Backend Engineer (Europe Remote)

Sherpany was founded in 2011 with a vision of creating a world where every meeting counts. Our team is building a mobile and web based platform that allows effective decision making by digitally transforming meeting management processes. To date, over 7,000 leaders have improved their meeting productivity thanks to Sherpany. Within the next 5 years we aim to give back over 2 Mio. hours of extra time to people making decisions thereby enabling them to focus on value-adding work. Our headquarter is located in Zurich and we have offices in Lisbon, Berlin, Milan and Wroclaw. Responsibilities (what you will be doing): Developing new features in product’s REST API and maintaining the existing ones in accordance with the best web security practicesOptimizing the performance of the applicationWriting and maintaining unit testsTaking part in the design process of new features by providing feedback from Backend Engineer’s perspective Requirements (what we will love about you): Experience with RESTful API designExtensive experience developing and deploying web apps with Python/DjangoAbility to debug at all levels of the stackExperience with asynchronous processing (we’re using Celery)Strong understanding of SQL, especially in the context of performanceKnowledge of Docker and related technologiesA bonus: familiarity with Kubernetes ecosystem How you can imagine us: You are part of an international company with a flat hierarchy, in which you can take lot of responsibility and your ideas are always welcomeIn order to maintain your work-life balance we offer flexible working hours, home office and/or remote-workingYour personal and professional development is important to us which is why we offer financial support for further education, trainings etc.Last but not least: Our corporate culture means a lot to us which is why we organize regular team events and cultivate a value-driven cooperation Our recruiting process: Interview with Recruiter 30'Meet our Engineering Lead and BE Chapter Head 45'Show us your skills in a Code Challenge + Meet the squad members 90'Offer ???? Are you ready for the challenge? ???? We look forward to receiving your application!