Lead Backend Engineer

at Supermetrics
  • Remote - Finland

Remote

Software Development

Senior

Job description

Are you passionate about creating intuitive, user-centered experiences that empower enterprise users to work smarter?

We’re seeking a Lead Backend Engineer (PHP) to join our Data Storage Team, where we are helping customers streamlining their data transfers from their favourite data sources to the most popular datawarehouse and datalake destinations.

Here’s what you’ll help us deliver :

Our next generation data transfer system: we are currently redesigning our data transfer system to be more scalable, more resilient and handle larger volumes of data for our customers Supermetrics storage layer: We are continuously improving our storage solution to help customers make their first steps with data warehousing.

Improved monitoring: We are revamping our monitoring to be more efficient and allow us to detect and resolve issues faster.

Agentic AI integration: With the technology progressing at rapid pace we are looking at how best we can integrate AI agents to our customers’ journeys to better analyze and activate their data.

Your day-to-day work and responsibilities will include:

  • Leading the development of new features and functionalities for our customers
  • Leading and planning new initiatives and features
  • Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to define technical roadmaps, prioritize features, and estimate development efforts
  • Drive and enforce high code quality standards through thorough code reviews, promoting best practices in software development, and ensuring maintainability and scalability.
  • Mentor and guide team members, fostering a culture of learning, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Provide technical guidance, conduct code reviews, and share knowledge to enhance the team’s overall performance and expertise
  • Proactively identify and address potential system bottlenecks, improve monitoring and alerting capabilities, and ensure the stability and performance
  • Utilizing existing monitoring tools to ensure system stability

Technologies you’ll be working with:

  • PHP
  • Python
  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis
  • Docker
  • Git
  • OpenSearch
  • Grafana
  • DataDog
  • GCP
  • AWS
  • Kubernetes
  • Big query, Datawarehouses and Datalakes in general
  • Terraform

This role is for you if you have:

  • 7+ years of back-end experience (PHP) in a production environment, preferably building a SaaS product.
  • Experience with building data pipelines or handling large volumes of data
  • Experience working with API integrations
  • Ability to conduct unit testing, integration testing, and end-to-end testing
  • Strong understanding of architecture & software design
  • Strong grasp of the software testing discipline
  • Understanding of security best practices
  • Experience collaborating directly with product teams and designers
  • Detailed oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
  • Strong communication skills, fluent in English is a must
  • Ability to give effective feedback

Nice to have skills:

  • Understanding of monitoring tools and ability to interpret monitoring data. This includes tools such as Datadog, OpenSearch, Grafana, etc., which are used to track application performance and system metrics
  • Experience with Kubernetes in a cloud environment.
  • Proficient use of AI tools

Benefits we offer:

  • Competitive compensation package, including equity
  • Excellent work equipment and home office allowance for those working in our fully remote locations
  • Home internet and mobile phone allowance
  • Health care benefits and leisure time insurance
  • Annual 1000 euros of personal learning budget
  • Sports and wellbeing allowance

Does this sound like your next adventure? Apply now! We’ll fill the role as soon as we find the right person.

And don’t forg et to read more about our Engineering teams at Supermetrics!

For candidates located in Poland, please note that this role will be offered under an employment contract only.

#LI-Hybrid #LI-Remote

Join us on our mission to make data a marketing superpower

Supermetrics is a frontrunner in data integration technology, with 15% of global advertising spend reported through our products.

We help marketers turn their data into insights that improve business results and predict the best next step. Our technology streamlines marketing data for over 200,000 businesses through a network of agencies and customers like Shopify, HubSpot, and Nestlé.  Since our founding in 2013, we’ve grown profitably to reach 750K+ users and over 60M€ in annual recurring revenue.

We’re a team of 360+ growth-minded people from diverse backgrounds. Together, we make a multicultural, resourceful, and collaborative team.

Supermetrics operates on trust, transparency, and a keen customer focus. Forward-looking and action-oriented, we work hard to raise the bar in our industry. As team players, we help each other and win together.

We’re hiring for a diverse, skilled, and collaborative team and building an inclusive workplace where everyone is treated fairly and respectfully.

It all started with a Google t-shirt… Read the rest of our growth story at supermetrics.com/about.

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