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	DuckDuckGo Senior Backend Engineer (Remote)		0 days ago	Apply
	Description Hi, we’re DuckDuckGo, the Internet privacy company for everyone who wants to take back their privacy now. For over a decade, we've been building our all-in-one product, developing new privacy technology, and working with policymakers to make online privacy simple and accessible for all. Our browsers and extensions have been downloaded over 250 million times with our built-in private search engine, which has delivered over 100 billion searches and is the 2nd largest search engine on mobile in the United States and 17 other countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Germany, Poland, and Spain. Our private search engine is also 3rd in market share in the U.S. and over 20 major markets. Oh, and we've been profitable since 2014, withannual revenue exceeding $100 million! The DuckDuckGo browser’s uniquely comprehensive privacy protections are used by tens of millions of people to protect their everyday online activities on Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android, from searching to browsing, emailing, and more. We also offer Privacy Pro, a three-in-one subscription service that includes a VPN, Personal Information Removal, and Identity Theft Restoration. We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to help shape our all-in-one privacy solution and join our mission to show the world that protecting your privacy online can be simple. The Opportunity In this role, you will lead complex projects across key company-wide objectives, writing pragmatic, testable code that's performant and works consistently. You'll collaborate remotely with your peers and take responsibility for solving product issues impacting our all-in-one privacy solution, whether large or small. In time, you'll formally mentor other engineers, supporting their career growth and the growth of the Backend Team at DuckDuckGo. What You Will Bring to DuckDuckGo 7+ years backend engineering experience, having worked on the backend side of at least one large application. A fundamental understanding of complex data structures and algorithms. You can develop and apply new solutions and confidently navigate and improve existing code. If you're curious, we mostly use Perl. A creative approach to problem-solving. You like to take the initiative to push a project forward but know when to get others involved. Effective project management skills. Excellent communication skills. You can validate and communicate your decisions clearly. Previous experience leading and mentoring experienced engineers, supporting their career goals, and unlocking their potential. How We Will Support You Our core values -- build trust, question assumptions, and validate direction -- underpin how we work day-to-day and the support we give our team members. We strive to empower our team members to be self-directed and self-motivated in their work. Remote First, Always: We've always been a fully distributed company with team members all over the world. We trust you to get your work done wherever, whenever. Commitment to Personal Growth: Every team member has an annual budget of $1,250 USD to invest in their professional development. Every team member also has a dedicated Career Advisor, who serves as a guide to help you develop your strengths, identify your motivations, and understand your opportunities for growth. Leadership: We have many different types of leaders and possible combinations of leadership roles, so you can grow your career in a way that aligns best with your personal goals. You can seek additional leadership roles by being directly responsible for projects, taking ownership of areas of the company, developing and maintaining internal processes, or pursuing advisory roles. Work/Life Balance: Team members have the freedom and flexibility to organize their own work schedules. We want you to thrive both in and out of the office. We trust you to use good judgment and take the time off that you need to bring your best self to work. We also offer paid parental leave, a co-working stipend, office setup reimbursement, and a wellness stipend. More support resources can be found in our Team Member Support Guide, which explains how we make your well-being a priority. For more information on how we collaborate worldwide, from leadership in our relatively flat organization to start-to-finish ownership, check out DuckDuckGo Culture: How We Work. Compensation Annual compensation: $176,000 USD and stock options. Compensation is the same within a professional level, regardless of geographic location or functional area, and the compensation for each professional level is transparent across the organization. Hiring Process Hiring works best when it's a two-way street. Learn how we help you get to know DuckDuckGo and envision your future role here. Find out more about how we hire. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion DuckDuckGo provides equal work opportunities to all team members and applicants, and it prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, caste, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by our policies or federal, state, or local laws. We want to ensure that our hiring process is accessible. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process because of a medical condition or disability, please send an email to careers@duckduckgo.com to let us know the nature of your request. If you think you might thrive in this environment, we would love to hear from you. Please note that: Sometimes we meet up! Expect to travel at least two times a year: once for our all-hands meetup and again for a team retreat (each around 4-5 days). While extenuating circumstances may impact attendance, everyone is strongly encouraged to attend. While we offer a flexible work arrangement with no core hours, expect an average full-time commitment of 40 hours per week. A successful candidate will be subject to a background check and must receive satisfactory results of the same, as a condition of joining the team. By applying for this role, you confirm that all information submitted is accurate and complete. You further acknowledge that providing false or fraudulent information during the application process is cause for denial of an offer, revocation of any existing offer, or other adverse action, up to and including termination after the start of your commencement of work. #US #UK #SP #PL #IR #IC #HN #CR #CN #AU
	Timescale (Senior) Software Engineer - Backend		0 days ago	Apply
	Description <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We're looking for experienced software engineers to help us build and maintain our managed TimescaleDB cloud services. You will have the opportunity to work with a close-knit team, developing Golang services that power our users’ TimescaleDB experience. You will design and architect features and services from the ground up and have ownership over them from the design phase through deployment to production.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Timescale is an all-remote organization; this is a full-time position and can be located anywhere across a wide range of time zones and locations (UTC-8 to UTC+5.5)</span></p> <p><strong>Requirements:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">2+ years of software engineering experience in production environments</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Strong programming skills (we mainly use Go but are more concerned with good fundamentals), including working with concurrency and high volume/traffic workloads</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Experience with event-driven architecture and modern API technologies like gRPC and GraphQL</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Strong experience with and commitment to testing</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Comfortable developing with Linux and containers</li> </ul> <p><strong>Nice to haves</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Experience with deploying in Kubernetes environments and/or developing Kubernetes operators/controllers</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Deep knowledge of at least one major cloud provider (AWS preferred)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Experience deploying, operating, and using major production-level databases. Huge bonus points for PostgreSQL and/or TimescaleDB!</span></li> </ul><div class="content-conclusion"><p>By applying for this position, you are agreeing to <a href="https://www.timescale.com/legal/timescale-applicant-privacy-notice">Timescale's Applicant Privacy Notice.&nbsp;</a></p></div>
	Canonical Software Engineer - App Stores Backend (Remote)		0 days ago	Apply
	Description Summary This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced software engineer passionate about open source software, Linux, and Web Services at scale. Come build a rewarding, meaningful career working with the best and brightest people in technology at Canonical, a growing international software company. Canonical's Store team develops and operates the backend services that power the Snap Store and Charmhub.io marketplaces. Our services are built primarily in Python, within a bit of Golang. If you have a passion for clean APIs, have a bias towards shipping and believe that tests are the key to higher velocity and reliability, you'll fit right in. We have some exciting challenges ahead including continuing to scale our production architecture, expand the store backend to handle additional package types, and enhance our on-prem offering for IoT and Enterprise solutions. What you’ll do Collaborate remotely with a globally distributed team. Write clean web service APIs to support both CLI and web frontend clients, using Python (and optionally Golang). Design and implement new features and enhancements from spec to production and ongoing operations at scale. Review code and technical designs produced by other engineers. Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions. Work remotely with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events. Who you are You have demonstrated professional proficiency developing public-facing APIs and web applications using Python. You have a broad technology base but favor backend code and infrastructure. You know your way around relational and non-relational databases and can effectively design data models that perform well, and tune queries to access them. You are comfortable with Ubuntu as a development and deployment platform. You have demonstrated strong academic performance in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree. You love technology and working with a diverse set of talented people. You are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable. You value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated. About Canonical Canonical is a growing, international software company that works with the open-source community to deliver Ubuntu -- the world’s #1 cloud operating system. Our mission is to realise the potential of free software in the lives of individuals and organisations. Our services are helping businesses worldwide to reduce costs, improve efficiency and enhance security with Ubuntu.  Canonical is a unique tech company - global, remote-first, open source, with 700 professionals across 50 countries - we want to be the world’s best, not biggest, global software company. With almost every team remote by default, Canonical sets the pace on the 21st-century digital workplace. What Canonical offers: Work from home Learning and development allowances Competitive Salary Annual compensation review Recognition rewards Generous annual leave Paid maternity, paternity and sick leave Priority Pass for travel Exposure to international business and technology We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration. #LI-remote #stack
	Umbrel Software Engineer (Backend JS)		0 days ago	Apply
	Description Engineers on our team today: Work primarily in TypeScript, and dabble in Shell as necessary Build APIs in Node.js Are extremely supportive, especially when teammates are faced with new challenges Leave no opportunity to sneak jokes into the source code Are left to autonomously figure out solutions to their challenges Think hard about every problem and its solution from user’s perspective Value clear and frequent communication (we do a lot of reading and writing) Enjoy being a generalist and are not tied down to a specific framework or surface area of our codebase Are naturally curious and willing to learn something they don’t have experience in Feel a great sense of accountability to each other Have good judgement of when to ship: perfect is the enemy of good Have a fundamental understanding of Linux/Docker/networking
	Empower Backend Software Engineer (Remote)		0 days ago	Apply
	Description EMPOWER OVERVIEW Empower is a high-growth financial technology company on a mission to expand access to fair credit to give anyone in the world the opportunity to improve their financial security and mobility. We dream up and launch one-of-a-kind features that help our members get money instantly whenever they need it, save for the future, and rewrite their financial story. Our members see Empower Cash Advance as a life-saver, Empower Automatic Savings as a game-changer, and the new Empower Thrive line of credit (currently in beta, launching soon) as a lifeline to low-cost borrowing and the only practical path to building good credit. Empower is backed by Sequoia Capital, Blisce, and Icon Ventures. Are we the next great place to grow your impact and accelerate your career? We think so: Inc. ranked Empower #56 in the 2023 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the US (#55 in 2022). Forbes put Empower on its 2023 list of America's Best Startup Employers. Fast Company recognized the new Empower Thrive line of credit in their 2022 list of the Next Big Things in Tech. THE EMPOWER WAY Great Expectations: We come up with bold, audacious goals for ourselves and go all out for impact Owner Mindset: We give every employee latitude to act independently, make smart choices, and move the business forward Spirited Debate: We love skeptics and seek counter opinions to challenge our personal assumptions and expand our view Customer Obsession: We listen to understand, empathize, and create a memorable, rewarding experience for our community Inclusive Collaboration: We believe diverse teams make the best decisions, and we strive to give diverse voices a seat at the table No Jerks Allowed: We value our relationships and take the time to build trust and connection and communicate respectfully     WHAT EMPOWER OFFERS Competitive salary Generous equity package Full healthcare and dental benefits Technology  expense reimbursement Work  from anywhere JOB DESCRIPTION As a Backend Server Software Engineer, you’ll work on the engine that powers the Empower apps and business. You’ll engage with a collaborative, high powered team to develop solutions and lead product engineering on projects with a reach of millions. The solutions you’ll build will be robust, secure and easy to understand both for our users and your engineering peers. You’ll take end to end ownership of new features and product lines shaping work in early stages, building, deploying and running post deployment analysis to ensure we’re hitting our goals. Travel for company offsites is expected at a minimum 2 times a year. For US based employee's, this salary range includes several career levels of consideration and will be discussed further during the interview process. The salary range is based on a variety of factors such as candidate experience, qualifications, and business needs. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. Key Responsibilities Designing, building, and deploying server application code that interfaces with 3rd party clients and Empower Implementing secure coding standards in accordance with the Empower Secure Development Policy Perform on-going security testing and code review to improve software security Monitoring the performance of the Empower server application and applying corrective action through bug fixing and improved solutions Minimising defects and improving reliability through: Development of automated tests, manual test validation, development of fit for purpose architecture and code, contributing to PRs Developing and maintaining the server app build and deployment pipeline Collaborating cross-functionally to define, design and ship new features that create customer and business value Working with business and operations stakeholders for the definition and development of business requirements Contributing to server/client contract API definition Architecting solutions that interface into 3rd parties and the Empower mobile client Maximising effective development and identifying new technology opportunities by: Keeping across .NET development announcements, being across community best practice, discovering and evaluating new technologies Participating in the server ops on call schedule , Candidate Qualifications Bachelor degree or greater within Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related subject 3+ years developing web APIs within .NET (C#) Working experience with ORMs such as Entity Framework Working experience constructing and optimising RDMS queries Working experience within the asynchronous programming model At Empower, we hire for people that push themselves to understand others and seek out ways to challenge their personal assumptions. Our hope is that by fostering such an environment, we strengthen our business and relationships by putting people first. We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workspace where everyone (regardless of age, education, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or any personal characteristics) feels like they belong. Even if your experience doesn’t exactly match up to our job description, you should feel empowered to apply regardless!
	Empower Staff Backend Software Engineer (Remote)		0 days ago	Apply
	Description EMPOWER OVERVIEW Empower is a high-growth financial technology company on a mission to expand access to fair credit to give anyone in the world the opportunity to improve their financial security and mobility. We dream up and launch one-of-a-kind features that help our members get money instantly whenever they need it, save for the future, and rewrite their financial story. Our members see Empower Cash Advance as a life-saver, Empower Automatic Savings as a game-changer, and the new Empower Thrive line of credit (currently in beta, launching soon) as a lifeline to low-cost borrowing and the only practical path to building good credit. Empower is backed by Sequoia Capital, Blisce, and Icon Ventures. Are we the next great place to grow your impact and accelerate your career? We think so: Inc. ranked Empower #56 in the 2023 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the US (#55 in 2022). Forbes put Empower on its 2023 list of America's Best Startup Employers. Fast Company recognized the new Empower Thrive line of credit in their 2022 list of the Next Big Things in Tech. THE EMPOWER WAY Great Expectations: We come up with bold, audacious goals for ourselves and go all out for impact Owner Mindset: We give every employee latitude to act independently, make smart choices, and move the business forward Spirited Debate: We love skeptics and seek counter opinions to challenge our personal assumptions and expand our view Customer Obsession: We listen to understand, empathize, and create a memorable, rewarding experience for our community Inclusive Collaboration: We believe diverse teams make the best decisions, and we strive to give diverse voices a seat at the table No Jerks Allowed: We value our relationships and take the time to build trust and connection and communicate respectfully     WHAT EMPOWER OFFERS Competitive salary Generous equity package Full healthcare and dental benefits Technology  expense reimbursement Work  from anywhere JOB DESCRIPTION As a Staff Backend Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the technical direction of our solutions. You will identify strategic technical needs, lead large-scale and complex product initiatives, and optimize our engineering processes. You will also take ownership of technological initiatives, from management and execution to solution design and progress reporting. In addition, you will serve as a lead interviewer, mentor other engineers, and lead incident responses.  Your role will also involve designing, building, and deploying server application code, implementing secure coding standards, and meeting sprint goals. You will monitor the performance of our server application, participate in the server ops on-call schedule, and work towards minimizing defects and improving reliability. Travel for company offsites is expected at a minimum 2 times a year. For US based employee's, this salary range includes several career levels of consideration and will be discussed further during the interview process. The salary range is based on a variety of factors such as candidate experience, qualifications, and business needs. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. Key Responsibilities Identify opportunities to foster optimal product direction, collaborate closely with business stakeholders to streamline and simplify designs, and proactively identify areas of risk and tradeoffs that can be enhanced. Ownership of technical initiatives, being accountable for the initiative's outcome, managing and executing the project, designing the solution and defining its requirements, reporting on the initiative's progress, and coordinating resources. Perform as a lead technical interviewer Lead technical reviewer of Empower Engineering blog posts Mentor Engineers up to and including Senior levels Lead SEV1 and lower incident response through to resolution Lead engineering of  large scale and complex product initiatives Culture leader across the engineering organization, delivery team and platform team , Candidate Qualifications Minimum 10 years, ideally 15+ years developing web APIs within .NET (C#) Working experience with ORMs such as Entity Framework Working experience constructing and optimising RDMS queries Working experience within the asynchronous programming model General knowledge of Messaging Queues eg. AMQP General knowledge of PaaS environments eg. Azure At Empower, we hire for people that push themselves to understand others and seek out ways to challenge their personal assumptions. Our hope is that by fostering such an environment, we strengthen our business and relationships by putting people first. We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workspace where everyone (regardless of age, education, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or any personal characteristics) feels like they belong. Even if your experience doesn’t exactly match up to our job description, you should feel empowered to apply regardless!
	Bio Render Backend Software Engineer (Senior / Staff)		0 days ago	Apply
	Description At BioRender, our mission is to accelerate the world’s ability to learn, discover and communicate science. We are passionate about democratizing science communication in order to accelerate scientific discovery and understanding. We're looking for amazing people to help create the world’s go-to-place and platform where science is communicated. Come join us! We’re hiring Backend Engineers across our AI Product & Personalization Team and Enterprise teams to join our mission in democratizing science communication. Enterprise team: The Enterprise team’s mission is to build a world-class and intuitive experience for scientists and their teams to use and collaborate in BioRender (researchers, admins, and others). The features include signup, onboarding, file organization, collaboration, payments, account management and more. AI Product & Personalization team: The mission of this new team is to dramatically reduce the effort it takes scientists to create figures in BioRender from hours to minutes, saving scientists a billion hours a year annually. Leveraging AI, this team will help supercharge our vision by empowering every scientist to be an incredible storyteller. #LI-DNI You will: Be a foundational member of a cross-functional team, working closely with product, design, data science, and science experts to achieve our mission. Build backend services. Integrate with third-party systems like Algolia (search product) and work with creative team to enrich data sets. Contribute to process improvements, hiring/onboarding procedures, enhancing product quality, and optimizing our codebase for ease of use and flexibility. Successfully deliver substantial projects with a high level of quality, typically spanning 3 to 6 months. , Our ideal fit brings: A strong background in backend engineering, with a knack for creating high-performing APIs capable of handling high volumes Expertise with NoSQL databases (like MongoDB), and cloud infrastructure (like AWS). A track record of designing systems that are simple, scalable, secure, and performant. Thrives on enhancing system maintainability for streamlined engagement by other engineers. Data platform background is a plus. Familiarity with our chosen tools in the JavaScript ecosystem (Node.js, Express.js, ReactJS) is a plus, but an interest in learning those tools and writing code in TypeScript is a must. , Why join us? We are mission-driven, and work collaboratively towards our shared vision of improving scientific communication and accelerating scientific discovery: BioRender figures have appeared in more than 16,000 publications!  It’s a product that users love! We have a world-class NPS and a community of loyal fans. Check out our Testimonials page to see what our customers are saying about us: https://biorender.com/testimonials/  We are in the top quartile for profitability and year-over-year revenue growth, with users in 200+ countries. BioRender is an equal opportunity employer, and an inclusive hiring process and work environment is a part of our DNA.  We’re remote-first and have team members across Canada and the United States. A physical office in Toronto is available, but you have the flexibility to work from anywhere.  We’re backed by top investors, accelerators, and some of the most successful life science entrepreneurs and philanthropists in the world including Y Combinator, Malala Fund founders, and Fifty Years VC.  We are committed to building a warm, inclusive, and diverse environment. Check out how we make sure our employees come first. Check out our candidate resource - Engineering, Product & Design at BioRender!  You can also read more about the BioRender interview process and FAQs here! Check out what it's like to work at BioRender in Canada and the US! Please note that in Canada, only those companies licensed by a provincial or territorial engineering regulator may refer to themselves as an “engineer” and therefore, this role will be titled "developer" internally at BioRender.