Offer summary

Qualifications:

At least 4+ years of experience working with PHP and hands-on Golang experience., Proficiency in building highly scalable systems and API design., Strong understanding of observability, logging, and monitoring in cloud applications., Excellent problem-solving, critical-thinking, and effective communication skills..

Key responsabilities:

Identify long-term technical improvements for the squad's code base and collaborate on the yearly roadmap.

Clarify and present feature development plans based on requirements from the Product Owner.

Oversee adherence to coding standards and resolve technical dependencies blocking feature delivery.

Mentor squad members and establish the team's technical direction.

Job description

The Backend department uses modern and innovative technologies to create our world-leading cybersecurity products. We have squads that work towards different goals, but we are mainly known as driven professionals writing quality code.

Main responsibilities

Identify necessary long-term technical improvements for squad owned code base and collaborate with Engineering Manager on integrating that work into squad’s yearly Roadmap;

Clarify and present feature development plans based on feature requirements owned by Product Owner;

Understand trade offs of proposed technical solutions and challenge them by offering better ones;

Oversee that coding standards are followed and resolve tech dependencies in other squads that block timely feature delivery;

Mentor and grow squad members’ tech skills, guide team members with troubleshooting technical issues if needed;

Establish a team's technical direction, while demonstrating the right mindset, dedication, and problem-solving skills.

Core Requirements

At least 4+ years of experience working with PHP;

Hands on Golang experience;

Experience in building highly scalable systems, proficiency in API design;

Good (My)SQL knowledge and experience with big data quantities;

Experience with setting technical strategy and direct implementation across several teams;

Strong understanding of observability, logging, and monitoring in cloud applications;Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills;

Effective communication and mentorship skills.

Bonus points for

Experience working with Microservices;

Docker, RabbitMQ and Redis knowledge;

Knowledge in CQRS;

Fluency in Symfony;

Good knowledge of Plain PHP;

Knowledge of Time-Series DB.

Tools You Will Use

PHP 8;

Golang;

Symfony;

SLIM;

Eloquent ORM;

Redis;

MySQL;

RabbitMQ;

AWS Lambda's;

Kibana;

Sentry;

Grafana;

Gitlab CI;

About Us

Nord Security is a global leader in internet privacy and security solutions and Lithuania’s second tech unicorn. Established in 2012, Nord Security now has more than 1400 employees and serves millions of users worldwide. Our team has a global mission to shape a more secure and peaceful online future for people everywhere. With that in mind, we built several advanced cybersecurity solutions: NordVPN, NordLayer, NordLocker, NordPass, NordProtect, NordStellar, and Saily.

NordLayer is an adaptive network access security solution for modern businesses developed by the standard of NordVPN.

We help organizations of all sizes enhance their internet security and modernize network and resource access with technical improvements aligning with the best regulatory compliance standards. Helping organizations to adopt ZTNA principles, NordLayer is focused on the Security Service Edge of cybersecurity services.

Quick and easy to integrate with existing infrastructure, hardware-free, and designed with ease of scale in mind, NordLayer meets the varying growth pace and ad-hoc cybersecurity requirements of agile businesses and distributed workforces today.

And we’re always looking to expand our team of:

• Future shapers

• Restless achievers

• Self-movers

• Honest communicators

• Team players

What We Offer

• Access to Nord Security products. We build solutions used by millions of users worldwide, and you’ll get to experience our products firsthand, at no charge;

• Professional growth. Internal and external events, online training, conferences, books - everything you need to reach full potential;

• Health benefits. Private health insurance, sports access card, online workouts, consultations, programs to improve mental health to feel and be your best;

• Mental wellbeing. Access to mental health tools like Calm, Headspace, and Mindletic. Options for therapy to keep your emotional wellbeing in check;

• Team spirit. Team buildings and parties with games, shows, tastings, food coupons, gifts, and it’s on us;

• Additional paid leave. Additional days are covered by us in cases of illness or special occasions;

• Flexibility. Flexible working time arrangement.

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