Senior Backend Engineer (Node.js/Go)

Who are we?

Transcenda, headquartered in the US, was founded in July 2019 and is a full-lifecycle product development company. With locations throughout Europe - Romania, Poland, and Ukraine, Transcenda works with Fortune 500 companies and well-funded startups to help bring new products to life.

Transcenda helps companies ideate new product concepts, build prototypes, design world-class solutions then engineer new commercial products. Transcenda puts people first and strives to be a changemaker by building a better world through technology. Transcenda has grown from a 5 person team to over 180 people over the past two years and plans to continue growing.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide support for the software architecture, design, and implementation of software components related to IoT-connected products.
• Optimize data storage by balancing performance, cost, and storage tradeoffs through various database technologies.
• Drive engineering from concept to finished product.
• Design, and build usable, robust, and reliable services.
• Contribute to architectural decisions, infrastructure setup, and production operation.

Must haves:

• A full-stack mindset, ready to work across the back-end, front-end, infrastructure and firmware.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills with experience in building microservices on AWS using Lambda, Amazon S3, Amazon Cognito, Amazon API Gateway, DynamoDB, AWS IoT Core, Kinesis, SNS, SQS.
• Strong experience with Node.js / JavaScript / TypeScript.
• Previous exposure to large-scale systems design, experience with serverless approaches using AWS Lambda.
• Experience with Golang.

Nice to have:

• Understanding of specifics for running Go under heavy load.
• Understanding IoT solutions and having built or been part of a team that delivered an IoT solution is a huge plus.
• Experience with Kafka and familiarity with event-driven architectures.

What we offer

• 100% remote in Ukraine, Poland or Romania.
• B2B Contract.
• English classes.

Collaboration

• Rapidly scaling up company.
• Possibility to develop (English courses, team workshops, online courses).
• International team in few locations.