Backend Engineer
Job Description
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are looking for an experienced</span><strong> Backend Software Engineer </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">to work on unique product challenges: complex algorithms for demand prediction, optimal real-time pricing, routing, fraud detection, distributed systems and much more.</span></p>
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<p>With over 200 million customers in 50+ countries, Bolt is one of the fastest-growing tech companies in Europe and Africa. And it's all thanks to our people.</p>
<p>We believe in creating an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome, regardless of race, colour, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, or disability.</p>
<p>Our ultimate goal is to make cities for people, not cars, and we need your help to achieve this mission!</p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><title></span><strong>About the role</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"></title></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As a</span><strong> Software Engineer</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">, you will be responsible for architecting, designing, developing, and deploying Bolt's growing backend systems. That will mostly happen via coding in Node.js and TypeScript (PS: no previous experience with Node.js is needed). </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><title></span><strong>Your daily adventures will include:</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"></title></span></p>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><point>Architecting, designing, developing, and deploying Bolt's growing backend systems.</point></span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><point>Contributing ideas and constructive feedback to our product development roadmap.</point></span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><point>Helping lead features/initiatives from idea to positive execution.</point></span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><point>Working closely with Product to slice and dice scope and deliver piece by piece.</point></span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><point>Sharing your knowledge by giving tech talks, and promoting appropriate tech and engineering best practices in and outside of the team.</point></span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><title></span><strong>About you:</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"></title></span></p>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><point>You have experience of thriving in an environment that has a fast customer-feedback cycle and having empathy for the end-user.</point></span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><point>You are great at making data-driven and metric-driven decisions.</point></span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><point>You have a drive for leading initiatives and features till the end, even if the last mile is the hardest.</point></span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><point>You feel at home with microservice architecture and you are experienced in API design.</point></span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><point>You have strong principles towards writing clean, simple, secure, and maintainable code.</point></span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><point>You have a deep understanding of how to write readable, testable, maintainable, and performant code.</point></span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Experience is great, but what we really look for is drive, intelligence, and integrity. So even if you don't tick every box, please consider applying if you feel you're the kind of person described above!</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"></text></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"></gh-requirements></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br><br></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><title></span><strong>Why you'll love it here:</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"></title></span></p>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><point>Play a direct role in shaping the future of mobility.</point></span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><point>Impact millions of customers and partners in 600+ cities across 50+ countries.</point></span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><point>Work in fast-moving autonomous teams with some of the smartest people in the world. </point></span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><point></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Accelerate your professional growth with unique career opportunities.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"></point></span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><point>Get a rewarding salary and stock option package that lets you focus on doing your best work.</point></span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><point>Enjoy the flexibility of working in a hybrid mode with a minimum of 2 days in the office each week to foster strong connections and teamwork.</point></span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><point>Take care of your physical and mental health with our wellness perks.</point></span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"></bulletpoints></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><text>*</span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bolt does not provide relocation or visa support to Germany .</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"></text></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"></gh-perks></span></p>
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About Bolt Technology
Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany