Who are we
At Lokalise, we make it easy and profitable for businesses to expand into new markets. Founded in 2017, our AI-powered translation and localization platform automates workflows, integrates with over 60 tools, and helps product teams launch multilingual products 10x faster and at 80% lower cost. Trusted by thousands of businesses across over 100 countries, Lokalise is empowering more than 25 million people worldwide to use diverse services in their native languages. Backed by a customer-loved support team, our platform seamlessly fits into your design and development processes, helping you scale effortlessly.
Location
While our company operates exclusively on a remote basis, you must reside and have the legal right to work in one of the following countries: the United Kingdom, Latvia, Spain, Germany, Denmark, Poland, Portugal, or Ireland.
About
We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Platform Domain. In this domain, we build foundational components of our technology stack, such as core services and the API gateway, with a focus on solving performance and scalability challenges. This domain is a key enabler for the rest of the engineering organisation and, ultimately, the quality of the user experience we offer.
In this role you will:
- Lead the design, development, and deployment of complex software systems.
- Define technical standards, best practices, and coding guidelines that impact the entire engineering organisation.
- Architect scalable, robust, and efficient software solutions that define how our technology platform operates.
- Stay updated with emerging technologies and industry trends.
- Mentor other engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
- Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to ensure high-quality code.
- Contribute to technical discussions and decision-making processes.
- Promote a collaborative and inclusive team environment.
You must have:
- A degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of software development experience, with a focus on designing architecture for high performance and scalability.
- Proven experience leading engineering projects from design through rollout.
- A strong understanding of common modern technologies, including API best practices, message queues (RabbitMQ or similar), data stores (PostgreSQL or similar), and cloud services (AWS or similar).
- Experience working with multiple technology stacks. (You'll find a range at Lokalise, from a PHP monolith to Node.js microservices.)
- Proven experience in testing, including unit and integration testing.
- Proficiency in understanding full-stack contexts that drive innovation and efficiency.
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively in a fast-paced, fully remote start-up environment.
- A passion for learning, growth, and continuous improvement, staying up to date with industry trends and advancements.
It is a plus if you have:
- Experience driving platform changes and adoption across an engineering organisation.
- Experience contributing to or maintaining open-source projects.
- Familiarity with the localisation domain and software localisation.
Our Benefits
- Competitive salary and employee stock options plan
- Fully remote and flexible working hours
- Co-working budget
- Unlimited vacation policy
- Top-notch tech equipment for your work
- Learning & Development program
- Health insurance
- Wellness benefits
- Mental health support - every employee has access to a dedicated mental health platform
- Great startup atmosphere, team spirit, and team events
We are committed to a culture of inclusion and equal opportunities. Therefore, we welcome applications from people of all gender identities, sexual orientations, personal expressions, relationship, marital, or civil partnership statuses, racial identities, national or ethnic origins, religious beliefs, ages, and disability statuses.
