Backend Engineer - Collect
Having made its name in the game of quick and simple file-sharing, WeTransfer has grown into an end-to-end suite of digital solutions with more than 80 million monthly active users in 190 countries. Beyond the WeTransfer.com platform, we have the storytelling platform WePresent, quick slide-making tool Paste, immersive sketching app Paper, and inspiration-capturing tool Collect. We design and deliver delightful experiences that continue to feel obvious and intuitive to millions of people—from our moms to your favorite artists. As a certified B-Corp, WeTransfer aims to be a sustainable and responsible tech company, balancing people, planet, and profit
So, the work we do matters. Come and be a part of it.
Collect
On the web, WeTransfer solves a problem straightforwardly and elegantly. Big files aren't a big deal on mobile, so we decided to do something different within the realm of WeTransfer, which is all about sharing creative work. We enable people to collect the content that's on their phones and share them. Most apps operate in silos: your videos are on YouTube, images on Pinterest, music on Spotify, etc. We believe great things happen when these are combined and that's what our new product does: it allows you to make mixed media boards with anything that's on your phone.
The launch of our iOS app was a great first step but we are now working on a web app. And that's why we need you.
Workflow
We believe that software is gardening. We trust each other to make good decisions and to provide (and accept) constructive feedback. Collaboration is the key to making a great product.
We want to build solutions that are long-lasting. This means writing code that is maintainable instead of quick fixes. Because our products are constantly changing, we believe our tech should be able to adapt. We believe that when code isn't tested it's legacy code and while we understand that it can take a lot of time and brainpower, it's worth it.
We try to give back to the community by open-sourcing some of our tools.
The team
You will be part of a multidisciplinary team, which includes designers, PMs, and other developers, who will help take your ideas from implementation to production. We value a healthy work-life balance, without hard deadlines. You'll join a team that is open, eager to try new things, fun, and dynamic. Above all else, we value open communication and good teamwork to achieve a shared vision. It's important you understand what our users like, and believe in our ethos of keeping things simple. Join our team if you want to work on a product that enriches many (creative) peoples' lives.
Challenges you'll work on
We are looking for someone to join our backend team with all things technical where your initial focus will be building on top and maintaining our Ruby stack. Your responsibilities will include exploring new technologies to solve old problems, building and designing APIs to enable our multiple clients, and operating resilient and scalable services.
Who are we looking for
Ruby is practically your second language (you know your Rspec from your Minitest, your Exception from your StandardError, your Symbol from your String, and your stabby lambda from your Proc). You love working with the language and have used it to solve interesting real-world problems. Helping others to improve their skills is something you enjoy and actively seek out to do.
- If your experience is based in another language but you are willing to make Ruby your own - great!
- Strong verbal and written communications skills (English).
- Experience writing highly-scalable systems.
- Experience in building cloud-based solutions.
- Comfortable presenting own ideas to a team.
- Even better if you have worked with languages other than Ruby (e.g., Go, Python, C or Haskell).
- Contribution to Open Source projects will also be really appreciated (we’d love to see them!).
WeTransfer is an equal opportunity employer and we pride ourselves on the diversity of our people. We welcome you, and everything that makes you—well, you. That includes your gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, or disability status.
A note on remote
Covid has changed the world. Just as much as it changed us. While we can't wait until offices re-open, being at the office will not be mandatory in the future. This way, you get the best from both worlds. That move is still pretty new for us though, we are getting there, we are writing more, doing more async communication, and are now ready to take it to the next level.