Backend Engineer

We are improving lives through better eating, and we are doing this through software that is highly personalized for our users’ needs. By tapping into mobile sensor technology and combining it with a passion for design and applied psychology, we create delightful user experience to help people reach their goals!

Including more than 20 nationalities, we enjoy a vibrant mix of cultures, world views, and working styles, and it's these different perspectives that make sure we're solving the right problems. With over 45 million users worldwide, we need to grow our amazing teams with more brilliant people to keep up with the demand!

Lifesum is growing, and the engineering team is no exception, which is why we're looking for a Backend Engineer to dive into a multitude of complex, technical projects and work to make the Lifesum Backend absolutely cutting edge. Are you looking for a place where you can make an impact in your daily work? Working as a backend engineer you will work with a very interesting product with a lot of potential and an exciting and challenging journey for the team to get up to speed with the technology strategy that has been set.

Responsibilities and what you will do

- Learn, maintain and improve our existing codebase
- Write and review high-quality code and technical documentation
- Collaborating with the rest of the backend team to build the Lifesum backend and make sure that it’s absolutely top-notch


Are you the one we're looking for?

To be successful in this position we believe that you have

- 3-5 years of experience as a backend developer
- An attitude that says can-do and a great willingness to learn and dig deep into our codebase
- Designed and developed microservices and event-driven solutions
- Experience from working with legacy code


If you have a love for test-driven development we would be extremely excited and if you have worked with mobile application backend before we really want to talk to you!

Of course, we would be even happier if you have an interest in either health & fitness or food, but if you would rather chill in the sofa and watch Game of Thrones, you are equally welcome at Lifesum!

What is Lifesum?

Here at Lifesum, action speaks louder than words, and it's our passion that brings us all together to a force to be reckoned with! We support each other and trust that everyone is a master of their field and that you will suggest, champion and lead when you join us.

If you think this sounds exciting, we'd love to hear from you and get to know you. Send us your resume right away, and please tell us why you are interested in this particular position and why Lifesum is the place you want to be your next workplace.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of sex, transgender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion or other belief, disability, sexual orientation, or age.