[Hiring] Cloud Backend Engineer @Signaloid

Role Description

• Lead the implementation of extensions to the Signaloid Cloud Compute Engine backend.
• Be responsible for extending the testing and QA infrastructure of the Signaloid Cloud Compute Engine backend.
• Take the initiative to identify whether the quality level of your implementation meets both explicit and implicit design and quality objectives of the team.
• Deliver new functionality and tests on a regular release schedule and work with other parts of the engineering and commercial teams.
• Design, implement, and document improvements to the Signaloid Cloud Compute Engine API.
• Contribute to improving operational procedures in the engineering team.

After a year in this role, you can expect to:

• Contribute to and lead the definition of the direction of the evolution of key parts of the Signaloid Cloud Compute Engine, either as an individual contributor or as a team lead.
• Gain increased autonomy and responsibility for strategy within the engineering team.
• Have the opportunity, based on your demonstrated performance, to take on new challenges within Signaloid.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate or master's degree in computer engineering, computer science, or a related discipline.
• More than three years of experience working as a backend or cloud engineer.
• Proficiency in one or more of: TypeScript, Go, or Python.
• Experience in implementing REST APIs and familiarity with writing API schemas.
• Experience in AWS core services (DynamoDB, Lambda, S3, VPC, EC2/ASG, SQS).
• Experience deploying scalable, production-grade cloud applications.
• Experience with Git and proficiency in using Linux.
• Ability to work in an English-speaking environment.
• A willingness to listen to people until they feel understood.
• Honesty, empathy, and a willingness to see the world from the viewpoint of others.

Requirements

• Experience working at a startup.
• Experience with SOC 2 attestation and ISO 27001 certification.
• Experience with DevOps practices: CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and load testing (e.g., k6).
• Experience in Test-Driven Development.
• Some exposure to frontend development; comfort occasionally working outside the backend layer when needed.
• Experience developing full-stack applications.

Benefits

• A flexible remote-first work environment.
• Be part of an international team with the flexibility to choose where you live, as long as you are available during the working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 UK time.
• Join the rest of the team several times each year for an in-person session somewhere in Europe.
• Competitive compensation.
• Yearly bonus based on company's Objectives and Key Results (OKR) performance and bi-yearly bonus based on your project team's OKR performance.
• Simple transparent compensation across the company, with four pay levels, in all roles, based on skill level: Contributor, Senior Contributor, Lead Contributor, and Principal Contributor.
• All full-time employees receive attractive stock options package.
• A driven but respectful environment.
• We never speak ill of others even if we differ in our viewpoints; we show up every day with a sense of urgency; we treat each other with respect as though each day were our last.
• No isolated "projects": No person in the team works in isolation and a successful outcome for the thread of work you lead will inherently depend on getting help from (and helping) other members of the team.