Who Are We?
Xcelirate develops technologically-advanced platforms which are accessed by thousands of users every minute! We are proud to offer a workplace where the sharpest developers come together to strategically plan and swiftly execute practices which see us maintain our existing market dominance and attain global expansion. We owe our success to our customers who have seen us grow across a decade, and our talented team who have made that growth possible!
What are we looking for?
You're a principal-level full-stack engineer. You haven't just been around the block - you helped decide which blocks were worth building, and which ones should've been bulldozed early.
At this point, programming languages don’t really impress you anymore. You treat them as tools that translate intent into something a compiler or interpreter can run, choosing them pragmatically, discarding them without nostalgia, and never confusing syntax or novelty with actual progress.
You’ve been around long enough to remember when PHP constructors shared their class names, when exceptions were returned instead of thrown, and when Yeoman, Underscore, and CoffeeScript felt like the obvious future. More importantly, you also learned when to stop using those awful, awful, creations.
Despite all that experience, you’ve stayed deeply hands-on, and you’ve never been particularly interested in drifting into management just because that seemed like the default next step. You’re still happiest close to the code.
You bring a distinctly stoic approach to your work. You don’t panic when systems misbehave, you don’t chase drama, and you don’t confuse urgency with importance.
When you join a project, things tend to settle down. Code becomes easier to reason about, systems start to feel calmer, and decisions get clearer. That sense of clarity tends to spread to the people around you, and without any formal mentoring process, they start picking things up simply by working alongside you.
You have a solid, intuitive understanding of hot-path optimization, speculative execution, and lazy initialization, and you’re occasionally surprised that these simple concepts aren’t more widely understood.
And the homelab experiments you keep running at home, purely because you’re curious and can’t help yourself? We definitely want to hear about those.
If reading this feels a little too familiar, this role is likely to be a very good fit.
What will you be doing?
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What will you bring along?
We are always looking for the best candidates, so if you think you would be a good fit even if you don't meet 100% of the requirements, we would love to hear from you!
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Who We AreWe like to think of ourselves as unapologetic tech innovators; this means we only build stuff we can be proud of. As a progressive leader working across a variety of industries, we have an exciting presence in the sphere of online entertainment.Staffed only by senior professionals, we develop digital products and web-based software applications that aren’t just visually stunning. After all, beauty is skin-deep, and we know looks aren’t everything. We love a tight… security protocol, low latency and a banging user experience. The future of online entertainment cannot come soon enough – we want to Xcelirate it.2018/19 has been the most profitable in our 10-year history. We are aggressively expanding (size matters, only because we dream big), and looking for talented and fun-loving individuals to join us.Doing Better, TogetherAt Xcelirate, we believe that our people make us who we are – and that’s why ours is a culture that is spontaneous, innovative and collaborative. After all, in order to create exceptionally well-designed products, we only hire exceptionally talented individuals to join us in our stunning and brand-new work environment in sunny Barcelona. It’s also important to us to take care of our own – from health insurance and gym subscriptions to flexible working hours and paid lunches with Uber Eats.We also care about fostering a transparent, equal-opportunity, communicative workplace, so that our employees can have fulfilling, enriching careers and grow alongside the company. But we don’t just work hard – we play hard; think Netflix subscriptions, in-house massages and offsite company gatherings that allow us to discover, let loose and recover from the previous week’s hangovers.The Right Way to Have FunSometimes, you need to play by the rules to have fun. We know the importance of being ethical and tenacious – this goes from maintaining a sense of moral correctness to upholding honesty and diligence despite the remote nature of the role and industries we operate in. We are confident, but never complacent. We analyse, challenge and surpass what we do, and how we’re doing it, constantly driving our company and industry to reach higher standards.A Community of CollaboratorsWhat is the secret to our enhanced performance? We believe it lies in our ability to cultivate breakthrough thinking through collaboration between over 40 employees hailing from all corners of the globe. With a ménage à trois... of experiences, perspectives and skillsets, our diversity is our strength, and ultimately an engine for our long-term growth.Rewarding SuccessOur track record of consistent growth of revenue and profit is dependent on the individual efforts of our team – that’s why we believe in rewards and incentives to recognise performance. Think this is a place where accomplishments are bragged about? Think again. At Xcelirate, we value humility. We may be driven by our passion to innovate, but we’re motivated by the hard work, ambition and successes of our peers.Delivering Nothing Short of AmazingTo us, it’s not only about getting the job done – it’s about turning dreams into realities. At the end of the day, we are all about connecting people (don’t we fundamentally develop solutions to satisfy needs and wants?), and our culture dictates that our customers only receive market-leading products and service.
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