.Net Team Lead

Hi there!

We are looking for .Net Team Lead for the Sweed product startup, fully remote.

Further - more, in the Q&A.

What are we doing?

At Sweed, we offer a comprehensive cannabis retail solution with a wide range of features, including powerful POS functionality, in-depth analytics, marketing and promotional tools, efficient inventory management, and more. Our progressive web app can be easily accessed through the tablets already available in your store without any additional hardware required.

Since our establishment, we have been committed to creating an all-in-one system tailored to the specific needs of large cannabis retailers. Today, we are proud to be a market leader, owing much of our success to our signature killer feature – providing a full spectrum of software in one solution.

Why are we doing this?

At our company, we are driven by our passion for the medicinal potential of plants. Cannabis possesses unique properties that can help alleviate chronic pain, anxiety, depression, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, glaucoma, and sleep disorders.

Although a significant amount of stigma is associated with this area, we firmly believe these plants possess unique properties and have helped countless people improve their quality of life. This rapidly growing industry presents immense potential for career advancement and personal fulfilment, and we are excited to explore how we can contribute to this dynamic field.

How old is the project? What stage is it at?

The product is already 4 years on the market and in the active development stage. 

Our current priority is establishing and maintaining strong customer trust, which has driven the development of our delivery processes that allow us to launch new features daily. Given the highly specialized nature of the cannabis retail market, we are committed to rapidly meeting the evolving needs of our customers. Furthermore, the market's unique legal framework presents challenges with significant variations in state-level taxes, delivery regulations, and other factors.

Who are we looking for?

Experience of 3+ years in team\tech lead role

Experience of 5-7 years in a product company 

Experience with .Net and microservices architecture 

Experience with high-load projects (real-time workload) 

Experience with RabbitMQ, Kafka, Postgres, MongoDB 

A plus would be: experience with algorithms

What to do in the project? 

Participate in discussions with integration partners (briefs, API project, documenting agreements). Develop a roadmap for team projects considering available resources.

Swiftly analyze interaction requirements.

Determine/identify priorities for different work streams (integration-level, task-level).

Adhere to standardized documentation templates for integration projects (in collaboration with system analysts).

Identify bottlenecks or external dependencies (from partner downtimes to analyzing their website layout), create a test coverage plan for these areas, and integrate it into the roadmap.

50% hands-on tasks.

What challenges will you meet?

• Modern cloud architecture using gRPC, while still focusing on horizontal scalability and fault tolerance. 

• Application load will increase by 10-20 times. 

• Optimization. 

• Service performance. 

• Working with data (ClickHouse), we plan to implement data caching with different levels of caching and fast data retrieval. 

• The project will involve machine learning (ML).

Do you need English, and at what level?

Upper - Intermediate and higher. 

Why was the position opened?

It is a new role for the company, related to its growth.

Team size?

Currently, we have a team of around 70 people, and we plan to grow to 120. 

The conditions:

Is there a trial period, and how long does it last? - Trial period lasts 3 months.

What is the work schedule? - Flexible working hours. It depends on the meeting schedule, as the team works in the GMT+3 time zone, while the Board level is in the GMT-5 and GMT+1 time zones.

Is it possible to work remotely? - There is an opportunity to work fully remotely, we are a remote-first company, and we don't have offices. 

What currency is the salary paid in, and what is the form of employment? 

Salary in dollars (employment under a B2B contract with the USA).<