Job description
Senior Backend Engineer - PerfectScale by DoiT
Location
Our Senior Backend Engineer will be an integral part of our Engineering teams in EMEA. This role is based remotely as a full-time employee in the UK, Ireland, Estonia, Netherlands, Sweden and Spain. We are also open to contractors in East Europe and Portugal.
Who We Are
DoiT is a global technology company that works with cloud-driven organizations to leverage the cloud to drive business growth and innovation. We combine data, technology, and human expertise to ensure our customers operate in a well-architected and scalable state - from planning to production.
Delivering DoiT Cloud Intelligence, the only solution that integrates advanced technology with human intelligence, we help our customers solve complex multicloud problems and drive efficiency.
With decades of multicloud experience, we have specializations in Kubernetes, GenAI, CloudOps, and more. An award-winning strategic partner of AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure, we work alongside more than 4,000 customers worldwide.
About DoiT’s PerfectScale Platform
DoiT offers PerfectScale, a pioneering Kubernetes optimization and management solution that empowers DevOps, SRE, and Platform Engineering teams to optimize cloud performance while minimizing costs. We combine advanced AI technology with SME-human expertise to help organizations achieve peak Kubernetes efficiency.
The solution delivers a seamless onboarding experience, an intuitive UI, and a powerful autonomous optimization engine that ensures Kubernetes environments run efficiently with minimal human intervention.
The Opportunity
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in building and evolving the core backend systems that power PerfectScale’s data platform and business logic. You’ll collaborate closely with product managers and cross-functional engineering teams to design scalable systems and contribute to impactful product decisions. This is a unique opportunity to influence how data-driven insights are delivered at scale while working on a modern cloud-native stack.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with product, devops, backend and frontend engineers to deliver elegant and well thought out solutions for complex problems
- Implementing features. From the proposal through design and implementation to maintenance. You’re expected to propose things that you think can be an excellent addition to the products
- Write clean and maintainable code using engineering best practices, you will also ensure clean code and best practices while performing code reviews for your peers
- Improving the health of the codebase. We’re mindful of accumulating technical debt. We dedicate one day per week to housekeeping
- Providing feedback. The team plans and discusses the upcoming work. We provide feedback to each other, trying to find challenges and unknowns as early as possible
Qualifications
- Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal
- 6+ years of backend development experience (Go / Java / Rust / Python)
- 3+ years of hands-on experience with Golang in a production environment
- Experience building and scaling distributed systems and data pipelines
- Solid understanding of relational and non-relational databases; PostgreSQL experience is a plus
- Proven experience developing SaaS products in microservice architectures
- Hands-on experience with containers and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes
- Familiarity with DevOps practices and tooling: CI/CD, GitOps, K8s, Docker
- Strong system design skills and a passion for building resilient, high-scale services
- Comfortable in a dynamic, fast-paced environment; proactive and adaptable
- Self-motivated, organized, and outcome-focused
Bonus Points
- Production experience with Kubernetes at scale
- Experience working in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Exposure to data engineering practices and tools (streaming, batch processing, Spark, Trino, Iceberg, ClickHouse, Parquet)
- Understanding of performance considerations in large-scale systems
Are you a Do’er?
Be your truest self. Work on your terms. Make a difference.
We are home to a global team of incredible talent who work remotely and have the flexibility to have a schedule that balances your work and home life. We embrace and support leveling up your skills professionally and personally.
What does being a Do’er mean? We’re all about being entrepreneurial, pursuing knowledge, and having fun! Click here to learn more about our core values.
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We thought so too, but we’re here and happy we hit that ‘apply’ button.
Benefits
- Unlimited PTO
- Flexible Working Options
- Health Insurance
- Parental Leave
- Employee Stock Option Plan
- Home Office Allowance
- Professional Development Stipend
- Peer Recognition Program
Many Do’ers, One Team
DoiT unites as Many Do’ers, One Team, where diversity is more than a goal—it’s our strength. We actively cultivate an inclusive, equitable workplace, recognizing that each unique perspective enhances our innovation. By celebrating differences, we create an environment where every individual feels valued, contributing to our collective success.
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