Backend Software Engineer

🕒 August 4

🌐 Portugal, United Kingdom – Remote

🇵🇹 Portugal – Remote 🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

💵 €41.2k - €57.8k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer

🚫👨‍🎓 No degree required

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Codacy

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2015

☁️ SaaS

🔒 Cybersecurity

💰 $15M Series B on 2022-09

SaaS • Cybersecurity

Codacy is a software platform that provides developers with tools to ensure code quality and security. It offers a comprehensive toolbox that integrates seamlessly across the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), helping businesses enforce coding standards, expand test coverage, and enhance engineering performance. Codacy's services include monitoring coding standards, fixing security issues, expanding test coverage, and providing data-driven insights for engineering teams. It features AI-assisted fixes and supports multiple ecosystems, assisting teams in maintaining high-quality, secure code efficiently. Codacy is designed to be scalable, easy to use, and enhances the development of large-scale projects.

📋 Description

• Contribute to a product-focused squad developing core features and components • Own features from design and implementation through deployment and monitoring • Design, develop, test, and optimize backend services in Scala • Contribute to TypeScript and Go projects when needed • Work with cats-effect, http4s, RabbitMQ, Kubernetes, and PostgreSQL • Review code and provide constructive feedback • Participate in technical design discussions and architecture decisions • Troubleshoot and resolve complex production and non-production issues • Improve deployment pipelines, observability, and production reliability

🎯 Requirements

• 2+ years of professional experience with Scala • Understanding of functional programming principles • Solid knowledge of API design, microservices, distributed systems, and cloud-based services • Solid knowledge of SQL and other data storage systems • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, and Docker • Proficiency with Git and Git workflows • Strong problem-solving skills • Ability to work effectively in a remote environment • Fluency in English • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field is a plus • Familiarity with Java or Kotlin is a plus • Candidates for full-time employment must be based in the UK or Portugal; B2B contracting candidates must be within 1–2 hours of Portugal time zone • Previous experience with TypeScript, Python, Go, or Kotlin is a bonus • Experience building developer integrations such as command-line tools or IDE extensions is a bonus • Familiarity with AWS services and infrastructure best practices is a bonus • Interest in AI's impact on software development and developer workflows is a bonus • Interest in software quality and code linters is a bonus

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance • Generous learning and development budget • Flexible holidays • Remote-first work policy • Option for full-time employment or B2B contracting arrangements for eligible candidates