Backend Engineer

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Job Overview

Ultra is looking for an experienced Backend developer to join our growing team.

This is an exciting project that will involve challenging problem-solving and collaborating in architecting an innovative solution from the ground up.

In this role, you will design, implement, test, document, and deploy backend services meeting business requirements. All the services will serve millions of users and will be deployed in the cloud. As a member of a squad located in timezones: GMT to GMT+4, you will be responsible for your services running in production and will ensure their availability, elasticity, and resilience. You will contribute to the design and architecture to enable secure, scalable, and maintainable software. You will develop reusable patterns and encourage innovation that will enable team velocity. You will also be asked to develop documentation on the newly built system.

Your Profile

You are committed to using your technical skills to build a solid platform and deliver an amazing user experience. You enjoy learning new and emerging technologies. You are pro open source, do not like to reinvent the wheel, are a force of proposal, and are an excellent team player.

You are a problem-solver, a critical thinker, and a great communicator.

Key Requirements

Proficiency in English, with great interpersonal skills
2+ years of professional experience with NodeJS / typescript OR 3 years of experience in JAVA, C#, C++, and similar OO language
Experience in server/client side JS (NodeJS, ExpressJS, Typescript)
Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases
Experience building large-scale distributed systems
Strong object-oriented design and development experience
Knowledge of the principles to construct fault-tolerance, reliability, and durability software systems
Experience building microservices and designing REST APIs
Experience with message brokers

It's great if you also have:

GCP and/or AWS experience
Experience with Kafka
Experience deploying microservices with docker, kubernetes
Experience with CI/CD using Gitlab-ci
Experience with some aspect(s) of computer security: network security, application security, security protocols, cryptography, etc...)
Previous experience with Java or Python
Previous experience with Blockchain

What you will do:

Your challenges

All our services require highly scalable server architectures (+1mil concurrent user) where blockchain will ultimately impact all our infrastructural choices. Ultra could be considered as a multitude of smaller sub-projects, each having its own team leader. Your ability to advise and collaborate with multiple sub-teams simultaneously will define our project's success. You will work with offices all around the world, working remotely will be part of your daily routine.

Your tasks

Design, implement, test, document and deploy backend services in the cloud. As a member of a feature team, you will be responsible for your services running in production and will ensure their availability, elasticity and resilience. You will contribute to the design and architecture to enable secure, scalable and maintainable software. You will develop reusable patterns and encourage innovation that will enable team velocity. You will take part in the team's scrum rituals. You will develop documentation on the new built system.

At Ultra, you will:

Learn every day and be involved in many exciting projects. Have the opportunity to grow with an ambitious and fast-paced company, on an innovative market. Have a lot of autonomy to put into practice what you advise, to set up new processes, and to share and implement your ideas with the team. Join an enthusiastic team and take part in Ultra's international expansion. Work with passionate colleagues in a multicultural, open-minded environment

What's next

If we select your application, you will start our interview process:
Meet Anastasiia, Tech Recruiter
Take our coding test
Meet Hugo, our Head of Engineering, and Koffi, our Lead Backend Engineer
Meet members of your squad

ðŸŒˆ Ultra is a true international company currently spread across the globe (Estonia, Belgium, France, Portugal, South Africa, USA, China, Australiaâ€¦). We thrive off diverse perspectives! We recognize that diversity has different aspects: gender, sexual orientation, ability, ethnic origin, social, age, lifestyle, and more! We're committed to giving equal opportunities, and fostering a culture where everyone is heard and feels a sense of belonging.

Job added on Wednesday 8th February 2023

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Ultra is bringing the blockchain revolution to the gaming industry and creating a fair ecosystem for the future of games distribution With cutting-edge technology, Ultra aims to shake up the gaming industry by putting the power back into the hands of developers and players, paving the way for a first-class game publishing platform.

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