Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Note: Although this is a remote position, we are only looking for candidates in European / African timezones between UTC-1 and UTC+3.

At Hotjar we’re on a mission to build the leading user feedback and analytics platform, with our product being used by over 915,000 users in 190 countries. As part of our Engineering team, you'll work on the exciting challenges that come with large-scale web traffic and analytics.

We work in an agile and highly collaborative environment, 100% remotely, and challenge the norms of traditional business leadership. Our focus is on true transparency and respect.

We're looking for enthusiastic and resourceful software engineers who are passionate about building great products, someone who loves being part of a team, whilst enjoying the autonomous nature of working remotely.

About the job:

You'll work as part of an agile, cross functional team with other frontend engineers, backend engineers, and product designers.

You will create production grade Python code and will implement solutions designed to handle incredibly high levels of traffic.

Participate in building and owning new microservices that power our product.

Build and take full ownership of components of the Hotjar Platform, in addition to building and maintaining dashboards monitoring essential application and business metrics.

Mentor other team members through pair programming, code reviews, and ad-hoc assistance.

Collaborate with engineers across the department to identify and build on improvements to our processes and systems, whilst having involvement in technical decision making.
 

Requirements

Strong backend development experience using Python.

Extensive knowledge of OOP, Design Patterns, and SOLID Principles.

Strong experience working with relational databases such as PostgreSQL.

Experience with unit, integration, functional testing, continuous integration, and Test Driven Development.

Pragmatic engineer who avoids overengineering of solutions and understands how to maintain a high-quality of code in a delivery-focused environment.

Desire to work in a respectful, transparent, and collaborative work environment, following Hotjar’s company values, culture and ways of working.

Will submit to a background check, confidentially processed by our third-party partner.

Plus points:

Experience with distributed architectures and building microservices.

Experience with cloud services (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure), Containerization, configuration management and infrastructure automation.

Experience with Elasticsearch, Solr, Lucene, or similar.

Experience with applications tuning/profiling, and scaling high-traffic applications.

What we offer

A remote and accomplished diverse and international team.

An opportunity to positively impact people’s experience online and make the web a better place.

Annual learning and development budget.

Several perks designed for your well-being and a healthy work-life balance. (Holiday Budget, Wellbeing Allowance, Working Together Budget, 16 weeks paid parental leave, and much more).

Compensation Range

The budgeted compensation range for this role is €70,000 to €90,000 annually. Ranges are based on market research and are equitable to other roles within Hotjar. The actual compensation offered will be based on relative experience and skills. At this time we are only able to provide official employment status to those located in Malta and Germany (for candidates who don’t require visa sponsorship). All other team members will join as full-time consultants and will be responsible for paying any taxes or applicable fees where they reside.

About Hotjar

Hotjar is a rapidly growing startup that is giving thousands of website owners the tools needed to discover how their visitors are really using their website. We are looking for passionate and ambitious developers who can help us shape the product and company while growing with us.

Culture at Hotjar:

Headquartered on the beautiful island of Malta, in the “heart” of the Mediterranean, Hotjar is a young startup that embraces remote working and personal development.

Hotjar’s culture is driven by transparency, respect, open discussion, collaboration and blunt and direct feedback. In fact, we’re obsessed with communicating with our users as well as within the team. We hate bureaucracy and slow moving organizations – but we’re suckers for well-defined processes. We love lean, iterative improvements and success is measured by the value we create for our users.

The Perks:

• Remote & Flexible. Work from anywhere within a European timezone.
• Ample Time Off. All team members get 40 days of paid planned leave/year, plus 10 sick days/year and time off to attend conferences / events.
• Collaborate with prestigious organizations. Imagine what it will feels like to be part of a product that is used by companies like Time Inc., Nintendo, Lloyd's Bank, Pingdom, Booking.com, Intuit and the Red Cross.
• Only the best hardware and software. Mac, PC or Linux – we will get you equipped with the best hardware and software available, of your own choice.
• Home Office budget. Every Hotjar team member receives a €4000 home office setup budget, with a yearly €500 top-up thereafter. Upgrade your desk, chair, screens or buy any peripherals you might need.
• Personal Development budget. Everyone receives a free Kindle as well as direct management of their own personal development yearly budget of €1,000. Buy books, short courses or magazine subscriptions.
• Holiday budget. A spend of €2,000/year for each team mate to spend relaxing and recharging on holiday.
• Work Together budget. Even though we're remote, we don't underestimate the value of getting together in person sometimes. Each team member has €2,000/year to spend on travelling to work with other Hotjarians.
• Working Space Allowance. Decide how you want to spend your monthly €200, whether it's on a co-working space, working from a coffee shop, getting your favourite coffee delivered to your home office, etc.
• Wellbeing Allowance. €200/month to spend on your wellbeing, be that physical, mental or spiritual.
• Work with a very talented team. Our team has an impressive background building and optimizing products and businesses around the globe.
• Make a difference. Hotjar is ‘democratizing’ site analytics and feedback by making them affordable and easy to use for everyone around the world. We call it the ‘Hotjar revolution’.

Benefits

• €4,000 Home Office Budget, topped up €500/year
• 100% Remote
• Free Kindle Paperwhite, Fitbit, Headset and Reading Pack
• €1,000 Annual Personal Development Budget
• €200 Monthly Well Being Allowance
• 40 days leave annually
• Two company retreats each year
• €2,000 Annual Holiday Budget
• €200 Monthly Working Space Allowance
• €2,000 Annual Work Together Budget