Remote Senior Backend Engineer (Voice)

Description:

• As a Senior Backend Engineer at Cognigy, you will be part of the engineering department, working in cross-functional development teams to deliver continuous improvements, features, and new products.
• Your responsibilities will include developing and delivering software solutions efficiently to meet customer needs.
• You will focus on creating top-notch software, architecture, and code design, always seeking ways to enhance implementation.
• Ensuring the security and testing of the codebase, profiling and benchmarking to identify bottlenecks, and maintaining operational excellence through monitoring, logging, and end-to-end testing.
• Providing guidance to other engineers, acting as a mentor, and striving for process improvement and automation implementation.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in backend software development.
• Proficiency in deploying, running, and monitoring containerized software products using Kubernetes for over 2 years in production.
• Expertise in Node.JS/Typescript and building software with real-time communication protocols like FreeSWITCH.
• Experience with Speech-to-text/Text-to-speech APIs from various providers and databases like Postgresql, MySQL, MongoDB.
• Skilled in designing and enhancing automated tests, open to learning new programming languages continuously.
• Excellent communication skills to present solutions, collaborate with the team, and mentor junior engineers.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in multiple codebases, delivering high-quality features.

Benefits:

• Competitive and performance-oriented salary.
• Company Pension Scheme.
• 25 days paid leave, 5 floating days, and public holidays.
• Opportunity to contribute to shaping the company with little hierarchy.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Recognition, reward, and celebration events for colleagues.
• Global Employee Assistance Program.
• ClassPass membership for fitness and wellness experiences.
• Learning and development opportunities, including LinkedIn Learning.
• One paid 'Giving Back Day' annually for volunteering.
• Subscription to the Calm app for guided meditation, sleep stories, music, and more.