Shape the future of hospitality tech as a Backend Software Developer at Valpas – the company making every trip safe from the soaring bed bug epidemic and toxic pesticides. Flexible start date in September/October. As a Backend Software Developer you will lead the development and delivery of our key backend components and get to:
- Work on a IoT solution that is deployed to over 200 locations worldwide with over 30,000 devices and growing fast. Our product ecosystem ranges from smart devices to mobile applications.
- Take charge of our backend services consisting of our IoT backbone (MQTT, Kafka, Clickhouse, Hasura, PostgreSQL), and our web infrastructure (AWS, Vercel, Docker, Rust, Typescript, NodeJS).
- Collaborate with a passionate team to plan, architect, and implement the core infrastructure that takes Valpas forward.
- Nurture individual growth and innovation. As we expand our business, you'll also have many opportunities to grow professionally.
- Depending on your interests, you can also dive into other aspects of our product, such as firmware development, data science, and machine learning.
Key responsibilities
- Hands-on building of challenging backend production components, infrastructure, and core functionalities.
- Collaborate on feature definition & planning with the product team.
- Rollout & monitor your code in production for the best customer experience.
- Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues, including system outages, bottlenecks, and performance challenges.
- Analyze and enhance efficiency, scalability, and stability of backend system components.
- Work with Cloud systems, Web technologies, and Testing methodologies.
Technical skills
- AWS, Vercel, Aiven, TypeScript, Node, Rust, Docker, PostgreSQL, Hasura and Clickhouse
- System design
You are probably a good candidate if you
- Are enthusiastic about our purpose and product
- Are oriented around the value a product brings to customers
- Focus on outcomes, as opposed to output
- Have worked in a small company before or in a team that owns the entire product
- Believe successful products are a result of interdisciplinary and open collaboration
You will get
🤩 To be the principal backend engineer in a fast growing tech company
👌 To develop a category-creating, patented, and loved product, together with a talented product team
🎓 An empowered environment where you learn and grow fast both professionally and personally as part of a team dedicated to innovation and excellence
🔧 While we have a well established product and team there’s always room for new ideas and we want to develop our ways of working to fit your needs
🏢 Comfortable office in the city centre of Helsinki, next to Senaatintori
💰 A compensation package that entails participation in our option pool and a base salary of 4500-5500€/month depending on where you are in your career
Tell us over a written or recorded application, why
YOU are the best person to join us and help empower 1000 hoteliers and hosts to provide a safe, seamless, and sustainable stay for every guest in the next two years. Leave your written or recorded application and CV by July 31 at
[email protected]. Before taking the time, please do your diligence and read
how we work to see if it resonates with you. 🎉
