Backend Engineer

Does this sound like you?
You are a motivated self-starter, ready to juggle lots of tasks and demonstrate an aptitude to work in a collaborative, fast-paced environment. You possess a sharp eye for detail and a drive to deliver high-quality results with maximum efficiency.

What you’ll be doing (in a nutshell):
As a Backend Developer in our Engineering team, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our backend architecture. Working within a cross-functional squad, you’ll design and deliver robust, scalable microservices that power seamless experiences for millions of users.

Day-to-day you can expect to:

• Build and maintain high-performance microservices in Go

• Contribute to the full lifecycle of services including development, testing, and deployment

• Implement and document gRPC and RESTful APIs to support product features

• Write efficient queries and design schemas for DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, and MySQL

• Work within event-driven architecture patterns and help maintain distributed systems

• Write clean, testable code with a focus on consistent unit and integration test coverage

• Partner with DevOps to monitor service health and assist with production deployments

• Help troubleshoot production issues to maintain high availability and performance

• Actively participate in agile ceremonies such as sprint planning and daily standups

• Contribute to technical discussions regarding API design and database improvements
  

To be successful, you'll have:

• Minimum of 4 years of relevant and real-time experience in developing new user-facing features using Go programming language

• Experience with database technologies such as DynamoDB, Elasticsearch & MySQL

• Familiarity with gRPC and RESTful APIs

• Knowledge of event-driven architecture

• Understanding of Go Routine and Channel patterns

• Familiarity with code versioning tools such as Git

• Knowledge of general development landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Exposure to AI-led development is essential

Why Perkbox?

It's an exciting time to join us at such a pivotal moment. We recently launched our Bulgarian operations with a bold mission to build a high-performing and inspired team. Our goal is to foster a workplace defined by growth, genuine collaboration, and a sense of purpose.

With more than 20 years of experience across public, private, SME and corporate sectors, Perkbox are now supporting over 4 million employees across 7,500 organisations. From access to expert mental health services to help with the cost of everyday essentials, our expanded range of benefits and wellbeing tools meets people where they are - at work and beyond.

We’re redefining what employee benefits can be. And we’re just getting started.

The Interview Process

Our interview process involves 4 main stages:

• Application

• Short call with a member of the TA team

• 60-minute video call with Hiring Manager and one other team member

• Final Interview and task with two members of the team
  
  

Our average process takes around 2-3 weeks, but we will always work around your availability. You will have the chance to speak to our recruitment team at various points during your process. If you have any specific questions ahead of this, please contact [email protected]

We’re committed to being an inclusive employer and creating a fair workplace for all. We encourage applications from candidates across all backgrounds, circumstances, ages, disabilities, ethnicities, religions or beliefs, gender identities, or sexual orientations

We're happy to offer reasonable adjustments during our hiring process. Just let us know, and we'll make it work for you. Your comfort and success matter to us!