Senior Backend Engineer

We’re bringing podcasting to work! 🎧 We're transforming the way companies build culture and community in a remote world. We're helping top companies like Udemy, Mixpanel and ServiceNow tap into the power of audio to inform and engage their employees in a format they love – no zoom fatigue or scheduling problems. Why does it matter? Because employees do their best work when they trust their leadership, feel connected to their colleagues, understand their company’s direction and are motivated to contribute. In 2020, more people listened to podcasts than ever before, so we're giving companies all the tools they need to leverage this wildly popular format to improve their internal communications, employee engagement, training and onboarding. Email, Slack, and Zoom are collaboration tools. They weren’t intended to be the cultural connective tissue for remote and hybrid teams. But Spokn is. We’re creating a new category: Podcasting for work. It’s going well. 🚀 📈 Grew by over 500%since the end 2020 ✒️ Already signed awesome customers like ServiceNow, Udemy, Podium, Mixpanel, & FabFitFun 💰 Backed by top investors like NEA, Y Combinator, Reach Capital, FundersClub, and others 🌟Senior Backend Engineer This is an opportunity to join a well-funded, fast-growing startup as an early team member. In this role, you'll help us build our incredible SaaS product that's used by some of the coolest startups in the world. ✅ Here’s what we’ll want you to do... Design, develop and maintain Spokn's backend services (microservices, functions, jobs) Help shape our leading-edge stack and processes Add value with every iteration to help us move quickly Take initiative by suggesting new technologies, ideas and approaches Bring creative engineering solutions to a dynamic system Help design usable and clean APIs for our Spokn services Collaborate with colleagues in a fluid, cross-functional team environment Guide other team members in handling more complex issues 🛠 This means you probably have these skills… Experience in NodeJS Expertise in building REST APIs (e.g. Express, Swagger) Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g. MySQL, Cassandra, Elasticsearch) Comfortable working with Unix-like systems and DevOps (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, YAML) Able to work in a structured, agile and test-oriented manner 🎈Bonus points... Experience with Google Cloud Platform Understanding distributed systems (e.g. Kafka, MQTT, OAuth 2.0) Experience with Audio/Video components ⚡ What we’ll offer you... Competitive Salary + Equity The opportunity to build a global product The chance to work remotely Employer-paid health insurance A fun, diverse, and international team Diverse and Inclusive Employer We’re committed to providing equal treatment and opportunity to all applicants at every stage of the hiring cycle and throughout their life at the company. We don’t discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected status.