Software Engineer (Backend)

⚡️ Why Altium?

Altium is transforming the way electronics are designed and built. From startups to world’s technology giants, our digital platforms give more power to PCB designers, supply chain, and manufacturing, letting them collaborate as never before.

• Constant innovation has created a transformative technology, unique in its space
• More than 30,000 companies and 100,000 electronics engineers worldwide use Altium
• We are growing, debt-free, and financially strong, with the resources to become #1 in the EDA industry

Why Altium Software Engineering? 

Build the cloud platform that’s transforming electronics design. Altium Develop/Agile let design engineers communicate, collaborate and bring their ideas to market more efficiently than any platform in the industry. Altium offers the opportunity to conceive and build new product features for engineers who develop smart products.

The Requirements Portal delivers essential features on the Altium Develop/Agile platform for engineering teams to collaborate on their product requirements. It covers the entire lifecycle from importing with smart importers customer requirements, collaborating on them, connecting them to the electronics design, verifying them and creating relevant compliance documents.

• Shape the future: You'll be part of a close-knit team with ambitious goals, but you'll also have the freedom and power to define the best way to achieve them. Collaborate with your team to map out the features and technical path that will bring our product vision to life;
• Grow together, share knowledge: We foster a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing. You'll have the opportunity to learn from and mentor your teammates, contributing to a collaborative environment where everyone thrives;

If you like the idea of working in an environment that encourages creative and autonomous work, focuses on your growth potential and where there’s always room to discuss the quirks of living on this planet, then we might just be a perfect fit.

A day in the life of our Software Engineer:

Your primary role will be product development for complex cloud applications with the Altium 365 - Valispace R&D team, handling technical challenges that are different from most others on the market, a mixture of complex engineering software, microelectronics, and cloud services. 

• Be part of the backend hivemind: Help define the technical direction of our backend, ensuring it's robust, scalable, and meets the ever-evolving needs of our product.
• Tackle technical challenges, solo and side-by-side: Dive deep into complex technical tasks, working autonomously and alongside your team to optimize our application's systems and lifecycle.
• Champion simplicity and performance: You'll have a keen eye for identifying areas where our services can be simpler and more performant. Be the one to propose and discuss solutions that elevate the user experience and overall efficiency.

Who We’re Looking For

• 10+ years of experience in developing scalable cloud-based software, microservices and/or event-driven architectures;
• Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering
• Ability to present options for solutions that are well summarized, weighted against each other and coordinated with affected team members;
• Great, in depth, knowledge of Python Django;
• Fluency in English (verbal and written);
• Collaborative and a team player;
• Experience Mentoring other team members.
• Passionate about taking the responsibility of delivering high quality software, understanding and providing the best experience for the user to solve their needs.
• You like seeing the big picture. Understand that decisions in one area may impact others, so you can take the best approach

Benefits:

• Comprehensive health insurance;
• Nilo.health, a mental health and wellbeing support platform;
• Generous Learning & Development budget and training days;
• Remote-friendly (you can work from home or from our cool office in Lisbon - you choose!);
• Commuting budget if you decide to come to the office;
• Home internet allowance;
• A lot of fun team activities every once in a while 

🏢 Our hybrid schedule 

Our global hybrid model allows employees to work remotely two days per week. Our designated In-Office Days are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. This is when we come together in-person as a team to collaborate, learn from one another, and accelerate innovation. Some exceptions apply.

🌍 Also, we would like you to know

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

💡 Learn more about why a career at Altium is an opportunity like no other: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAYCOLpPLPE 

✈️ Altium Benefits: https://careers.altium.com/#s-benefits 

👏 Are you already an Altium employee? Please apply directly through our internal Greenhouse job board. If you have questions, please contact HR.