Remote Backend Engineer for Scalable HR Platform

ottoHR; Turkey; Remote; TRY 520,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Otto HR is seeking a Software Engineer for a full-time remote role to design, develop, and maintain backend services powering the Otto HR platform and its AI assistant.

You will focus on performance, scalability, and reliability, implement new features, enhance APIs, integrate with third-party services, and write clean, testable code while collaborating with product managers, designers, and other engineers in a distributed team.

Qualifications

• Strong CS fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and software design.
• Experience in backend web development with REST/GraphQL APIs.
• Proficiency in one or more modern languages: Java, C#, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Go.
• Hands-on OOP and applying OOP best practices in production systems.
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL, Git, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms or containerization (AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Ability to write tests, debug complex issues, and optimize distributed systems.
• Effective communication and collaboration in a remote team.
• Bachelor's degree in CS/Software or equivalent experience.
• Experience building HR, payroll, or enterprise SaaS products.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain back-end services powering the Otto HR platform and its AI assistant.
• Focus on performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Implement new features and enhance APIs.
• Integrate with third-party services and write clean, testable code.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers; participate in code reviews.
• Improve developer tooling and workflows; monitor production systems and resolve issues.

Skills

CS fundamentals

Backend development

Programming languages

OOP

Databases & Git & CI/CD

Cloud & containers

Testing & performance

Communication

Enterprise SaaS

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Software

Tools

REST/GraphQL APIs

CI/CD Pipelines

Docker & Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

Job description

Otto HR is seeking a Software Engineer for a full-time remote role to design, develop, and maintain backend services powering the Otto HR platform and its AI assistant.

You will focus on performance, scalability, and reliability, implement new features, enhance APIs, integrate with third-party services, and write clean, testable code while collaborating with product managers, designers, and other engineers in a distributed team.