Fullstack Engineer

Fullstack Engineer to Alva Labs
Hiring practices need to change if organizations are going to stand a fighting chance in adapting to the future. With so many jobs predicted to drastically change in the coming years, it is crucial to find a more efficient and accurate way to find the right talent. The legacy of CV screening is not only treating candidates unfairly, it also puts organizations at risk of not identifying who will grow and adapt to the changes that lie ahead.
Do you want to be part of the solution? Our dream team in engineering is growing and we want more talented people onboard, to take part in building a product that reaches thousands of users - candidates and recruiters - daily, and impacts life-changing decisions.
The company
If one should summarize what we as a company are doing, it could be something like this:
Alva Labs is a Stockholm-based SaaS company that offers a solution that is helping global companies grow their team in a scientific way. Alva has created a unique candidate assessment platform that helps companies build their organisations with the right people in the right place. Combining state-of-the-art psychometrics, data science, and an obsession with candidate experience, it provides the needed tool for data-driven talent acquisition.
Our main focus as of now is to launch our next big product bet that will revolutionize how the world hires talent. By broadening our product offering we will be able to better serve our customers and solve a larger part of their problem. We have also reworked out commercial focus to work with larger and more complex organisations. We believe that by serving this segment, we neutralize the impact of the economic environment and maximize our impact on how the market views talent.
The role
The day-to-day work in Alva’s engineering team is performed in product squads focused on different product surfaces. Currently, we’re divided into four different squads, each team aims to be self-sufficient and consists of a Product Manager, Designer, and three to five engineers.
Within 1 month you have:
Received the support you need in order to get a good start at Alva.
Started to familiarize yourself with the product and the platform.
Started contributing to the team’s work.

Within 3 months you have:
Been programming in all parts of the tech stack. All the way from frontend to backend and cloud infrastructure.
Helped your team to build new features quicker than we otherwise would have - the velocity has increased significantly.

Within 6 months you have:
Become comfortable programming in all parts of the tech stack.
Impacted the quality of the product, getting to the point where we fix all bugs and improve performance metrics.
Started to feel proud of the part of the product and the codebase you are working with.

You
Your specific background isn’t super important to us, as we are more interested in who you are as a person and that you are a skilled mid-level engineer. Ideally, you have a couple of years of experience working as a full-stack engineer and are used to leading technical discovery of complex problems. We don’t care too much about which programming languages or technologies you’ve been using in the past, but experience with the following would definitely be a benefit.
The core of our tech stack is;
Python
React, JavaScript/TypeScript
Google Cloud Platform
Pub/Sub
PostgreSQL, Firestore
Kubernetes, Cloud Run
GraphQL
Protocol buffers
Event-driven microservices

Interested in more details? Continue to read → here ←.
We would also be happy if you;
Love solving complex problems and turning them into solutions that breathe simplicity.
Are ambitious and structured.
Are a prestigeless team player and enjoy supporting your coworkers.
Our day-to-day language is English, so no need to speak Swedish.
Live in or are open to relocating to Stockholm

Your future colleagues
We are a team of 60+ people, representing a wide selection of professional backgrounds. And all of that is absolutely fantastic, but the true beauty is the trust and warmth you will experience. You will most likely never be in a place where people are as nerdy about what we do, and have so many brilliant minds to learn from and ask for guidance. To quote our CEO during our last company trip, “It feels like hanging out with a bunch of old friends”.
What we offer
We strongly believe that experimentation is the best way of learning and making decisions about product and technology. Therefore, we try our best to keep the feedback loops short to iteratively improve our product and our system.
The problem we are solving is not just engaging and interesting (the combination of psychological science and statistics, with a large chunk of candidate experience obsession, what’s not to love?), but it is also something that has a tremendous impact on both people and businesses. You will have the opportunity to work with something that truly makes a difference.
What else? We have flexible work hours where we spend at least 3 days a week at the office. You will get seven weeks of vacation, an on-market salary, a generous preventive care benefit, and a few other neat perks. You can read all about our benefits → here ← and our company values → here ←.
The hiring process
Given that we claim to be experts in hiring, you probably wonder what we have in store for you.
Objective screening with Alva’s own tests (and your first interaction with the product we build!)
First interview with HR after summer (focusing on who you are)
Tech assessment to complete at home (and your second interaction with our product)
System design interview with an Engineering manager
Final interview with CTO and COO
Background- and ID check (yes, we take security seriously)
Done deal!