Backend Engineer (Golang) at Smallpdf - Zurich, Switzerland

Fr84k - Fr108k

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