Backend Engineer (Golang) (m/f)

ZürichZürich, Zurich, SwitzerlandFull time

Description

Smallpdf is the most used online PDF software and belongs to the 500 most visited website worldwide. The 5-year-old company is one of the most recognized and awarded startups in Switzerland and has the ambition to simplify the life of its customers.

As a senior team full of passion for design, engineering, and business we create remarkable user experiences. Join our cross-functional team and have a direct impact on how over 25 million users worldwide work with documents.

We love open-source and using the latest technologies to scale our distributed application to process millions of files every day. As a backend engineer at Smallpdf, you will not only contribute to our backend but also to our infrastructure and tooling. You will work in a cross-functional development team that includes experienced frontend engineers and designers.

Our Backend Stack:

• Golang


• AWS


• Docker


• Ansible


• Terraform

Full stack on Stackshare

Responsibilities:

• Develop new features for Smallpdf


• Manage and automate our infrastructure that spans across more than 100 machines


• Analyze and monitor our application to spot problems


• Help designing our architecture

Requirements

• Golang Experience


• Work independently and take responsibility and ownership of your work


• Ability to quickly learn new technologies


• 5+ years of experience with software development


• Good programming skills


• Good knowledge of linux


• Fluent in English (German is useful but not necessary)


• Full-time position


• Permanently based in Zurich (or willing to move)


• Swiss or EU passport holder (or other permit that allows you to work in Switzerland)

Nice to Have:

• Experience with DevOps tools such as
  
  
  
  • Docker
  
  
  • Ansible
  
  
  • Terraform
  
  


• Experience scaling (micro-) webservices to millions of users


• Experience with AWS

Benefits

• The chance to personally impact a successful & rapidly growing startup


• Tricky challenges scaling a high-traffic web application


• Work in small teams that have direct impact on tools that are used by million of users


• Become part of a highly motivated and international team that pushes boundaries


• Fun company events, such as snowshoe hikes in the Swiss Alps, wake-surfing on lake Zurich, after work BBQs and more!


• Free German language course


• Regular Hack Days to challenge yourself


• Nice rooftop office in central Zurich

Do you like the job please apply here: apply.workable.com/smallpdf/j/A136D70A95/apply/

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