Senior Backend Engineer
Pix4D, Switzerland
Job Description
We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our growing Revenue Operations (RevOps) team in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The RevOps team is responsible for the alignment of sales, marketing and customer success operations across the full customer life cycle to drive growth through operational efficiency and our integrated IT solution is a key part of it.
You will play a central role in the design, development, and delivery of first-class web applications that allow customers to discover and buy Pix4D products and services as well as allow all commercial teams worldwide to improve operations. You will collaborate closely with marketing, sales, customer support and training experts, product owners and experienced software engineers.
You strive to keep your code simple, readable and maintainable. You understand the importance of testing and your definition of done includes our customers' satisfaction. You enjoy being part of an agile team where practices such as code reviews, pair programming and continuous deployment to production are part of the culture. Moreover, you will be collaborating with colleagues in different locations within Pix4Dās multicultural and multilingual environment.
Responsibilities
- Design, build and develop new solutions to improve and expand the capabilities of the RevOps applications.
- Build highly scalable, and robust web applications based on the latest back-end technologies and infrastructure (Python, Django, AWS, etc) writing simple, readable and maintainable code.
- Foster a strong collaboration with sales, marketing and customer support departments to gather requirements and understand business needs and priorities
- Investigate and integrate technologies within the existing solution.
- Deliver the roadmap together with key stakeholders and the development team.
- Contribute to the daily operations of the production environment such as new deployments, monitoring, technical support amp; maintenance, etc.
- Display excellent cooperation and communication inside the RevOps team and with other teams at Pix4D.
- Reflect and promote the values of Pix4D with team members, colleagues, and external contacts.
Requirements
- At least 5+ years of proven experience with server side languages such as Python or equivalent.
- Experience with web frameworks such as Django or Flask and API concepts (e.g. HTTP, REST, Authentication), database technology (SQL, NoSQL).
- Excellent knowledge of modern software engineering principles and techniques (i.e. continuous delivery, code reviews, test-driven development, incremental delivery, effective git).
- Experience with deploying and maintaining web applications on cloud service providers (Knowledge of the AWS cloud is a plus).
- Experience with integrating CRM, ERP or ecommerce systems such as Salesforce, Zendesk, Odoo, Magento, etc is a plus.
- Excellent skills in solving problems, hunting down issues and fixing them.
- Proficient English language skills, written and spoken
Benefits
Some points listed below involving interactions with others are temporarily suspended due to the covid situation.
- Permanent contract in a growing international company
- Well-located office close to Lausanne with an easy access by public transportation and a parking available
- Cool and modern workplace where you can just relax and enjoy!
- Flexible working hours and partial remote work possible
- Development opportunities to boost your career!
- Team-building activities
- Company event once a year in Lausanne (Switzerland) with Pix4Ders from all offices where we share information, play, eat and party together!
- Company's contribution to some events: Bike to Work (the biggest health and cycling promotion campaign in Switzerland), Lausanne Marathon
- Free seasonal local and organic fresh fruits, infusions and hot drinks
- Monthly free healthy and gourmand breakfasts (including gluten free!) to welcome new comers
- Discounts for restaurants and cafes, pharmacy, fitness centers, massages or other services (sophrology, coaching, physical preparation for the 10km, 20km, marathon, triathlon, cycling), and on Swiss Fair Trade products
Working environment
Pix4D is a unique, fun, and intellectually stimulating company where you can grow and excel in your field. Our environment is authentic and multicultural, a place where we respect and learn from each other in the pursuit of being the best at what we do. Get more information here.
Company
Pix4D is a developer of cutting edge software that converts images taken by hand, drone, or plane into survey-grade accurate and g