Senior Backend Software Engineer I VMS Team
GympassAbout the role
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GET TO KNOW US
Gympass is a corporate wellness platform that connects you to thousands of fitness & wellness partners, all with one simple monthly membership. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in NYC, we have a growing global team in 11 offices around the world. At Gympass, you not only have the opportunity to build a career in a fast-paced global environment - but you'll make wellbeing universal, so everyone can be happy and healthy.
THE OPPORTUNITY
We are hiring a Senior Backend Software Engineer to join our Value Management Systems Team in Portugal!
At the Value Management Systems (VMS) team, we build the heart of the Gympass business model. Our mission is to help Gympass build a truly scalable platform to support dozens of millions of active users, clients, and partners around the world with high availability while being flexible and extensible to incorporate new business models.
We are responsible for the marketplace value management systems, aimed to optimize the marketplace value for our users and partners while sustaining healthy margins for Gympass. We look forward to developing sophisticated tools, pipelines, and predictive models to provide the best of the Gympass partners to our users in an optimal setting. We develop services responsible for providing offers (Pricing), plans, restrictions of usage, etc, to be used by the entire ecosystem.
YOUR IMPACT
- Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain and improve services focusing on performance, scalability, and resilience;
- Build Integration among services and tools;
- Support existing systems looking to enhance functionality, increase scale, and transform in new ways to meet our product demands;
- Work in a collaborative and agile environment that prioritizes people over process and is laser-focused on productivity;
- Work with cutting-edge technologies and edge cases on a global scale.
- Live the mission: inspire and empower others by genuinely caring for your own wellbeing and your colleagues. Bring wellbeing to the forefront of work, and create a supportive environment where everyone feels comfortable taking care of themselves, taking time off, and finding work-life balance.
WHO YOU ARE
- Experienced in architecting large-scale multi-tier web applications;
- Experienced in designing and developing complex modern web applications;
- Experienced in Cloud-based architectures (AWS);
- Experienced in developing RESTful web services collaborating with front-end teams to create mocks, define payloads and follow the HTTP best practices;
- Experienced in applying computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithm design, problem-solving, and complexity analysis;
- Experienced in working with SQL technology such as PostgreSQL, MySQL understanding common use cases and performance pitfalls
- Proficient in one or more programming languages (Java/Ruby/Go/C++/etc.). Golang/Kotlin will be considered a plus;
- Communication skills to work with multidisciplinary teams located in several countries with different cultures;
- An engineer with advanced proficiency in English;
We recognize that individuals approach job applications differently. We strongly encourage all aspiring applicants to go for it, even if they don't match the job description 100%. We welcome your application and will be delighted to explore if you could be a great fit for our team.
WHAT WE OFFER YOU
We're a wellness company that is committed to the health and well-being of our employees. Our benefits include:
GYMPASS: We believe in our mission and encourage our employees and their families to find their passion too. Access digital fitness programs, and online wellness resources for meditation, nutrition, mental health support, and more. You will receive the Gold plan at no cost, and other premium plans will be significantly discounted.
FITNESS: Additional fitness subsidy to access onsite gyms and fitness studios.
FLEXIBLE WORK: Choose when and where you work. For most, this will be a hybrid office/remote structure, but can vary depending on the needs of the role and employee preferences. We offer all employees a home office stipend and a monthly flexible work allowance to cover the costs of working from home.
+ Our offices are in Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain, and the UK. You can work from any office or remotely based in any of these countries.
FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE: We understand that together, Gympassers and their leaders can make the best deci
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