Are you a senior engineer eager to harness your technological talent for meaningful projects?
Join Camplight in developing a groundbreaking collaboration platform that connects innovators worldwide. Your expertise in backend engineering will help build the infrastructure that transforms ideas into successful ventures through seamless global collaboration.
What you’ll be working on?
We are developing an innovative platform designed to facilitate strategic collaboration across borders. This system will empower users to transform ideas into successful ventures by providing robust tools for connection, communication, and project management.
The platform requires a scalable, high-performance backend that can handle global traffic while maintaining security and reliability. You’ll be building the foundation that enables users worldwide to collaborate effectively and bring their visions to life.
Your Role
As a Backend Engineer, you’ll be responsible for architecting and developing a robust backend that ensures our platform scales seamlessly and delivers exceptional performance. Your work will empower users to transform ideas into successful ventures, facilitating global collaboration.
What You’ll Do
You’ll architect and optimize backend systems using Node.js and PostgreSQL while enhancing the platform’s performance and scalability to support global users. Working closely with the frontend team, you’ll create seamless API integrations and implement secure, reliable systems that empower strategic collaboration across our platform.
About Camplight
We build self-organizing technical teams, offer software development services, and work with businesses and entrepreneurs to create new products.
With over 300 successful software projects, some ongoing for over 8 years, we strive for long-term success for our partners.
By following the principles of self-management and organizing as a cooperative, we achieve 95% satisfaction among them.
We seek the best talents to join us and value transparency, collaboration, trust, responsibility, and innovation.
When joining Camplight, you can become a co-owner of the cooperative, allowing you to steer the business and share in the rewards of our collective success.
What are we looking for?
- Ownership mindset: We want individuals who care about their work. Individuals who take pride in being professionals, have high standards and deliver on them. This is the main way Camplight stands out in front of competitors.
- Technical expertise: We expect you to know your tools and be able to write high-quality software efficiently.
- Communication skills: You’ll be frequently communicating with our partners and other team members. That’s why it’s important to have clear written and verbal communication, outstanding English, emotional intelligence, and a desire to understand the person in front of you. Knowledge of how to distill requirements and manage stakeholder expectations will be a big plus.
Requirements
- 3-5 years of experience in backend development
- Strong expertise in Node.js and PostgreSQL
- Familiarity with PostGraphile, Graphile Worker, Docker, and AWS
- Experience with API development, Git, and security best practices
- Knowledge of GraphQL, frontend technologies, and microservices (advantageous)
What do we offer?
We focus on health, wealth, and empowering relationships:
- Fully remote work with flexible work hours
- Competitive salary
- Opportunity to become a co-owner of the cooperative
- Individual career development plan
- Friendly team and company culture
- Prioritization of mental and physical health in the workplace, with the freedom to make decisions about oneself, supported by peers committed to a healthy lifestyle.
- Empowering relationships for engineering alongside colleagues who cherish growth mindsets in a unique environment that blends service and product craftsmanship.
What does the interview process look like?
- Initial Interview: We’ll start with a friendly 45-minute cultural and technical interview. Two members of our team will assess your cultural fit, past experience, and engineering expertise, the major challenges you’ve tackled, and discuss your ideal workspace.
- You can choose between two Technical Deep Dive options:
- Homework Assignment: If there’s a match, we’ll provide a brief homework assignment designed to take around 2 hours to complete. This will be followed by a 1-hour technical interview to discuss the homework and conduct a technical deep dive.
- Pair Programming: If you prefer not to do a homework assignment, we’ll have a 2-hour technical deep dive session, primarily focused on pair programming.
Regardless of the outcome, we will provide you with constructive feedback to help you grow.
