Location:

Remote EU - We can only accept candidates based in Europe.

Department:

Engineering

Employment:

Contract/B2B

About YLD:

Everything we do is to empower our clients to move forward. Our purpose is to help our clients develop the capabilities they need to outperform their competitors. Our success is a consequence of ensuring our clients are successful. Our company is built on extraordinary people; we aim to attract, inspire, develop and retain them. YLD is a software engineering and design consultancy; we create digital capabilities for our clients that last beyond our engagement. We have offices in London, Lisbon, and Porto.

About the role:

As a Senior Software Engineer, you''ll be part of a client team building innovative products. We expect you to be curious, passionate, driven, and enthusiastic. You''ll be proficient at problem-solving, and crafting scalable, resilient, and fault-tolerant architectures. You''ll be an effective communicator and a team player. Furthermore, you and your team will move in a fast-paced engineering environment, achieving outstanding results and delivering exciting projects.

About You:

A YLD Software Engineering Consultant is a highly-skilled developer who exemplifies the highest standard in software engineering and enjoys sharing their knowledge and experience with others.

You''ll have the opportunity to build and deliver software within some interesting projects, both in terms of the product and the methodology. We work in an Agile environment (Scrum) with a test-first mindset (actually, writing code without tests should be unthinkable). We are also big advocates of pair programming and nothing is released until we have a code review.

You have a real passion for problem-solving and are an active learner who gets excited by working collaboratively with those around you.

If you are a proactive, adaptable, and enthusiastic engineer with must-have experience in either Python, Go, TypeScript, or similar languages, and a passion for leveraging multiple technologies to build exceptional backend solutions, we encourage you to apply. Join our team and contribute to the development of innovative products that make a difference in the industry.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will look like this:

Crafting excellent products! As a Full-Stack Engineer, you will be building new features that meet the needs of our clients customersContinuously delivering changes to products, as our client is moving to a full CI/CD modelWorking closely with your team, regularly collaborating and on engineering initiatives, to continually push yourselves to be betterLearning, growing, and mentoring the engineering team to accelerate their career-growth and encourage them to progressWorking with the Lead to architect, design, build, and deliver highly available, always-on, zero downtime productsBeing responsible for the production operation and monitoring of products inline with SLAsDriving good practices within your team, making an impact on the whole departmentParticipating in regular show and tells, promoting your work to both your department and the wider company

You''ll have the following skills and experience:

Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, and Go with ability to rapidly learn new languagesExperience with modern frameworks across the stack (FastAPI, Gin, Express, etc.)Production experience with React, modern build tools, state management, responsive design, and accessibility standardsComprehensive testing experience (unit, integration, e2e, security) and performance optimizationScalable system design patterns, load balancing, and high-availability architecturesDatabase design and optimization (both relational and NoSQL)API development (REST, GraphQL, gRPC) and event-driven architecturesCaching strategies and message queue systems (Redis, Kafka, RabbitMQ)Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) with containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes)CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)Monitoring, observability, and performance optimisation toolsYou can keep a cool head when debugging production issues

You''ll be:

Self-motivated, proactive and constantly looking for ways to improve and develop yourselfA good communicator, both in writing and verbally. You''ll be able to explain technical ideas and concepts in business-friendly languageDetail orientedProblem-solving skills that balance innovation with pragmatic technology choices to solve business needsUsed to working in a team-oriented, collaborative environmentAnalytical and problem-solving orientedA genuine believer in diversity and fairness

Our typical Recruitment Process looks like this:

1st Interview with someone from the Talent team (30/45 mins)Technical Interview with our Senior Developers (1h30)Call with Client Partner (30 mins)

We live and breathe our values, and know you will too:

Growing every dayIncluding everyoneRelationships built on honesty and ethicsInspiring solutionsWinning together

We''re an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity of all kinds. We don''t discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, age, marital status, or disability status. Likewise, we also offer a remote-first working environment, meaning that flexible working and work-life balance come as standard for all employees.Seniority level

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