Senior BackEnd Engineer (Platform)
About Arbolus
Arbolus connects Private Equity Investors and Consultants with subject matter experts across industries for research, enabling seamless knowledge exchange via a digital platform.
Since 2018, we’ve been reinventing the expert network industry with a tech-driven approach, helping clients gain deeper insights while empowering experts to monetize their expertise. More agile and innovative than legacy networks, we stand out with an AI-powered platform, custom-sourced experts, and first-to-market tools like Canopy video Q&A.
Headquartered in London, Arbolus is a venture-backed scale-up with over 170 employees across five global offices in Barcelona, New York, and Gurgaon. Recently, we secured a $20 million Series B funding round to fuel our U.S. expansion and advance our mission: to make human knowledge digital and widely accessible.
About the role
To perform this role, you may be experienced with REST APIs, relational databases, software architecture knowledge, and critical thinking skills.
Our tech stack is built on .NET, React, and Python for Machine Learning, and our teams are structured around a product-focused model, with engineers in frontend, backend, and QA, each supported by a dedicated Product Owner and a Design team.
Key responsibilities you will be in charge of
- Build and maintain backend services to support platform infrastructure, focusing on scalability, performance, and reliability while enabling other teams to develop and deploy features effectively.
- Establish and enhance logging, monitoring, and alerting solutions in collaboration with the DevOps engineer to ensure the platform remains robust and resilient.
- Work closely with other engineering teams (Backend, Frontend, QA, Data Science) to support platform needs, enable seamless integration, and drive technical improvements.
Requirements to succeed in this role
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
- 7+ years of professional backend development experience.
- Strong proficiency in .NET Core and C#, with knowledge of RESTful API design.
- Experience with relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL.
- Familiarity with observability tools and software architecture.
- Proven ability to optimize backend performance and troubleshoot complex systems.
- Effective collaboration skills within multidisciplinary teams.
- Strong problem-solving abilities and proactive approach to technical challenges.
- Experience with cloud services like AWS or Azure.
What we offer
- Performance bonus on top of your base salary
- 25 days of paid time off per year + all local bank holidays. Arbolus puts heavy emphasis on quality of life and wants to ensure everyone has a fair amount of time to recharge and relax
- Hybrid work schedule (2 from home, 3 from office) and 2 weeks per year to work from abroad
- 2 hackathons per year
- Training budget (from books to attending software development conferences abroad)
- Private health insurance
- Flexible remuneration for meals and transport (Alan card)
- Relocation package to help you with your move to Barcelona
- Top-notch equipment to make our work efficient and smooth
- Free coffee, tea, and snacks to boost our energy during the day
- Monday office breakfast to start our week and Friday Office lunch voucher
- Regular social activities are managed by our local Social Committees
- Language courses to extend our knowledge (English, Spanish, French, Italian and Catalan)
- Discounts for Kleta, Urban sports, and various restaurants around the office
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Arbolus is committed to providing reasonable adjustments for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If, due to a disability, you need assistance or adjustment in completing your application please email us at talent@arbolus.com. Please put "Reasonable Adjustment" in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. Please note that this inbox is not monitored for application status update requests.
We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time. All job applicants must be authorised to work for any employer in the country where the position is indicated to be based.
- Department
- Engineering & Data Science
- Role
- BackEnd Engineer
- Locations
- Barcelona Office
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
- Employment type
- Full-time
Senior BackEnd Engineer (Platform)
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