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Senior Software Engineer (Blockchain/Backend) Metrika Remote (United States, Canada, Europe, United Kingdom, Norway, Switzerland) $60,000 to $140,000 a year
July 2021
4 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
Job Description
We are building the world's premier Operational Intelligence platform for Blockchain. We strive to develop our systems by observing the best practices of our craft; this means writing testable, performant, easy to maintain and constantly improving code, while enabling our company to iterate our product fast and stay ahead.
These are the early days of our platform, and as a Senior Backend Engineer you will be able to contribute, influence and take ownership in significant parts of our systems. Our goal is to build a very high performance platform, capable of analyzing thousands of transactions across multiple blockchain networks in real-time.
If you are a Senior Software Engineer, with a solid understanding of distributed systems, passion for your work and would love to work with a geographically distributed team, join us!
What this position is all about:
Designing and implementing crawlers, software agents and accompanying backend services that feed our Operational Intelligence platform with hundreds of metrics pertaining to the performance and health of Blockchain networks. You will be expected to demonstrate capacity to code (or pick up competence in) Python or Golang.
Working under a Scrum or Kanban framework and releasing product increments on a continuous basis.
Owning your work. This means writing unit tests, ensuring proper containerization, observability/instrumentation and documentation for your code.
Understanding, participating and contributing to the company goals, regardless of your role. Metrika is a small company with a very inclusive culture. We are looking for people that share those values with us.
Please note: Our Engineering team is predominantly based in Europe. This position is currently open to those resident and currently able to work in the European Economic Area (EU, Norway, Liechtenstein), Switzerland, the UK as well the eastern United States/Canada (UTC-4/UTC-5 timezone)
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Metrika Inc. is an Equal Opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered without regard for race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion._
Job requirements
You will need:
A bachelor's degree in Computer Science. Masters or higher degrees preferred.
Considerable experience in building production-grade, distributed, cloud native, asynchronous/event-based microservices-based or serverless systems, using Python, Golang, Java/C# or Scala. (At Metrika we're predominantly using Python and Golang for our services at this time.)
Excellent understanding of TDD, agile development methodology and version control.
The ability to function autonomously to solve problems, and deliver working software. Our geographic distribution requires people that can work well on their own.
The ability to communicate well with your team, both interactively and asynchronously, and that of being a positive, constructive team member.
You'll probably be a great fit if you have:
Expert knowledge of Python or Golang.
Experience with blockchain systems.
Experience with key-value, document, time series or other non-relational databases.
Experience with CI/CD.
Experience with Docker/Kubernetes or Serverless environments.
Experience with SQS/SNS, Kafka, Pulsar, RabbitMQ or other brokers.
Experience with public cloud providers, e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure, DigitalOcean etc.
Smallpdf is the most-loved and most trusted PDF software on the planet. We serve over 500 million users in 24 different languages processing millions of documents per day, and in every country in the worldâeven Antarctica! To deliver a product that users love, we solve complex technical problems at scale using cloud-native and open source technologies.
As one of the most successful startups in Switzerland, with staff from all over the world, we're on a mission to make PDF easy. We love open-source and using the latest technologies to scale our distributed application to process millions of files every day.
đââď¸ About the Contract Management Team:
The Contract Management team aims to streamline and automate routine contracts of business customers so they can stay on top of their legal and financial needs with no hassle. This team is responsible to enable our users to manage the lifecycle of their contracts from the creation to the execution, archiving, and renewal while ensuring the highest level of security and legality. We are a highly engaged, hands-on team that values ideas and collaboration.
As a Backend engineer in our team, you'll contribute to solving challenges tackling digital signatures and advanced file management for our users.
What you will do:
Design and build systems at scale, which will be used by millions of people every day
Work on most impactful changes, researched and prioritized by the team to make sure we are focusing on the right things
Collaborate with other team members by challenging ideas, brainstorming, and having discussions to get to the best solutions.
Responsibilities:
Take ownership of one of the services that power our product for millions of users
Ensure the scalability and reliability of services from top to bottom.
Build simple, loosely coupled, composable, and reliable software
Architect and develop infrastructure to mitigate scalability, security, and reliability risks.
Mentor and grow a community of backend engineers to contribute to Smallpdf
Our Stack:
Golang
AWS
Docker
Ansible
Terraform
Discover more of our stack on Stackshare
Requirements:
3+ years of experience in backend software development.
Expertise with at least one of the following languages, or equivalent: Golang, Java, Kotlin, C#, C, C++, Python.
Ability to quickly pick up new technologies. We use Golang as our language of choice for backend services.
Experience scaling (micro-) web services to millions of users.
Can excel independently and have a sense of ownership of your own work.
Fluent English.
Based in Zurich or willing to relocate (this is an on-site role).
Swiss or EU passport holder (or other permits that allow you to work in Switzerland).
Nice to have:
Experience with Golang.
Experience with AWS.
Experience with high traffic backend services.
Benefits:
The opportunity to impact a successful, growing scale-up and its tools used by millions worldwide.
We are remote-work friendly (we prioritize a healthy work-life balance).
Work in small, highly motivated, cross-functional teams that push boundaries.
A dedicated annual budget and time off for personal development
Enjoy company events in the Swiss Alps, on Lake Zurich, or even further afield.
After-work events include BBQs, cinema, game nights, meet-ups, and more.
Learn German with our free German language course.
Hack days to challenge yourself and the team.
Unlimited free coffee and drinks.
Weekly team lunch on the house.
Brand new offices in the heart of Zurich.
Rated by Forbes as one of the top 10 cities in the world for work-life balance, Zurich is the place to work for anyone who wants more out of life. From chocolate, cheese, and RÓ§sti to snow-capped mountains, haute couture, Swiss-made watches, and outstanding public transport, whatever it is that makes your heart beat faster, itâs all right here in Switzerlandâand so is Smallpdf.
Smallpdf is an equal opportunity employer. We believe a talented, diverse, and inclusive workforce is our greatest strength. We strongly oppose any form of hiring or workplace discrimination against candidates or employees on any basis, including race, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, philosophy, nationality, disability, or genetic information. Weâre committed to fostering a safe, supportive environment where everyone can come to work as their full selves and reach their greatest potential.
By sending your application, you allow Smallpdf to handle and store your data.
Smallpdf does not seek or accept unsolicited resumes or CVs from recruitment agencies. We are not responsible for, and will not pay, any fees, commissions, or any other payment related to unsolicited resumes or CVs except as required in a written contract between Smallpdf and the recruitment agency or party requesting payment of a fee.
Founded in Switzerland in 2013, Smallpdf provides a simple, secure, and reliable answer to common frustrating PDF problems, and has become the most-loved and most trusted PDF software on the planet. We serve over 500 million users in 24 different languages, and in every country in the worldâeven Antarctica!
As one of the most successful startups in Switzerland, with staff from all over the world, weâre on a mission to make PDF easy. We love open-source and using the latest technologies to scale our distributed application to process millions of files every day.
If you are a passionate engineer with extensive experience working with Golang and AWS and would be interested in working on a product loved and used by 40+ million monthly active users, this job is for you!
đââď¸ About the Growth Team
At Smallpdf, we work in pods, which are autonomous and cross-functional teams within the company.
You would be working in the Growth pod. Our goal is to maximize the value of Smallpdf for our millions of users and help them become as productive as possible.
In more practical terms, we...
Collaborate together to plan, execute, and analyze experiments to drive activation, engagement, and ultimatelyâgrowth!
Make sure users find what they are looking for to get their work done
Help users discover and unlock 'superpowers' on our platforms
Build and maintain a stable and reliable payment infrastructure
What you will do:
Design and build systems at scale, which will be used by millions of people every day
Work on most impactful changes, researched and prioritized by the team to make sure we are focusing on the right things
Collaborate with other team members by challenging ideas, brainstorming, and having discussions to get to the best solutions.
Responsibilities:
Build and maintain critical components in our payment system
Ensure the scalability and reliability of services from top to bottom
Architect and develop infrastructure to mitigate scalability, security, and reliability risks
Mentor and grow a community of backend engineers to contribute to Smallpdf
We use the latest technologies, including:
Golang
AWS
Docker
Ansible
Terraform
Full stack on Stackshare
Requirements
3+ years of experience in backend software development.
Expertise with at least one of the following languages, or equivalent: Golang, Java, Kotlin, C#, C, C++, Python.
Ability to quickly pick up new technologies. We use Golang as our language of choice for backend services.
Can excel independently and have a sense of ownership of your own work.
Fluent English.
Based in Zurich or willing to relocate (this is an on-site role).
Swiss or EU passport holder (or other permits that allow you to work in Switzerland).
Nice to have:
* Experience with Golang.
* Experience with Subscription & Payment Management Systems.
* Experience with AWS.
Benefits:
The opportunity to impact a successful, growing scale-up and its tools used by millions worldwide.
We are remote-work friendly (we prioritize a healthy work-life balance).
Work in small, highly motivated, cross-functional teams that push boundaries.
A dedicated annual budget and time off for personal development
Enjoy company events in the Swiss Alps, on Lake Zurich, or even further afield.
After-work events include BBQs, cinema, game nights, meet-ups, and more.
Learn German with our free German language course.
Hack days to challenge yourself and the team.
Unlimited free coffee and drinks.
Weekly team lunch on the house.
Brand new offices in the heart of Zurich.
Rated by Forbes as one of the top 10 cities in the world for work-life balance, Zurich is the place to work for anyone who wants more out of life. From chocolate, cheese, and RÓ§sti to snow-capped mountains, haute couture, Swiss-made watches, and outstanding public transport, whatever it is that makes your heart beat faster, itâs all right here in Switzerlandâand so is Smallpdf.
Smallpdf is an equal opportunity employer. We believe a talented, diverse, and inclusive workforce is our greatest strength. We strongly oppose any form of hiring or workplace discrimination against candidates or employees on any basis, including race, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, philosophy, nationality, disability, or genetic information. Weâre committed to fostering a safe, supportive environment where everyone can come to work as their full selves and reach their greatest potential.
By sending your application, you allow Smallpdf to handle and store your data.
Smallpdf does not seek or accept unsolicited resumes or CVs from recruitment agencies. We are not responsible for, and will not pay, any fees, commissions, or any other payment related to unsolicited resumes or CVs except as required in a written contract between Smallpdf and the recruitment agency or party requesting payment of a fee.
Make a difference in an innovative team and build a world class big data research platform.
Numus is a global group of quantitative, engineering, and blockchain experts. We are contributing to shape the future of applied decentralized finance. We are a native global and decentralized team with an office presence in Zug, Switzerland. We combine extensive and diverse experience from the Crypto, Quant, Tech and Finance worlds but are bound by a shared passion for sharing ideas, learning from each other and solving new problems together.
Are you keen to work in a startup where your ideas, experience and willingness to find creative solutions â and not your title â makes a difference?
You will help design, create and improve our central automated trading platform, written mostly in Go. You will help to make our architecture even more secure, resilient and fault-tolerant while maintaining a modular, well-tested architecture with simple and elegant code, focussed on speed and latency. A good line of code for you is the one which wasnât written. You see infrastructure as code and see the deployment and monitoring as an integral part of your work, DevOps-style. You rather try to use a AWS cloud service instead of running your own piece of infrastructure or code. Security is always on your mind, and youâre maybe always a little bit too paranoid. You will also help research developers to port their Code to Golang and maintain code quality. You love to explore new state-of-the-art tools and discuss them with your team. Contributing to Open Source projects (e.g. modules to connect to exchanges) is an important part of your work as well. Youâre super detail and quality oriented and love to work in a team where most problems havenât been solved so far â so we highly value creativity to find solutions.
Requirements
Deep understanding of modern cloud-based backend architectures and technologies
Experience with Python, JavaScript/TypeScript (AWS Lambda) and Ruby (on Rails)
Experience with Serverless technologies (AWS Lambda)
Experience with big data management and analysis toolchains like Databricks, Apache Spark, Kinesis
Extended know-how about security, hardening and attack vectors
Interest in crypto and/or financial markets
How to apply
What we offer
If you are eager to join a knowledge driven group of brilliant minds that value results above anything and do not engage in any political internal discussions, then you should join Numus.
As everyone of us is constantly learning and we are far from definitive answers yet, we embrace a global, diverse and collaboration-oriented team culture. We value open, smart and sharp minds, no matter their background. They are our greatest asset.
If you are curious, scientifically minded, entrepreneurial, passionate, a little bit quirky and fun: we would like to get to know you and become a part of our journey. Develop your skills together with us in a humble, remote, lean and agile environment.
We operate in a non-hierarchical structure on a self-management basis where skill counts instead of titles. Take initiative, initiate change and take responsible action. You also know when to ask for help.
Youâll be working with the latest cutting edge technology to solve real world problems. Creativity is a must in our company. Weâre organized as a full remote-first company, so Everybody can choose freely to work remotely or from our offices or a mix of both, we will be able to adjust to your work-life balance.
Senior Go Developer Numus Zug, Switzerland / Remote (Europe) $70,000 to $130,000 a year
June 2021
4 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
Job Description
You will help design, create and improve our central automated trading platform, written mostly in Go. You will help to make our architecture even more secure, resilient and fault-tolerant while maintaining a modular, well-tested architecture with simple and elegant code, focussed on speed and latency. A good line of code for you is the one which wasnât written. You see infrastructure as code and see the deployment and monitoring as an integral part of your work, DevOps-style. You rather try to use a AWS cloud service instead of running your own piece of infrastructure or code. Security is always on your mind, and youâre maybe always a little bit too paranoid. You will also help research developers to port their Code to Golang and maintain code quality. You love to explore new state-of-the-art tools and discuss them with your team. Contributing to Open Source projects (e.g. modules to connect to exchanges) is an important part of your work as well. Youâre super detail and quality oriented and love to work in a team where most problems havenât been solved so far - so we highly value creativity to find solutions.
Requirements
Deep understanding of modern cloud-based backend architectures and technologies
Generalist Software Engineer Fotokite Zurich, Switzerland Fr60,000 to Fr120,000 a year
January 2021
2 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
Job Description
Fotokite is a fast-paced, growing company specializing in aerial robotics. To continue pushing the boundaries of situational awareness tools in firefighting and first responder markets, we are seeking software engineers to help with internal and customer-facing software development.
We are looking to expand the team with generalist software engineers that bring dedication and fresh ideas in the areas of web development, cloud computing, system/network engineering, and data pipelines / data science. Our culture values versatile engineers that are willing to show initiative and tackle problems across the full stack.
Responsibilities
Design and implement real-time video streaming infrastructure at the core of our situational awareness system
Maintain and improve our data collection and processing infrastructure
Implement novel UIs to simplify the work of firefighters
Enhance our simulated and physical testing framework to provide a reliable product to our customers
Provide code review and guidance in your areas of expertise
Collaborate with other teams such as embedded, flight control, UI/UX
Requirements
Good understanding of networking principles
Solid knowledge of Linux
Experience building applications using Javascript, Python, Go, C++ or related languages
Experience with 1 or more of the following:
Web development / React
Video streaming technologies (RTP and similar)
Real time low latency networking protocols (websockets, webRTC)
Abstractions typical of the major cloud providers (GCP, AWS)
Single board computers (ARM based)
Fleet automation / orchestration
Embedded Linux (yocto, buildroot)
Package management and distribution
Network routing
Fotokite is hiring for full or part time positions, both entry and senior level, onsite at our HQ at Zurich, Switzerland.
We are looking forward to your CV (English only, please)!
We are looking for an experienced full stack engineer to join our talented team based in Switzerland (remote if needed). This person will help build and manage our entire infrastructure. This person will help createnew APIs for our various projects & as well maintain existing ones. He/She will build the user interfaces & connect the APIs to those UIs for various web applications & tools. He will also working closely with our DevOps team to continuously test/deploy updates.
About
Audacia Group is an innovative Swiss investment firm founded in 2018. Our ambition is to create centres of expertise in support of newly acquired or existing companies within Audacia. Our wholly-owned portfolio of e-commerce companies include: kisskiss, stickerkid, stickeryeti, and idealvoyance. We are currently looking for new talent to complete our product & engineering team.
Tasks
Design and implementation of the overall web architecture
Implementation of user interfaces
Database administration
Ensuring the entire stack is designed and built for speed and scalability
Design and construction of the various required back-end
Integrating our front-end UIs with the APIs
Work closely with the devops to help improve continuous integration and deployment
Create and maintain technical documentation
Refactor existing code to remove technical debt
Write and test code to ensure compatibility and stability: refine and rewrite as necessary.
Requirements
3+ working experience as a professional fullstack engineer, including:
Strong working experience with HTML, CSS, and
Strong working experience with at least one modern JS frontend framework (i.e. React, Vue.js, Angular)
Strong working experience with a back-end programing language (Javascript/Node.js, PHP, Go, Python)
Strong working experience with a RDBMS (PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB, SQL Server, Oracle)
Strong working exprience with database design and management
A thorough understanding of computer networks, architecture, operating systems, and data structures
Experience working with Linux/Unix & shell scripts
Understanding of Windows, PowerShell, & HyperV a plus
Benefits
A flexible working environment with a lean organization
The opportunity to contribute to Audaciaâs development with your ideas
A young, international team that enjoys sharing a story over a coffee and share personal experiences
A competitive salary package and a flexible working hours policy
Locations in Sion in the heart of the mountains and Morges by the lake (Switzerland)
To apply, please send your CV along with a short intro about yourself and we'll get back in touch shortly.
Senior Golang Engineer Smallpdf Zurich, Switzerland Fr84 to Fr108 a year
August 2020
4 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
Job Description
Description
Founded in Switzerland in 2013, Smallpdf provides a simple, secure, and reliable answer to heavy, awkward PDF software, and has become the most-loved and most-trusted PDF software on the planet. We serve over 500 million users in 24 different languages, and in every country in the worldâeven Antarctica!
As one of the most successful startups in Switzerland, with 52 staff of 18 different nationalities, weâre on a mission to make PDF easy. 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.
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
3+ 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)
100% on-site role
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 opportunity to impact a successful, growing scale-up and its tools used by millions worldwide.
Work in small, highly-motivated, cross-functional teams that push boundaries.
Enjoy company events in the Swiss Alps, on Lake Zurich, or even further afield.
After-work events include BBQs, cinema, game nights, meet-ups, and more.
Learn German with our free German language course.
Hack days to challenge yourself and the team.
Unlimited free coffee and drinks.
Weekly team lunch on the house.
Brand new offices in the heart of Zurich.
Rated by Forbes as one of the top 10 cities in the world for work-life balance, Zurich is the place to work for anyone who wants more out of life. From chocolate, cheese, and rÓ§sti to snow-capped mountains, haute couture, Swiss-made watches, and outstanding public transport, whatever it is that makes your heart beat faster, itâs all right here in Switzerlandâand so is Smallpdf.
By sending your application you allow Smallpdf to handle and store your data.
Smallpdf does not seek or accept unsolicited resumes or CVs from recruitment agencies. We are not responsible for, and will not pay, any fees, commissions, or any other payment related to unsolicited resumes or CVs except as required in a written contract between Smallpdf and the recruitment agency or party requesting payment of a fee.
Backend Engineer (Golang) Smallpdf Zurich, Switzerland Fr84,000 to Fr108,000 a year
July 2019
3 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
Job 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 20 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.
Senior Engineer (Back End) elblox Olten, Switzerland Fr40,000 to Fr115,000 a year
July 2019
2 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
Job Description
Our mission is to reshape how energy is perceived, transacted and managed. The future of energy production is renewable and decentral â and so will be its exchange and coordination powered by digital technology.
This is a great opportunity to join :elblox, a leading swiss EnergyTech startup, with growth across Europe. In this role you have the chance to shape our new software architecture and help coordinate the construction of our large-scale applications.
Our offer
Chance to shape future energy markets using GO
Large scope of tasks with high personal responsibility
An entrepreneurial, passionate and friendly team with bright minds and clear vision
International working environment
Europe-wide network in the energy sector and to leading companies in the field
The agility of a start-up combined with a large and well-positioned investor
Office in Olten just 4 minutes from the train station, partial remote work is possible
Attractive compensation package
Your challenges
Design and implement the next stage of our cloud based backend architecture
Extend our RESTful API based on state of the art serverless SQL/NoSQL dbs
Coordinate implementation of new functionally across teams
Propose and implement new technologies to enrich our architecture
Deliver the architecture in production on cloud computing platforms
Your qualities and talents
Enjoy being part of a strong team in a fast-paced environment
University degree and several years of development experience
Proficiency in modern web paradigms like REST and web sockets
Experience in building robust back end testing and automation tools
Experience in cloud computing platforms like AWS, Google Cloud and docker
A creative mind to apply the above technology in cutting edge and innovative ways