Backend Engineer (Food Team)
BetterMeUkraine10 hours ago
Full-timeEngineering, Information Technology
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About Us
BetterMe is a health & wellness platform providing a tailored holistic approach to well-being. Since 2017, we have been on a mission to create a healthier world for everyone, regardless of age, sex, physical ability, or background.
Our goal is to make a healthy lifestyle accessible to everyone so they can achieve long-term health benefits.
About The Role
We are seeking a Backend Engineer (Golang+PHP) to join our team. You’ll work on developing new features, improving existing services. The role involves active participation in refactoring legacy components and migrating them from the monolith to independent microservices. You’ll collaborate with experienced engineers, work within a modern stack, and contribute to building scalable, production-ready backend solutions.
About You
The success of the product became possible through the hard work and dedication of 400+ talented and forward-thinking employees who are true experts in their field. We’re one of the biggest partners of Facebook, Google, Snapchat & Twitter within the CEE region.🌎
Our company is built on the ability to find the best people and provide them with everything needed to stay focused on what’s important to make our users even healthier, sportier, happier and better! We create a business environment that brings up the best in everyone. We have no bureaucracy, and we give our colleagues complete freedom to make decisions and achieve brilliant results. 🚀
Competitive salary. Compensation that will help you focus on your projects and personal development.
Professional Growth. We offer a possibility to attend internal, external courses, seminars, and access to a corporate library. You will be working with a team of professionals to get insights and discuss ideas.
Comfortable working environment. We provide all necessary work equipment for your role and serve complimentary breakfasts, lunches, and snacks in the Kyiv office.
Health&Fitness. We provide employees with 20 days of paid vacation, medical insurance and a variety of sports activities available for employees inside and outside the office.
Rest. We organize team buildings, parties and various team activities to boost our collaboration.
Find more about us on social media platforms: Instagram, LinkedIn.
BetterMe is a health & wellness platform providing a tailored holistic approach to well-being. Since 2017, we have been on a mission to create a healthier world for everyone, regardless of age, sex, physical ability, or background.
Our goal is to make a healthy lifestyle accessible to everyone so they can achieve long-term health benefits.
About The Role
We are seeking a Backend Engineer (Golang+PHP) to join our team. You’ll work on developing new features, improving existing services. The role involves active participation in refactoring legacy components and migrating them from the monolith to independent microservices. You’ll collaborate with experienced engineers, work within a modern stack, and contribute to building scalable, production-ready backend solutions.
About You
- 5+ years of experience in backend development in total;
- 2+ years of experience with Golang, using frameworks like Go-Kit;
- Motivation to work with both Go and PHP backends (~ 90% Go / 10% PHP for now);
- Understanding idiomatic Go patterns and best practices for structuring Go applications;
- Experience with relational databases — MySQL and/or PostgreSQL using libraries like sqlx or GORM;
- Experience with in-memory storage and caching (e.g., Redis, AWS Elastiсache, etc.);
- Experience with Linux environments, CI/CD pipelines, Docker containers, and background job processing;
- Experience with asynchronous communication via tools like RabbitMQ, Apache Kafka, or Amazon SQS;
- Hands-on experience with microservices architecture (communication, patterns, development process) and developing REST APIs;
- Practical understanding of software design principles and best practices (SOLID, design patterns, 12-Factor App methodology);
- Ability to write and maintain unit tests and ensure high code coverage for new code;
- Fast learner with a strong desire to continually acquire new knowledge, and excellent problem-solving skills.
- Experience with distributed systems and high-load services;
- Experience with cloud and container orchestration tools: AWS services, Kubernetes/Helm, and service mesh technologies like Istio;
- Experience with search engine technologies (e.g., Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, or Apache Solr);
- Familiarity with Clean Architecture software design philosophy or DDD;
- Ability to document requirements and create architectural diagrams (using PlantUML or Mermaid);
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills. Proactive approach to identifying and solving complex problems.
- Design and implement backend features from conception through to deployment, ensuring they meet strategic business objectives;
- Write clean, secure, testable, scalable and well-documented product or system code;
- Actively participate in multiple aspects of the SDLC, including planning, development, testing, and deployment;
- Work closely with product, client, and other cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality features and resolve integration issues;
- Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency);
- Contribute to backend architecture decisions, including the transition from monolith to microservices;
- Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.
The success of the product became possible through the hard work and dedication of 400+ talented and forward-thinking employees who are true experts in their field. We’re one of the biggest partners of Facebook, Google, Snapchat & Twitter within the CEE region.🌎
Our company is built on the ability to find the best people and provide them with everything needed to stay focused on what’s important to make our users even healthier, sportier, happier and better! We create a business environment that brings up the best in everyone. We have no bureaucracy, and we give our colleagues complete freedom to make decisions and achieve brilliant results. 🚀
Competitive salary. Compensation that will help you focus on your projects and personal development.
Professional Growth. We offer a possibility to attend internal, external courses, seminars, and access to a corporate library. You will be working with a team of professionals to get insights and discuss ideas.
Comfortable working environment. We provide all necessary work equipment for your role and serve complimentary breakfasts, lunches, and snacks in the Kyiv office.
Health&Fitness. We provide employees with 20 days of paid vacation, medical insurance and a variety of sports activities available for employees inside and outside the office.
Rest. We organize team buildings, parties and various team activities to boost our collaboration.
Find more about us on social media platforms: Instagram, LinkedIn.
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