complex problems and design solutions that are scalable and maintainable. 

Desired Qualifications: 

• Ownership Mindset: Passion for taking full ownership of features and ensuring their quality from concept through to production. 
  
  
• Performance and Optimization: Experience with profiling applications, identifying bottlenecks, and optimizing performance for scale. 
  
  
• Collaboration Skills: Comfortable working in a collaborative, Agile environment, with an emphasis on communication and team success.

Additionally, you will enjoy some of our local benefits such as:

• Work from home, remotely, or hybrid
  
  
• Partial compensation for glasses and lenses
  
  
• Private health insurance
  
  
• Volunteering Time Off (2 days/ year)
  
  
• SZÉP Card for recreational activities
  
  
• 3 extra days/ month for 'sick leave' without doctors visit
  
  
• Flexible working hours