Software Engineer

About Glia

Our award-winning technology powers conversations with customers for some of the world's largest enterprises. We believe that combining the human touch with technology is the best way to create amazing customer experiences. When human abilities such as problem-solving, creative thinking and relationship building are enhanced with technology... magical moments happen.

The team's setup

This role offers an exciting opportunity to join our Interactions Group, focusing on Glia's core text-based communication functionality. You'll be working on systems that facilitate seamless communication between operators, visitors, supervisors, and external parties across Glia's ChannelLess® architecture.

Our team is distributed across Tallinn and Tartu, Estonia, operating in the Eastern European time zone (EET/EEST).

The work

As a full-stack or back-end developer, you'll be responsible for creating Elixir microservices, backed by Postgres and NoSQL stores, like Redis and DynamoDB. All of our services run on Kubernetes, in Docker containers.

Since all our product teams are self-reliant, at some point you will work on some features that require front-end work as well. The exact amount will vary depending on the projects your team undertakes. That said, prior front-end experience is not required for this position and you can learn on the job.

Our current tech stack:

• Coding languages: Elixir, Ruby, Javascript(React)
• Current Persistence Solutions: Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, S3
  
  

Infrastructure: AWS

• Monitoring: DataDog
• CI/CD: Jenkins
• Other: AWS services, Kafka, GitHub
  
  

Candidate requirements

• Experience: 1-3 years of professional software development experience
• Programming Languages: Experience in one or more backend languages such as Java, Python, Go, Ruby, or Node.Js
• Web Technologies: Experience with RESTful APIs, microservices architecture, and web frameworks
• Cloud Platforms: Familiarity with cloud services like AWS
• Security: Basic understanding of web security principles
• Communication: Good verbal and written English communication skills
• Testing: Experience with unit testing, integration testing, and test-driven development
• Database Systems: Knowledge of Postgres and/or DynamoDB databases
  
  

Other candidate requirements

• Experience building reliable and high-performing systems
• Results-oriented with a high attention to detail and quality
• Strong organizational and planning skills
• Self-starter with the energy, drive and determination to accomplish goals
• Strong code quality and experience with automated testing standards
• Readiness to take on periodic on-call responsibilities
  
  

It would be great if you had prior experience with event-driven architecture as we are taking on this journey together with you.

Interest in or experience with event-driven architecture is a plus, as we're embarking on this journey together.

We're committed to fostering an inclusive environment and strongly encourage applications from candidates of all genders, backgrounds, and experiences. We believe that diverse perspectives lead to better solutions and a stronger team.

Our company supports work-life balance and offers flexible working arrangements to accommodate various needs. We provide equal opportunities for growth and advancement to all team members.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Professional development support (trainings, courses, conferences, books, etc)
• Access to all the latest tools and equipment you'll need
• Sports compensation
• Team events: annual employee awards, internal hackathons, and a dozen cool events from cooking to the Glia olympic games :)
• Generous referral bonuses
• Diversity: 25 countries represented
• Glia is an equal-opportunity employer. Glia does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), or any other basis protected by law.
  
  

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