Lead Backend Engineer

At Appfire, we believe that great work happens when people get to choose how they work. After 20 years of creating software that empowers teams to break silos and collaborate seamlessly, we've learned that one size does not fit all. That’s why at Appfire, you choose. 

Choose to work where you thrive: Whether from home, in one of our offices, or while exploring the world, you decide where you’re most productive. From hardware and software to access to two decades of collective wisdom on working effectively in a remote-first company, we’ve got you covered.

Choose to balance your life without compromise: Plan your workday around your needs and what matters most to you. Enjoy flexible time off without the hassle of complicated approvals. From day one, we trust you to deliver quality work without sacrificing your personal life, hobbies, loved ones, and well-being.

Choose to grow on your terms: Take charge of your professional growth with access to online learning platforms, facilitated training, leadership programs, and internal hackathons. Collaborate with a global team to gain fresh perspectives. When you're ready for a new challenge, our internal mobility program is here to support your journey.

No one knows you better than you do. So join us and customize your experience. Choose how you want to work. Choose Appfire.

 

Job Purpose and Overview

7pace is an industry leader and a well renowned brand delivering deeply integrated, efortless time tracking for teams of any size. With transparent time tracking, accurate data for insights and out-of-the-box reporting we empower users to be productive, own their time and be efficient. Trusted by 2000+ customers, including famous brands like Microsoft, Accentrure, DHL, Volvo, Deloitte with over 200 mln hours logged it’s a product that customers love and want to use. Join us to build a product we can all be proud of!

What You Will Do

• Collaborate with a self-organizing, cross-functional product team and cooperate closely with other Software Engineers, UX Designers, Product Managers, Team Leaders, and with other specialists like Product Marketeers or Support Engineers.
• Lead, design, build and maintain application features that bring value to our customers.
• Follow and establish the best engineering practices: coding standards, automated testing, code reviews, pair programming to build high-quality software that is scalable, reliable, robust and maintainable. 
• Share your thoughts openly and honestly on what would be the best for the customers and the business: you will be part of discussions about the future of our products and Appfire;
• Be the change you seek - champion improvements within the team and products, adopting a proactive stance on innovation and process enhancement.
• Decide freely about your day and assignments - we do not micromanage people and we do care about work & life balance.

What We Would Like to See

• Proven multi-year experience in leading the delivery of multiple scalable, high-traffic cloud applications.
• Proficiency with back-end technologies (7 years of experience), specifically REST API with .NET with C#. Node.js with Typescript is a plus, but not required.
• Truly engineering approach to solving problems. Strong theoretical foundations of computer science (e.g. data structures, algorithms and computational complexity, FP, OOP) are highly practical in the ever-changing landscape of technologies.
• Superb understanding of modern microservice architectures, and practical experience implementing them in the cloud (Azure, GCP or AWS), familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes.
• In-depth architectural understanding of web applications, including performance, quality and security aspects.
• Desire and ability to learn and mentor others and help shape the team’s culture.
• Familiarity with SQL and relational databases is a plus (PostgreSQL or MSSQL are preferred);
• Command of English at level B2 or higher.

What We Offer

Financial benefits

• Every Appfire employee is eligible for company equity.
• Work from-home allowance: 50€ gross per month for 11 months a year (i.e. Excluding Holidays).

Skills development benefits

• Access to the Appfire University learning platform – a hub of knowledge, interactive resources, and engaging instructor-led courses designed to fuel your learning journey with unparalleled depth and accessibility.

PTO, health & well-being

• 25 working days of paid annual leave.
• Reduced summer hours: From July 1st until the end of August, we work 6 hours daily.
• Flexible bank holiday policy, which allows you to exchange a government-set public holiday for a more convenient time off.
• Private healthcare insurance.
• Annual sport allowance.
• 3 fully paid days each year to participate in Appfire Town, Appfire’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Program.

 

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About Appfire

A people-first approach to business

Since its inception, Appfire has been a remote-first company. With 800+ employees (who we call fireflies) across 27 countries, we foster an environment where everyone is respected. We invest in team members by ensuring they grow professionally and personally.

Watch Appfire's Co-founder and CEO Randall Ward talk about his people-first leadership philosophy: https://youtu.be/GXuChQzzowI

Making an impact

At Appfire, corporate social responsibility is driven by team members, family, friends, customers, and partners through Appfire Town. This program brings people together to generate a strong social impact in our local and global communities.

Our CEO believes being philanthropic is integral to operating our business and is not merely the result of our success. In 2015, Appfire joined the Pledge 1% network of organizations committed to philanthropy. Appfire has since grown our Pledge 1% program to include all four pledge types — product, profit, equity, and employee time. We were among the first to do this, and we’re proud that Pledge 1% is part of our evolution.

Our business

Appfire has been profitable since its inception, with best-in-class free cash flow margins relative to the broader SaaS universe. The company's mission to equip and connect every team so they can plan and deliver their best work has proven successful, producing consistent year-over-year (YoY) growth – with Appfire growing from $10M ARR in 2019 to $200M ARR in 2023. 

What’s our secret sauce?

1. We follow teams. We do our research and build software that solves real-life collaboration challenges while being easy to implement and a joy to use. We’re proud to support over 20,000 customers and growing, including 55% of the Fortune 500. From the entertainment delivered by Netflix to the devices crafted by Samsung, and Dell Technologies and the financial transactions handled by Visa, Edward Jones, and US Bank, Appfire’s technology is indispensable. Our products also play a pivotal role in streamlining operations and fostering innovation at companies like Tesla and significant institutions such as NASA, Boeing, and many more. 
2. We enhance. We don’t compete. Our software is designed to give developers, knowledge workers, and teams the ability to extend and get greater value from the platforms they’ve invested in and enjoy. So far, our solutions extend and enhance the capabilities offered by Atlassian, Microsoft, monday.com, and Salesforce. 
3. We build bridges and invest in our partners. Appfire's success is underscored by the fact that the company has no direct sales team and instead leverages its channel program as its primary path to market. Today, Appfire has a dedicated Channel team supporting 700+ channel partners.
4. We make security and privacy a priority, but we also keep it simple for our customers. We’ve achieved International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 27001 and ISO 27017 and System and Organization Controls (SOC) SOC 2, Type I and SOC 2, Type II certifications. In 2022, we launched our award-winning Appfire Trust Center, offering our customers, partners, and prospects the latest security, privacy, and compliance information, including pre-completed questionnaires (CAIQ, SIG, and VSA) with an accelerated NDA process and just one EULA to cover it all.

Market recognition

Appfire has been consistently recognized for company growth, culture, corporate social responsibility, and product excellence and has been included among the Deloitte Technology Fast 500, Inc. Best Workplaces, BuiltIn Best Places to Work, and Inc. 5000. Learn more about our accomplishments, which would not be possible without our team members, partners, and customers: https://appfire.com/awards.

Read about Appfire's continuous growth and mission to equip and connect every team so they can plan and deliver their best work: https://appfire.com/newsroom/Appfire-Exceeds-200M-in-ARR-Signaling-Growing-Demand