Backend / Postgres Engineer

Airmee is a well-capitalized start-up that is looking for an extremely talented back-end developer to work on some of the most complex problems in the world and help revolutionize logistics. You must have experience designing and building large and complex (yet maintainable) systems.

Airmee is one Sweden's fastest growing logistics startups focusing on fast and convenient deliveries for retailers and other businesses. Our mission is to optimize and automate transportation in cities to make it more cost-efficiently and environmentally sustainably than anyone else.

Why this role?

- Create a platform that will redefine logistics: Because Airmee optimizes and automates everything related to last-mile delivery, we have the chance to create the most leveraged and useful software of the decade. You can help us realize this goal.
- Tackle our most interesting and impactful problems: Our team is still small, and people wear many hats. You will participate in every phase from inception to implementation. Absolutely no boredom.
- Join us at a magical time: We're growing by leaps and bounds, You'd join at the perfect time to shape what we build and how we grow.


So, what will you do as a Backend Engineer at Airmee?

- You’ll help scale Airmee as a best-in-class service for our thousands of daily users.
- You’ll architect and build improvements to increase the performance and reliability of our backend and infrastructure - such as tuning Postgres and improving the throughput of our mission critical APIs.
- You’ll work with the team to build new product features, focusing on the backend. Think projects such as building the backend of a multi-tenant platform - a critical piece for our growth as a company.
- You’ll also work with our data science team to make our algorithms perform even better.


This might be for you if...

- You have experience scaling production software. You’ve worked on a product experiencing rapid growth and understand what needs to be done to scale to the next level.
- You can readily learn most technologies as you go. To you, technologies are about tools and tradeoffs, not an ideology.
- You enjoy helping your coworkers make Postgres perform at its best.
- You care about the business implications of anything you build. You’re not just going after cool stuff - you understand the balance between craft, speed, and the bottom line.
- You’ve spent meaningful time as a senior engineer or tech lead.
- You have top-notch communication skills and work ethic.
- Bonus: You’re fluent with AWS Lambdas, NodeJS and unit testing Postgres with tgTAP.


Why join us?

You will be working with talented, motivated, intense, and interesting co-workers. Being part of a startup in its growth phase you will have the opportunity to influence the culture and build a team around you. You will also have a lot of freedom in how to execute tasks.

It’s easier to invent the future than to predict it.” - Alan Kay