Position: Lead Engineer (Python) / CTO
Company: Global Talent
Experience required: 5y
Category: Lead
English level: upper
Published: 2020-11-01T00:00:00+02:00

Required skills
— Several years of experience working with Python
— Several years of experience in writing complex web-based applications using a framework (Eg: Django, Symfony, Rails, etc)
— Experience working with and managing a cloud infrastructure
— Understanding of backend development best practices and software architectures
— Strong knowledge of different database design patterns
— Several years of experience using version control systems such as Git
— Experience in creating APIs to serve apps and webapps
— Proficient understanding of architecting cloud systems for scalability and stability
— Experience in writing tests and using Continuous Integration tools such as CircleCI
— Strong English skills

— You can work autonomously and take ownership of given projects. You thrive with the space and responsibility to solve problems. Nevertheless, you will have full access to any of the team whenever you need them
— You approach work in a logical way. At Bimble, we are not afraid to make mistakes or experiment but we use data and logic to back up decisions and improve understanding
— You are curious about the world, consider yourself an out and about the type, and you share our belief that places matter to people. You champion independent businesses when you can and appreciate their role in bringing personality to neighborhoods all over the world
— You must be comfortable in a fast-paced, intense environment. You may have prior experience in product companies or growing startups. You must be an active social media user

As a plus
— Experience with search-based products and technology
— Experience with geolocation, geospatial, mapping products and technology

We offer
— An opportunity to co-create valuable innovative solutions for millions of users
— Be an early bird and join the newly created technical team in Kyiv, set the right standards of work from scratch; participate in the hiring process of the team you will lead
— Flexible schedule, a mix of remote and office work
— Cutting edge office in the center of Ukraine’s first innovation park — Unit.City
— Medical insurance
— Monthly commute allowance or free parking space
— Best-in-class IT equipment mirroring our client set-up
— Monthly education allowance for courses, training, books, events
— Gym membership, after-work activities
— Daily lunches in the office

Responsibilities
— Lead the engineering function and the team
— Development of our Python-based API to support our iOS and web app
— Maintaining and refactoring the existing backend to support future scalability and features
— Integrating with several 3rd party APIs
— Maintaining our cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud
— Planning out new features and discussing API requirements needed for upcoming features
— Taking part in code reviews and working closely with other team members to ensure best practices across all development roles

The technology we use
Web stack:
— Google Cloud Platform (AppEngine, Cloud Datastore)
— Python (Flask framework)
— React, SCSS
— Git, Github, Circle CI

iOS:
— Swift 5.x
— iOS 13+
— SwiftUI and Combine, with some UIKit where required
— Firebase
— URLSession, Codable

About us
We are looking for a Lead Backend Engineer to join our UK partner — a modern geolocation app that brings places together, Bimble.

What is Bimble?
Bimble is an energetic and ambitious geo-locational tech start-up based in the UK, Oxford. The Bimble iOS app was launched in February as a User Generated Content social platform for places, and we’re growing quickly gaining hundreds of users everyday now. We are creating a platform that focuses on interesting places and the ability to collect, organise, share and discover them. People like to use apps for specific things and until Bimble, there was no app designed and built explicitly for your places.

Places are at the heart of everything we do. The best place recommendations come word of mouth but at Bimble we believe this limits you to your own circle of friends and that it begs to be brought into a broader digital community. We are part of the London Mayor’s International Growth Accelerator called Go to Grow and have just completed Oxford University’s Liber (Leadership through Crisis) 6 month Incubator. We also have a weekly growth rate of >6% which means we meet the Silicon Valley criteria of a high-growth start-up.
Bimble is a killer idea, we are growing quickly and it’s an exciting time to come on board!

Check out the product yourself here — www.bimble.com.