Golang Smallpdf Jobs Paying 100,000 USD a Year

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🏢 About Smallpdf

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 world—even Antarctica!

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.

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!

💁‍♂️ 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 ultimately—growth! 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 Rӧsti to snow-capped mountains, haute couture, Swiss-made watches, and outstanding public transport, whatever it is that makes your heart beat faster, it’s all right here in Switzerland—and 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. We’re 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.

Job Description

Description:

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 world—even 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.

💁‍♂️ 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 Rӧsti to snow-capped mountains, haute couture, Swiss-made watches, and outstanding public transport, whatever it is that makes your heart beat faster, it’s all right here in Switzerland—and 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. We’re 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.

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.

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

Perks & 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