About the company:
At NetBird, we are dedicated to building innovative solutions that make it easy for individuals and businesses to secure their private networks. We are passionate about open-source technology and the power it has to make a positive impact on the industry. NetBird is an open-source private networking platform and our public GitHub repository collected over 4000 stars. We are a team of dedicated and talented professionals who are always looking for new ways to innovate and improve our platform. Do you want to see what you will be building with us? Go ahead and check our repo at netbirdio/netbird.
 
Salary fork:
6700 - 8000 USD gross
 
Type of work:
Remote/office
 
Type of employment:
Full-time
 
Job description:
We have open position for Senior Software Backend engineers.

What you will do:
You will work in a team of talented engineers that is building an open-source platform to create simple and secure private networks to connect companies' infrastructure anywhere. You are expected to lead the developer effort for common high performance networking code that runs across five platforms (Windows, macOS, iOS, Android and Linux). 

You should:
- Be comfortable making technical decisions and maintaining a codebase with best practices;
- Be willing to take responsibility for ensuring that what you build delights customers and achieves the goals of the team and the organization;
- Wish to work with talented peers by submitting and reviewing pull requests, engaging in design discussions, and teaming up to tackle new projects;
- Be an advocate for ways the product and the team can work better;
- Support open-source users and answer Github issues;
- Occasionally participate in tech calls with customer.

Position requirements:
You are user-focused and thrive in a fast-paced and goal-driven environment. You consider building reliable and capable software to be just the first step in solving user problems. You are confident in building software which works reliably because you’ve made many of the mistakes already. You’d rather ship than overengineer. You have a passion for growing yourself and your teammates and always have your sights set on getting better. You strive to have a positive impact and leave a positive impression on everyone you meet. You want to be a part of building something you can be proud of.
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience;
• 2+ years of experience with GO development;
• Experience with architecture and design of distributed services;
• Experience with REST and gRPC APIs;
• Expert level understanding of Multi-threading/Asynchronous programming;
• An appreciation and understanding of unit and integration testing;
• A kind and generous attitude towards customers and coworkers alike;
• English proficiency and great communication skill.

Bonus Points:
• Experience with VPN technologies;
• In-depth knowledge in networking (protocols, routing, tunneling, etc.);

• Experience with network performance monitoring and tuning;
• Passion for Linux and familiarity with all the popular distros;
• A background releasing and maintaining apps which are installed on millions of devices;
• Experience in a cloud environment is an advantage;
• Open-source projects contributions.

Working conditions:
Location: Berlin.
This role is eligible for NetBird’s stock options plan.

How to Apply:
Does this role sound like a good fit? Email us at [email protected].
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• Feel free to send along links that best showcase the relevant things you've built and done.

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