Location: London/Bucharest

About the Backend Engineer Position / About the Role / We’re looking for a  Backend Engineer

ExpressVPN is looking for Backend Engineers to join our global teams working on existing and new product lines. With your knowledge of backend software development, you'll work on designing, testing and building high quality microservices in a specific business domain. You have 3+ years of backend experience in a language such as Golang or Rust, excellent communication skills and familiarity with TDD, continuous delivery and agile methodologies.

Role Responsibilities / What You’ll Do

You'd be on a team with a well-defined goal. Your team-members are other engineers, and likely a few people from other functions like product management, data analysis, and design. You and your team decide what to do to achieve your goals.

As a backend engineer, you're expected to:

1. Express requirements as code. Otherwise known as "good automated testing at all levels of the pyramid." We like TDD a lot.
2. Design, test, build and operate backend microservices.
3. Ensure code is high quality and easy to maintain.
4. Practice continuous integration and delivery.
5. If you're on a team that operates a service: you'd also be expected to be on an on-call team

Your success is measured by the pace and quality of the engineering solutions you deliver in your team. We define quality very broadly: it includes security, privacy, capacity, performance, reliability, cost-efficiency, etc.

Role Requirements 

We are open to varying degrees of experience, the more experienced you are the more we’ll expect to see your expertise show.

• Familiarity with software development best practices including test driven development, continuous delivery and agile methodologies.
• 3+ years backend experience in a language such as Golang or Rust.
• 3+ years experience working with databases and object storage such as MySQL, PostgreSQL and S3.
• AWS experience 
• Great interpersonal skills: Empathy, negotiation skills, problem-solving acumen, emotional intelligence.
• Solution driven with a track record of breaking down complex problems and measuring results.

Nice to have but not required / Preferred Experience

• Experience using containers with Kubernetes or Docker.
• Familiarity with caches and message queues such as Redis and RabbitMQ.
• Experience with Ruby, Python or PHP

How we’ll support you

We believe in fostering an environment that empowers decision-making at all levels. Our culture is rooted in the inverted pyramid approach, where the engineers, who have a deep understanding of the product and the customers, are the ones who have the knowledge and the authority to make impactful decisions. 

• We prioritize treating every team member with respect and promote open and constructive feedback, ensuring a culture of trust and transparency.
• We encourage learning through experimentation and provide a safe space for everyone to learn from their experiences.
• Our managers are dedicated to facilitating career growth and creating an environment that attracts and supports talented engineers.

Note: Please upload your resume as a PDF and do not include any salary or compensation information in it.

Benefits

Health and happiness go hand in hand, and we make every effort to support our team members in all facets of their lives—both inside and outside the office. Learn more about our employee benefits by visiting our careers page.

Before you apply

• At the moment, we do not sponsor visas in the EU. For Hong Kong, we require at least two years of working experience and a university degree in a related field. For Singapore and the UK, we can only sponsor visas for mid-career or above.
• Please upload your resume as a PDF and do not include any salary or compensation information in it.

ExpressVPN is one of the world’s leading providers of online privacy and security services for consumers. Started in 2009, we’ve grown to have millions of active paying customers, a team of more than 700 people worldwide, and a brand recognized by hundreds of millions of people in 18 languages and more than a hundred countries. We see huge growth in our industry, and are gaining market share through strong execution.

Please note that all offers are subject to reference checks from one or more of your former managers/colleagues. For your current manager, we understand that every company has distinct HR practices, and will only speak with them at a mutually agreed-upon time that works for you.