Senior Fullstack Software Engineer

Join Bitly as a Senior Fullstack Software Engineer

At Bitly, we believe in the power of the link or scan to start a conversation, build a relationship, or grow a business. Our mission is to turn every interaction into a catalyst for connections. We do this by being relentlessly product-focused, fostering the free-flowing exchange of ideas, and inspiring people around the world to dream up new ways of using Bitly.

The Role

Come help design, build, and reimagine our industry-leading QR code solutions and experiences. As our newest Senior Software Engineer, Fullstack, you’ll join an international and cross-functional team of engineering, product, data, and support experts to help us revitalize the ways that people across the world are connected through QR codes.

Responsibilities

• Implement and refine the architecture of our connection-empowering applications.
• Design and develop front-end and back-end features for our applications.
• Contribute to cross-organizational or cross-product efforts that drive growth for Bitly.
• Empower yourself and your peers through pairing, code reviews, and supportive feedback.
• Participate in a culture that values structured code reviews and deploying frequently.
• Create and champion initiatives to improve the company’s engineering setup and participation in an internal open source model with international colleagues.

Our Stack

• Front-end: TypeScript/JavaScript, Vue.js, Nuxt.JS, Angular (migrating to React + Next.JS)
• Back-end: PHP (Laravel, Yii), NodeJS, Golang (migrating to Golang)
• Cloud: AWS-native: S3, EC2, RDS, CloudWatch, Lambda, Cognito
• Tools: GitHub + GitHub Actions, Terraform, Docker, plus various 3rd party integrations

Who You Are

• Experience developing cloud-native distributed systems and web applications using many of the frameworks and tools in our stack.
• Proficiency with Unit-, E2E-, integration- and contract-testing.
• Experience with API communication and building.
• Proficiency with running an environment with decoupled services under high load with large data sets.
• Up-to-date, in-depth knowledge of the software development lifecycle and CI/CD in a modern technology landscape.
• Experience with remote-native international teams working in English.
• Proficiency with experimenting, evaluating, and introducing other team members to new frameworks, technologies, and workflows.
• Knowledge of application security models, the principle of least privilege, etc.
• Good communication skills and the ability to pass on your knowledge.
• Strong code reviews, ensuring best practices and business rules, performance, security, impact on other features or projects, and always with respectful and constructive communication.
• Experience in Tailwind, broader collections of our existing stack.
• Knowledge about the AWS ecosystem: S3, EC2, RDS, SSM, Lambda, Cognito, Bedrock.
• Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Building or supporting Identity and Access Management solutions.

What Bitly Offers on Day 1

• Competitive Salary + Stock Options
• 30 days paid vacation
• Flexible working location
• Robust mental health support and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Impactful connections and community building through our Employee Resource Groups
• Global DEI programming
• Company-sponsored events to connect Bitizens together

Eligibility & Closing

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in Germany on a full-time basis and located in Germany.

Compensation

The salary range for this role takes into account a wide range of factors considered in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications as well as other business and organizational needs.

Base Salary Range: €67,860—€93,308 EUR

Our Values

• Be a Catalyst. As an innovative technology company, we build our products to be a catalyst for connection and encourage our team to be catalysts for meaningful impact both at work and in the world.
• Take Ownership. In our highly collaborative culture, individual accountability is critical. We depend on each other to solve our customers' most challenging problems and celebrate the wins together.
• Champion Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. Our product connects people of all backgrounds and abilities. And our company is built on the belief that our differences make us better and that everyone deserves the opportunity in which to thrive.
• Show Integrity. We don’t cut corners. We don’t look for the easy way out. We approach every day with a shared mindset - let’s do the right thing, even if it’s the harder thing.
• Have Fun. Whether your time here is as short as a Bitly link or as long as the links your grandma sends you, we want your experience at Bitly to be fun and memorable. We hope the connections you make here last a lifetime.

In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination/harassment based on “protected categories,” Bitly also strives to prevent other, subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (e.g., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our office. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at Bitly.