Description:

Swapcard is seeking a Backend Engineer to join one of their squads focused on enhancing core systems for their AI-powered event platform.
The role involves designing, developing, and delivering high-quality, scalable backend solutions for event organizers.
Responsibilities include participating in coding, system design, code reviews, and troubleshooting production issues.
Collaboration with engineers, product managers, and designers is essential to devise optimal engineering solutions.
The position offers the opportunity to work on impactful projects that shape the future of Swapcard’s platform, including squads focused on matchmaking, website building, and integration.

Requirements:

Candidates must have 3+ years of experience in software development with a strong foundation in computer science fundamentals such as algorithms, data structures, and object-oriented programming.
Advanced knowledge of at least one backend programming language, such as Node.js (TypeScript) or Go, is required, along with the ability to design and deploy high-quality APIs (GraphQL or REST).
Proficiency with both relational and non-relational databases, including MariaDB, MongoDB, and Postgres, with a focus on optimization and performance tuning is necessary.
Candidates should be skilled at maintaining and improving legacy systems and evaluating tradeoffs between refactor, rebuild, or buy decisions.
Outstanding communication skills are essential, with a proactive, adaptable, and self-motivated attitude to work asynchronously across multiple time zones.
Proven ability to operate, troubleshoot, and scale systems built with a microservices architecture using tools like Kafka, RabbitMQ, NATS, and GRPC/Protobuf is required.

Employees will be part of an international team with 40+ nationalities and a remote-first policy.
There are career growth opportunities within a thriving startup environment.
The company promotes an open-minded culture that appreciates differences and is feedback-driven.
Generous Paid Time Off is provided to ensure work-life balance.
Remote perks are designed to optimize the working experience, including a work-from-home budget and co-working space budget.
A learning budget is available to help employees develop new and existing skills.
Mental health care initiatives are in place to support employee well-being.
Swapcard covers 100% of health insurance contributions for employees.