Senior Full-stack engineer to Alva Labs

Senior Full-stack engineer to Alva Labs
The average recruiter spends around 7 seconds screening a CV. That is equivalent to the time it takes to get a first impression of someone at a party. In both scenarios the human brain simplifies things, making us focus on certain aspects. Based on very limited information (such as looks, name, profession) our brain helps us to place the individual in a mental box and assign traits to that person. The only difference in first impressions through CVs and during a party, is that the CV screening impacts people’s lives. It leads to some people being shut out from the job market, and others being hunted down by everyone, regardless of understanding if that particular person is actually suitable for the job or not.

We want to change that. Armed with research, machine learning and a revolutionizing SaaS-tool, Alva Labs is disrupting the hiring scene.



The company
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. By combining state-of-the-art psychometrics, data science, and an obsession with candidate experience, it provides the needed tool for data-driven talent acquisition.

We are growing 2-3x per year and are in the exciting phase to launch Alva in new markets. Current focus is on building a great product, enabling Product-Lead-Growth and releasing our next big bets.

The role
The team is currently divided into three different squads, end of year, we are looking at six to seven squads. Each focusing on one product surface. You will work closely with other experienced engineers as well as designers, and product managers.

Within 1 months you will:

- Have received the support you need in order to get a good start at Alva.

- Start to familiarize yourself with the product and the system.

- Started contributing to the team’s work.



Within 3 months you will:

- Been programming in all parts of the tech stack. All the way from frontend to backend and cloud infrastructure.

- Have helped your team build new features quicker than we otherwise would have - the velocity has increased significantly.



Within 6 months you will:

- Impact the quality of the product, getting to the point where we fix all bugs and are improving performance metrics

- Be a technical role model and informal leader withing your team.

- Be proud of the product and the codebase



Our tech stack:

- Python

- React, JavaScript/TypeScript

- Google Cloud Platform

- Pub/Sub

- PostgreSQL, Firestore

- Kubernetes, Cloud Run

- GraphQL

- Protocol buffers

- Event-driven microservices



The tech stack is described in more detail HERE (https://alvalabs.notion.site/Working-as-a-Software-Engineer-at-Alva-ebfa7e5d7ffe41f9bffd86650c48cb3e).

You
We believe you have worked a couple of years as a software engineer, ideally you have led technical discovery work and driven projects before.

- Love solving complex problems and turn them into solutions that breathe simplicity

- Are ambitious and structured

- Are a prestigeless team player and enjoys supporting your coworkers



The internal language is English, so no need to speak Swedish.

What we offer
- 7 weeks of vacation

- On-market salary and stock options

- Flexible work hours and a hybrid model (you decide if you are at the office or remote)

- Opportunities to grow your technical and/or leader skills

- A well-used and appreciated system to work on (with limited technical debt and legacy)

- A company that actually puts the product first

- 60+ coworkers from 16+ nationalities (If you want to creep on the team (https://www.notion.so/alvalabs/People-9b32574c8b3747759680da1dbda59b35), fire away!)

- A value- & purpose-driven organization that has the opportunity to change the world of hiring, and impact lives (read about our company values HERE (https://www.notion.so/alvalabs/Alva-Values-630a69c6c72642f2b1caab5dab55b953).)



You can read more about our benefits HERE (https://www.notion.so/alvalabs/Benefits-1abeeb8de8004f6ab915f2fced70f057).

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

- First interview (focusing on who you are)

- Case

- Technical interview with pair-programming

- Done deal!



Come help us impact peoples’ lives!

Welcome to Alva!