Senior Backend Engineer

June 4

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Founded in 2008, AlphaSights is the global leader in knowledge on-demand. We connect investors and business leaders with the knowledge they need to succeed. Working from nine cities globally, our 1500+ colleagues provide round-the-clock coverage to the world's top investment funds, consultancies, and Fortune 500s. Learn more about us at alphasights.com.

1001 - 5000 employees

💰 Venture Round on 2008-01

📋 Description

•Define the best technical solutions to business problems, contributing to an architectural vision that will scale up to be the world's leading research platform. •We primarily work with React on the frontend and Kotlin microservices with Postgres on the backend, with some older services written in Ruby on Rails. We’ve always got an eye open to assess new technologies that might improve our stack. •We release frequently to our customers, using CIrcleCI and Spinnaker for CI/CD, and quickly gather feedback in order to inform our next iteration. •You will learn quickly by building market-leading technology with experienced colleagues in a high performance environment. Engineers can also use our L&D budget to fast-track development of specific technical competencies. •Carefully monitor our services, catching errors before users notice them, diagnosing the root cause and deploying fixes.

🎯 Requirements

•You probably have a degree in a STEM subject •Experience working at a similar level in a mature Engineering team •Technical expertise with at least one programming language (we use Kotlin and a bit of Ruby), and ideally experience with relational databases. •Proven track record – You’ve made a demonstrable impact in your previous roles, standing out from your peers. Highly driven and proactive – you relentlessly and independently push through hurdles and drive towards excellent outcomes. •Highly driven and proactive – you relentlessly and independently push through hurdles and drive towards excellent outcomes. •Meticulous – you hold high standards and have an obsessive attention to detail.