Senior Software Engineer - Search

About Whimbrel Software

Our product started as a side project in 2021 and now has a few hundred paying customers, mostly in England.

What this job is

Our operations team is six engineers and we're adding one more. Most of the work is backend services, with some internal tooling. We need another Senior Software Engineer - Search who likes owning a feature from the design doc all the way to the on-call rotation. We hire in Bangladesh through an employer of record, so this is a regular full-time job with local payroll and statutory benefits. Core hours are 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM UK time. Please make sure you have dependable internet and backup power.

What you'll work on

• Improve the reliability of existing code instead of just adding features on top of it.
• Debug performance problems using profilers, logs and tracing in Datadog or Grafana.
• Design, build and maintain services in Python, Go or Java that handle real customer traffic.
• Write unit and integration tests and keep the CI pipeline green.
• Ship small, frequent changes behind feature flags.
• Break down product requirements into technical tasks and rough estimates.
• Keep dependencies current and patch findings from Dependabot or Snyk.

What you bring

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Ability to write clear technical documentation and explain decisions to non-engineers.
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms and basic system design.
• Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL, including writing efficient SQL.
• Strong skills in at least one of Python, Java, Go, C# or TypeScript.
• BS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Why work with us

Compensation: BDT 260,000 - BDT 320,000 a month

• Co-working space stipend.
• Performance bonus.
• Annual salary review.
• Paid sick days.
• Wellness allowance.
• Flexible hours.
• Company laptop.

Start: Flexible.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Whimbrel Software Ltd.