[Hiring] Backend Developer @Semrush

Role Description

This role involves developing and maintaining backend systems for our digital marketing platform.

• Perform high-quality development and introduce necessary architectural improvements to ensure products remain stable and maintainable.
• Support the transition of services into our standard tech stack and maintain reliable CI/CD processes.
• Modernize monitorability by refining metrics, logging, and alerts to move toward a proactive and automated support state.
• Work with various storage solutions, ensuring they are optimized for stability and performance.
• Participate in code reviews and maintain consistent engineering standards across the portfolio.
• Support the team with deep technical insights during product transitions and help resolve unique architectural or performance challenges.

Qualifications

• Experience in building and maintaining resilient, distributed backend systems.
• Strong proficiency in Java (Spring) or Go, with a genuine willingness to work across both stacks and learn the second language as you go.
• Practical experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Expertise with databases (PostgreSQL or MySql). Experience with Redis, MongoDB, or ClickHouse is a plus.
• Experience with any observability stack (logging-tracing-metrics).
• Readiness to share ownership and make technical decisions together with the team.
• Ability to write clear documentation and runbooks that simplify long-term service maintenance.

Requirements

• Backend: Java (Spring Boot), Go, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, Redis, RabbitMQ.
• Frontend: React, TypeScript.
• Infrastructure: Google Cloud (GCP), GKE, Docker, GitLab CI, Helm.
• Observability: Grafana, Prometheus, Sentry.
• QA: Allure, Playwright.

Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Unlimited PTO
• Flexi Benefit for your hobby
• Employee Support Program
• Loss of family member financial aid
• Employee Resource Groups
• Meals, snacks, and drinks at the office
• Corporate events
• Teambuilding
• Training, courses, conferences

Company Description

Semrush is a leading online visibility management SaaS platform that enables businesses globally to run search engine optimization, pay-per-click, content, social media and competitive research campaigns and get measurable results from online marketing.

• We've been developing our product for 17 years.
• Awarded G2's Top 100 Software Products, Global and US Search Awards 2021, Great Place to Work Certification, Deloitte Technology Fast 500 and many more.
• In March 2021 Semrush went public and started trading on the NYSE with the SEMR ticker.
• 10,000,000+ users in America, Europe, Asia, and Australia have already tried Semrush.
• Over 1,700 people around the world are working on its development.
• The Semrush team is constantly growing.