Lead Backend Developer
Who we are:
Kickstarted in late 2019, YooniK is creating privacy-first face authentication services that can be used everywhere. By creating a YooniK ID™ during a single and simple registration process, people can easily and securely interact with any IoT device, Mobile or Web Apps. Whether you want to seamlessly check into a hotel room or access the buffet breakfast lounge, pay for goods with a loyalty card, or enter your rental car: just face the camera and go! You no longer need to carry loyalty, access or credit cards, train tickets or even a passport.
Your mission as a Lead Backend Developer is to produce high-quality software, with the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications
What you will be doing:
- Working with top-notch multi-disciplinary software development team
- Develop application programming interfaces (APIs) backend services communication and customer integrations
- Produce high-quality software, with the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications
- Help maintaining and improve code quality, organization, and automation
- Work in all phases of the development cycle: concept to implementation
- Research and suggest new products, applications and protocols
- Work directly with the VP of Engineering & CTO in designing APIs and backend services
- Autonomy in the day-to-day activities and implementation decisions of the backend services apps
- Work within the backend team to design the best communication flow between server side and apps
Our ideal candidate has/is:
- 4+ years experience implementing backend services
- Degree in Informatics, Software Engineering or Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Proeficient in Python
- Experience with OOP
- Proeficient with cloud development (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Proeficient with database technology (MongoDB, DynamoDB, PostgresSQL)
- Proeficient with Docker and Kubernetes
- Understanding development of new lifecycles with emphasis on software quality processes
- Familiarity with Agile software development and Gitflow
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Critical thinking and good problem-solving skills
- Pragmatic with a "get it done" mindset
- Ability to build and lead a team of backend developers to support the company growth
Nice to have:
- Experience developing scalable computer vision and machine learning services
- Experience with RabbitMQ, ElasticSearch, Kibana
- Experience with wireless technologies such as Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
Our offer:
- Good compensation package based on experience
- Possibility to participate in our Stock Options plan
- The opportunity to work in a highly experienced team developing the next generation of face authentication services
- Fast career progression at a rising star deep-tech startup company where you can add real value to our innovative solutions and where your opinion will be heard