Backend Engineer (Golang) at Smallpdf - Zurich, Switzerland

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

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