Senior Back End Engineer

ZeroTier
Utrecht, Netherlands
about 1 month ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Code Review Distributed Systems PostgreSQL Service Development Studio Systems Integration Backend Web Technologies Front End Software Development Restful APIs Serverless Computing

Job description

  • Own the design and evolution of the public and internal APIs, ensuring speed, scalability and long term maintainability
  • Collaborate closely with other engineers to power great user experiences in our Central Portal
  • Develop and operate backend systems using PostgreSQL, PubSub, and OpenFGA, and other cloud-native services
  • Bake in security, testing and quality from day one to keep our public services safe and dependable as we scale
  • Improve and maintain our CI/CD pipelines and observability, helping the team catching issues more quickly and move fast with confidence
  • Act as a senior technical reference in the team, through code reviews, hands-on mentorship and fostering pragmatic engineering decisions and thoughtful architectural decisions

We encourage candidates from non-traditional backgrounds to apply, regardless of formal education, training, and certification. We value diversity of experience and perspectives on our team, and strive to maintain a culture that allows every team member to do great work, bring their best ideas forward, and align those efforts with company goals and practices.What We’re Looking for

Requirements

  • Senior level experience building and owning distributed systems at scale
  • Advanced knowledge of Go service development and backend best practices
  • Willingness to work occasionally on modern web technologies and frontend frameworks
  • Extensive experience integrating with and extending backend REST APIs
  • Experience working in a team with a continuous improvement and learning mindset
  • Demonstrated application of security best practices in public facing services
  • Ability to write clear technical documentation and communicate effectively with team members
  • Experience in a startup or fast-paced environment is a strong plus

Benefits & conditions

  • Competitive salary
  • Hybrid work environment: we work 3 days at our office at Utrecht Central Station and 2 days from home
  • Equity compensation package
  • Retirement savings plan with employer contribution
  • 25-holiday days PTO per year
  • Flexible work hours (subject to management approval)
  • Career Enhancement Funds
  • Employee Referral Bonus

About the company

About UsZeroTier leads the world in next-generation connectivity and cybersecurity. Our platform provides highly secure, peer-to-peer virtual networks, relied upon by millions of users and businesses - from individual users and startups to mid-scale enterprises and Fortune 500 companies. We’re backed by awesome investors including Battery Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, and Anorak Ventures., Founded in 2013 by Adam Ierymenko, ZeroTier’s mission is to make peer-to-peer networking with strong encryption so simple, secure, and intuitive that it becomes the default for the internet. To do this ZeroTier simplifies complex networking across physical boundaries, unifying cloud and edge environments. Our network virtualization platform offers enterprise-grade software-defined networking for every device, service, and applications, whether at the edge or in the cloud. It’s powerful enough for large businesses and defense applications, yet easy for individuals to use for tasks like gaming or remote access. Our team is the best of the best, working diligently to solve the hard technical challenges underlying high-performance decentralized networking. We help our customers run networks free of handcuffs and endless minutiae. Come join us! To find out more please check us out at: www.zerotier.com PLEASE NOTE: Individuals seeking employment at ZeroTier are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation. Direct applicants ONLY. Any recruiter/3rd party submissions we receive will be considered a gift. Written CV’s and Cover Letters are encouraged. No calls please. Back end developer

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