Position: Senior Backend Engineer
Company: MindK
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

We are building a platform to provide smooth access to fitting healthcare solutions in a EUR 360bn market.
We are now looking for additional support in our Engineering department to help improv our products and platforms and setting us up for an even better scalable and secure infrastructure.

**Your role:**

- As part of a cross-functional team you will implement new services from scratch and develop and improve our existing services
- Take ownership of developing, operating and monitoring our backend services
- Focus on topics like micro service architecture, service & feature development and monitoring
- Collaborate with your Tech Lead and other engineers to craft a secure and scalable backend system
- Analyze and solve challenging problems across the code base, databases and infrastructure and continuously optimize our system
- Provide mentorship for Junior and Intermediate Engineers on your team to help them grow in their ownership and technical responsibilities

**What you will bring along:**

- Significant experience in software engineering with a focus on backend technologies and architecture
- Proficiency in TypeScript and JavaScript
- Experience with NodeJS, AWS, K8s
- Knowledge and good understanding of relational databases and SQL, key-value and document databases
- Experience in designing, developing, and documenting APIs and systems
Relevant experience with payment systems or the fintech industry is a big plus

**In addition:**

- You have a positive and resilient attitude and you can work autonomously
- You are well-organized with a high level of attention to detail and quality, always aiming for efficient execution of tasks
- English - spoken; other languages are advantageous as we are working in a fully international team
- Comfortable working both independently and on a team, within a fast-paced and flexible startup environment

**What you can expect:**

- A range of employee benefits including sports clubs and subsidized lunch
Investment in your further education and learning with a professional development budget
- Being part of building a next-generation healthcare company
Learning from a senior team with background from highly successful startups (MySugr, Runtastic etc.) or tier-1 players in their industry (McKinsey & Company, L’Oréal, Allianz, Loop etc.)
- Team activities and outings respecting the current COVID-19 situation (hiking, team retreats, etc.)
- Networking opportunities at international startup events
- Highly professional and international work environment with English as the working language
- Flat hierarchy, with an open communication style and feedback
- Opportunity to make a positive impact on the healthcare and insurance industry
- Flexible working hours and home/remote-office friendly. We are a delivery-oriented company and don’t judge people by the hour