Backend Engineer

On-site
- Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Engineering

Job description

Do you get excited with the idea of working all across the stack of a complex web application backed by a system of microservices and data streaming pipelines? Can you architect and implement solutions that leverage state-of-the-art libraries? And can you do all of this without compromising on code quality? Then don’t wait another minute to apply!

🧑‍💻 What we are doing?

Kaizo aims to actively guide employees towards achieving their goals and making an impact at their companies.

We are building a performance development platform for customer support teams that leverages gamification and AI to improve operational efficiency, elevate teams' performance and retention with actionable goals. We are a product-led, fast-growing SaaS company with a diverse team and a globally active customer base.

Kaizo is leveraging gamification and machine learning to make the daily work experience for customer support agents more engaging, fun and productive.
We run a microservice-based stream processing platform which processes 200+ million events every day using Akka Streams and Kafka.
Those services are deployed to Kubernetes on Google Cloud and feed data into Elasticsearch and Mongodb.
Our systems are designed to be reactive, e.g. responsive, resilient, elastic, and message-driven.

🗓️ What are your 12 labours here?

Developing new features in a fast-paced startup environment
Designing and building RESTful and streaming services to be consumed by UI and other backend services
Writing highly reusable and tested code
Working with a product manager and other engineers to scope requirements and shape solutions
Analysing problems, suggesting improvements to our products. A lot of freedom to build your own solutions

Job requirements

🧑‍💻 What you bring to the table?

3+ years of professional experience building backend services using a server side programming languages, preferably Scala, Java, Python; willingness to learn Scala
Experience with streaming data processing (familiar with backpressure, message queues like Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.)
Experience writing microservices. Our services are RESTful and event-driven
Experience working within cross-functional teams, collaborating with Product Managers, design and UX
BS/Masters degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

🏆 What’s in it for you?

An office right in the heart of Amsterdam
Great office gear: MacBook, tools, desks, chair — there’s something for everyone
Flexible schedule, remote work (within the EU time zone) whenever needed
Fun workations (2019: Tuscany, 2020: Zoom 😢, 2021: Portugal, 2022: Italy) & open holiday policy

Psst. Do you want to help us understand what makes you the best match for this role? Feel free to send us a 2-minute video motivation.