Backend Engineer

Blink - Employee Experience Platform; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Generous equity allocations

20 days leave + public holidays

401(k) plan

Private health insurance

Enhanced parental leave

Additional time off between Christmas and New Year

Social events

Job summary

An innovative tech company seeks a Backend Engineer to enhance its platform's backend infrastructure in Boston. The role involves designing and building technical solutions, collaborating with a cross-functional team, and ensuring code quality and performance. Candidates should have at least 3 years of experience in a JVM language like Scala, a deep understanding of SQL and transport protocols, and excellent collaborative skills. This hybrid role offers a competitive salary and impactful benefits to support employee well-being.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in a JVM language, preferably Scala.
• Passion for scalable, distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of SQL and relational database concepts.
• Proficient in transport protocols like RESTful concepts and gRPC.

Responsibilities

• Develop solutions on Blink's backend infrastructure.
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code.
• Collaborate with other engineers and refine development tooling.
• Debug and optimize application performance.
• Support customer-facing teams with backend assistance.

Skills

JVM language experience (Scala preferred)

Understanding of SQL and relational databases

Knowledge of transport protocols (RESTful, gRPC, WebSockets)

Collaborative skills

Process improvement mindset

Tools

AWS

Aurora MySQL

Kafka

GitOps

Job description

📍 Location: Hybrid, in our Boston office 3 days/ week

🚀 This squad works closely with our US customers and partners.

💵 $160-$180k.

About Blink

We're not just closing the digital divide; we're reconnecting distributed organisations, enabling seamless communication, and re-engaging employees like never before. Blink, a mobile-first employee experience platform, puts everything employees need right in their hands. With teams in Boston, London, and Sydney, we're making waves worldwide, partnering with industry leaders like Domino's, JD Sports and McDonald's.

We're forming our first engineering squad dedicated to accelerating Blink's growth in the United States. The US is a key market for us, and this team will play a direct role in building products and integrations that meet the needs of US customers.

As part of this squad, you'll work with a high degree of ownership, delivering outcomes end to end for US customers, including core integrations with partners such as Workday. The team will run its own roadmap while staying aligned with other engineering squads on shared initiatives and technical direction.

Role Overview

As a Backend Engineer at Blink, you will work within a cross-functional squad alongside developers, designers, and product managers to build and enhance our platform's backend infrastructure. Your work will directly impact thousands of frontline workers, providing them with essential tools for their day-to-day activities. You will be responsible for designing, building, testing, and launching new product features on top of our backend stack, ensuring the platform remains scalable, reliable, and easy to maintain.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and Build Solutions: Develop technical solutions to solve real-world user problems by building new functionality on top of Blink's existing backend stack, which includes Scala, Akka, AWS, Aurora MySQL, GitOps, Kafka, and more
• Write Clean, Maintainable Code: Produce well-documented, testable, and maintainable code, ensuring it is easy to read and modify while supporting rapid iteration and continuous delivery
• Collaborate and Share Knowledge: Work closely with other engineers, teaching best practices and contributing to the future direction of our backend stack. You will also refine our development tooling and processes to enhance efficiency
• Debug and Optimise: Debug issues, fix bugs, and continuously improve application performance to ensure a seamless experience for users
• Support Cross-Functional Teams: Assist customer-facing teams by providing backend support for requests such as statistics or data analysis, ensuring they have the information they need to assist users

Requirements

🚀 About you

We're looking for a talented, ambitious individual who thrives in a fast-paced, growing environment. You should be a resourceful, inquisitive, and quick learner, with a passion for solving customer problems and making a real impact. In addition, you will have:

• 3+ years of experience working with any JVM language (we use Scala)
• A passion for working with globally distributed, scalable systems
• Experience or a solid understanding of SQL and relational database concepts
• A strong understanding of transport protocols, including RESTful concepts, gRPC, and WebSockets
• A self-starter attitude, eager to learn and thrive in a high-functioning team
• A solution-focused mindset, committed to helping customers and teams find answers to their challenges
• Excellent collaborative skills, able to build strong cross-functional relationships
• A process improvement mindset, with a keen ability to identify and implement improvements in a rapidly scaling environment

Benefits

💚 Why Blink?

You will have the opportunity to be part of something impactful, large-scale, and meaningful.

Most importantly, you'll work for a company with a strong purpose, with an ambitious and supportive team embarking on a journey most start-ups can only dream of!

Benefits include:

• A competitive salary
• Generous equity allocations with significant upside potential
• 20 day's leave + public holidays
• 401(k) A generous plan to help you save for a bright future
• Private health insurance- we'll pay for your medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Enhanced parental leave
• Additional time off between Christmas and New Year
• The ability for you to grow, learn and solve a variety of challenges, working in a supportive environment with smart, talented people
• Social events (lunches, breakfasts, nights out)

At Blink, we're committed to building an inclusive and diverse culture where everyone feels they truly belong. We value individual differences and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.