Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Company Mission

We believe that each and everyone of us is a Global Changer. We give our best to support everyone to advocate climate protection and act worldwide.

We enable our customers to automatically calculate their carbon footprint and support them with decarbonization along with CSRD reporting. This enables them to achieve a sustainable transformation using a softwarebased approach.

Core Values

Our virtues are : collaborate effectively have Integrity deliver quality be compassionate act sustainably

Tasks

About the software :

Our product is a SaaS B2B platform that supports companies on their entire sustainability journey with a focus on the one thing that will help our planet : Reducing emissions. And yes we also use AI to do so.

Tasks

Active conception development and maintenance of the Ruby on Rails backend in close collaboration with other engineers of the crossfunctional team

Pair programming code reviews and technical spikes

Work closely with our CTO (Florian) our Product Lead (Lea) and our Sustainability Lead (Yacin) to translate customer requirements into new features

How we work :

Process : Our development team is focused on growth and follows industrystandard SCRUM processes with twoweek sprints. We are committed to agile development and prioritize delivering user value with each sprint by breaking features into small manageable pieces

Code : We adhere to the principles of clean code and strive for simple solutions to complex problems. Development speed is a top priority but we dont sacrifice code quality or let technical debt pile up

Quality : We prioritize automated testing to ensure code coverage at different levels of the test pyramid and we use tools like ESLint and Rubocop to maintain code quality. Also every code changes goes through a peer review. As we work we automate repetitive tasks and follow Lean Startup principles to avoid automating the wrong things upfront

Automation : Our cloudfirst company uses GitHub to model our development process including continuous integration based on GitHub Actions. Our platform is hosted on Heroku and we use a threestep deployment process to test each pull request in a separate environment before deployment. We also monitor our platform with cloud services to ensure its stability and performance

Technologies that we use :

Frontend : TypeScript Vue.js 3 Jest Cypress Tailwind

Backend : Ruby Ruby on Rails Rspec Postgres Redis Docker

Hosting : Heroku GitHub GitHub Actions

Automation : Different LLMs

Requirements

Required Experience You live in the EU (CET 3) with a valid work permit

Fluent in English excellent oral and written communication skills precise language (German is a plus)

5 years of experience in software development

Excellent knowledge of at least one wellknown web framework; ideally Ruby on Rails experience

Proficient with our backend tech stack : Ruby Ruby on Rails Rspec Postgres Redis Docker Heroku GitHub GitHub Actions

Handson mentality and an agile mindset

You are passionate about the fight against the climate crisis and creating customeroriented solutions that deliver real added value

Plus : Degree in computer science (Bachelor Master or Dr.)

Plus : Earlystage startup experience

Required Experience

Minimum 5 years

Employment Type

Fulltime

Hiring Process

• Call I : Screening (30 min) Verify experience assess communication skills gauge enthusiasm for the startup environment and discuss salary expectations.
• Takehome assignment (24 hours)
• Call II : Technical Assessment (1 hour) Review takehome assignment focus on code quality problemsolving approach and ability to articulate technical decisions.
• Call III : Team and Culture Fit / Peer Review (1 hour) Meet with a team member to check for cultural fit.
• Call IV : Offer & Negotiation

Benefits

1) PurposeDriven Work : Contributing to a significant global issue (reducing CO2 emissions)

2) Flexible and Collaborative Environment

3) Growth Opportunities : Clear growth plans support for professional development and sparring partners for problemsolving

4) Fair Compensation

5) Exciting Challenges : Handling large datasets creating innovative features improve UI / UX

Key Skills

Spring,.NET,C / C++,Go,React,OOP,C#,AWS,Data Structures,Software Development,Java,Distributed Systems

Vacancy : 1

Yearly Salary Salary : EUR 70000 - 90000