Junior Backend Software Engineer
at Caplena
8008 Zürich, ZH, Switzerland -
Start Date | Expiry Date | Salary | Posted On | Experience | Skills | Telecommute | Sponsor Visa |
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Immediate | 05 Aug, 2024 | Not Specified | 08 May, 2024 | N/A | Written Communication,English,Computer Science,Algorithms,Kubernetes,German,Django | No | No |
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Description:
Caplena is an award-winning Swiss tech start-up. It is the AI tool to analyze open-ended feedback, wherever it may come from - helping customers to get from texts to real insights, with ease and in no time. Caplena’s vision is to become the single place of truth for feedback, where customer-centric companies go to understand the needs, wishes and pain points of their customers.
Having closed our first funding round, we’re looking for curious minds who are eager to write world-class software. You will become an integral part of our hands-on & fun team (16 people) and have a big impact on the future development of our software. We are fast-growing with close to 130+ active customers in more than 15+ countries across a multitude of industries including some big names like eBay and DHL.
REQUIREMENTS
- Solid understanding and fluency in Python programming language
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, related field or equivalent practical experience
- Professional experience in building backend systems would be a plus
- Strong analyticas skills and knowledge of datastructure and algorithms
- You feel live and breathe web APIs
- You have a good knowledge of Django and optimally some experience with Kubernetes
- Performance issues are challenges you indulge in, not something you dread
- GTD > Meetings
- Passion for writing beautiful & useful software
- Solid written communication in English; German not required but a plus
- Work in a timezone within 2 hours of CEST
- Fast learner, with a resourceful and independant mindset
- Upbeat team player
BENEFITS
- Exciting, growing product
- Quick & inclusive decision making
- Modern & scalable tech-stack (GCP; Kubernetes; Django; Postgres; Redis; Vue; Vuex; eCharts; PostgresSQL)
- Solid tooling (CI/CD; issue monitoring; session replay etc.)
- Quick & inclusive decision-making; (AI engine, API, Frontend, DevOps)
- Driven & down-to-earth team
- Office near Opernhaus, Zurich (close to the lake, and we have great coffee!)
- A lot of team events
- Choice of OS: macOS or Linux
- Full-time; flexible working hours; remote or office
- 25 days PTO/year
- Competitive compensation & equity
If you’re looking for a place to apply and refine your programming skills on a cutting-edge product, then join us .
Start date: Immediately or according to availability
Responsibilities:
As part of the backend team, you will work in close collaboration with the founders and our small and talented (entirely in-house) developer team to:
- Develop new features (e.g. integrations with other apps, new internal & public API endpoints)
- Improve performance of endpoints (we’re dealing with 1M row queries )
- Define the roadmap & future architecture of our SaaS
- Fix bugs . Which of course never happens
REQUIREMENT SUMMARY
Min:N/AMax:5.0 year(s)
Computer Software/Engineering
IT Software - Application Programming / Maintenance
Software Engineering
Graduate
Computer Science, Software Engineering, Engineering
Proficient
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8008 Zürich, ZH, Switzerland