Senior Backend Developer

Salary Competitive
Equity To be negotiated

Intro

Petli is on a mission to help dog parents become their dog’s best friend. We are an ambitious and dedicated team of dog lovers striving to enrich the lives of dogs and their fellow humans. To do so we aim to unite top talents within all fields of relevance. We believe a fusion of brilliant expertise will create an amazing product (intuitive & performant), worth bragging about! Are you up for the job?


About the role 

We are looking for a Senior Backend Developer who will shape the technical foundation of the Petli app. Ideal candidate:

  • Has 5+ years of hands-on backend development experience

  • Well-versed in Go and PostgreSQL

  • Follows principles of agile, test- and data-driven development

  • Understands what explosive growth entails


You will be joining a closely knitted and super performant tech team that:

  • Works effectively from anywhere

  • Respects each other

  • Values transparency

  • Promotes good work/life balance to stay on top of their game

  • Does not resort to micromanagement


You will be working with:

  • Serverless microservices

  • Distributed CDN & caching

  • Kanban


About Petli 

Petli aims to make dog life a bliss and save dog parents both headaches, time and money. We do so by centralizing and validating information, introducing science and dog knowledge in a gamified, easy to grasp and fun app format. Since December 2021, we are backed by some of Sweden’s most renowned investors (Jacob de Geer (iZettle), Patrick Söderlund (EA, Dice) and  Hjalmar Winbladh (EQT Ventures)), helping us on our mission to bring a top notch dog app to a global market. 


The team

We are a team of six productive, curious and positive minded dog lovers. Our company culture is fun, challenging, healthy and diverse. We strongly believe that diversity is key to optimize problem solving. Different backgrounds and experiences enriches us as a team, especially when facing challenges needing creative solutions. We see problems as possibilities to challenge each other and find the best way forward. 

Most of us at Petli love the outdoors, sports and gaming. Some of us have a dog. Together we not only work for the sake of dogs, we let them inspire us. In a dog pack everyone is of value and sticks together and helps each other out. At Petli, we believe that having fun together creates a healthy and productive company culture where everyone matters. We work hard, but above all we prioritize and value health. And we look out for each other. That's the way of the dog, so that's the way of Petli. 


Does this sound like a gang you want to join? Do you share our vision and love for dogs? Are you the phenomenal Senior Backend developer we’re looking for? 

If so, please email us your application or apply for the position. We have a very exciting journey ahead of us and hope that you are the packmember we are looking for. 


Petli in the Press:

1. https://www.breakit.se/artikel/29717/petli-rivstartar-med-nytt-kapital-vill-att-du-tranar-din-hund-pa-natet

2. https://www.breakit.se/artikel/31148/tunga-techprofilernas-senaste-investering-satsar-pa-hundapp


What the recruitment process  looks like:

1. Screening interview with our Talent Acquisition Partner 

2. Technical Assessment (either as an offline task or online discussion during the tech interview)

3. Tech interview with our Tech Lead

4. Founders interview 

5. Offer

For more information or questions please contact us at shahin@petli.app

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Flexible working hours
Flexible working hours

Time is precious. Make it count. Morning person or night owl, this job is for you.

Free coffee / tea
Free coffee / tea

Get your caffeine fix to get you started and keep you going.

Near public transit
Near public transit

Easy access and treehugger friendly workplace.

Equity package
Equity package

Want to be a partner? Look no further.

Pension plan
Pension plan

We take care of you, even when you are old and wrinkly.

Remote work allowed
Remote work allowed

You know how you perform best. Work from your couch, your favorite cafe or abroad when you feel like it.

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Working at
Petli

For 20-40 thousand years, dog has been humans best friend... and now it’s time for us to become theirs. Our mission at Petli is to help people understand and communicate with their dog on a deeper level. The Petli app will help people become responsible dog parents from day one, in a fun and mobile format. By utilizing gamification and personalization, we teach people ethology as well as how to train their dogs using positive reinforcement. Training programs created by some of Sweden's best dog trainers help the user better understand and train their four legged family member. We even offer personal feedback and guidance from our in house dog trainers, to help the user succeed. As a user you can also take exams and earn medals to share on social media to show off your dogs progress. We are on a mission to help people become their dog's best friend.

Read more about Petli

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