Software Engineer - Backend & Data (Eastern Europe)

Spate is the machine intelligence platform used by top industry beauty brands. We analyze over 20 billion search signals to spot the next big beauty trend and help brands develop their marketing/product strategies.

Spate is looking for a backend engineer to help us design and implement the next iteration of our data pipeline, storage, and API backing our SaaS platform.

This is a remote, full time contractor position in Eastern Europe.

Responsibilities:

This is a technical role with a high degree of autonomy expected.

• Support customers and staff in understanding and exploiting the platform, data and tools
• Ensure the availability of the platform, data and tools
• Define and implement improvements for the platform, data and tools related to security, quality, testing, automation, documentation and new features
• Contribute to sprint planning, backlog grooming, and task prioritization.
• Estimate the effort required for development tasks and help create project timelines.
• Track and report on progress, addressing any delays or roadblocks proactively.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 3 years of experience as a software engineer, working on backend and ETL for webapplications
• Experience collecting, cleaning, and analyzing large data sets
• Proficiency in Python
• Proficiency in SQL
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Project management skills and ability to handle multiple priorities at different timescales
• Proven problem-solving skills using deductive reasoning, understanding hierarchical relationships, and identifying gaps in logic
• Self-starter and ability to work independently
• Located in Eastern Europe

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficiency in at least one of the following tools: Power Bi, Tableau, Google DataStudio
• Excellent analytical and customer-facing skills with attention-to-detail
• Experience working with AWS, GCP or Azure

Recruitment Process:

Our application process consists of a few stages, each of which is asynchronous. We respect your time, so we designed the process with efficiency in mind, including only the essential steps. The goal is to ensure it's a good fit for both you & Spate. Here's what the process entails:

• Application
• Video Interview (about 30 minutes)
• Personality Assessment (35 mins)
• Customized case study (2 hours)
• First interview with Hiring Manager (30 mins)
• Final interview with broader team (30 mins)

Regardless, we will keep you informed about the status of your application throughout.