Backend Engineer

The Role
We are looking for a passionate and curious Backend Engineer to join our growing engineering team. As a Backend Engineer, you will be key to building the foundation of both our products and our development processes and practices. Our goal is to further accelerate our work to make the carbon accounting process as smooth as possible for our customers, and every improvement we make to this process directly contributes to helping companies reach net zero emissions.
We use mostly Typescript and some Python on the server; Svelte (and Angular for some legacy parts) on the client, and tools like SonarCloud, Sentry, Sleuth and GitHub actions for CI/CD.
What you will do
Be a part of an autonomous Product Development team that has full ownership - from inception to end-of-life, including quality and production health - of a set of Backend services.
Continuously deliver software to our production environment and gather feedback from the stakeholders, directly and through observable metrics.
Write and review high quality code and architecture on a daily basis.
Deploy and monitor services using Normative’s cloud infrastructure.
Help us build world class engineering practices and processes.
Share your knowledge, and coach and mentor your teammates if needed.

We think you will be a good match if
You care deeply about making a real contribution towards a sustainable future.
You have strong experience with Typescript.
You have a track record of delivering high-quality production code and robust software products.
You have good knowledge of modern web application development, including API development, databases, and operating systems
You have built, deployed, and operated high-availability services in an environment of continuous integration and delivery.
Experience with (or interest in learning) the following is a plus: The Python data stack, DevOps best practices, and data modeling.
Interest in learning, exploring and sharing.