R0055611 Senior Backend Product Software Engineer - Kyte
Wolters Kluwer
Wolters Kluwer, headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands, is a leading global provider of information, software, and services for professionals. We serve customers in more than 180 countries, operating through five divisions: Health; Tax & Accounting; Corporate Performance & ESG; Financial Corporate Compliance; and Legal & Regulatory. The company employs approximately 20,000 people worldwide.
About Kyte
Kyte is a lightweight, user-friendly SaaS-based invoicing tool designed for freelancers, sole traders, and small businesses. It enables users to create and send professional e-invoices in seconds, fully compliant with digital invoicing regulations.
About the Role
Join us as a Senior Product Software Engineer, where you will execute specialized software development tasks for the Kyte product. Your role will involve advanced coding, system design, and optimizing software solutions that enhance our products' performance and usability. Your expertise will ensure quality outcomes and drive technological innovations.
Responsibilities:
1. Contribute to the development of the product architecture and features using Go (Golang), ensuring a scalable, maintainable, and high-performance user experience.
2. Collaborate closely with product managers, product owners, designers, and frontend engineers to define and deliver new functionality.
3. Continuously improve the codebase by identifying technical debt and refactoring opportunities during the implementation of new features.
4. Establish and promote backend development best practices, including component architecture, state management, and testing strategies.
5. Participate actively in Scrum ceremonies including daily stand-ups, backlog refinements, sprint planning, and retrospectives.
6. Mentor and support other engineers through code reviews, pairing, and technical guidance.
7. Stay up to date with backend technologies and tooling to evaluate and introduce improvements where appropriate.
8. Develop comprehensive and sophisticated testing routines and procedures, ensuring thorough software testing.
About you:
9. Professional backend software development experience:
Building and maintaining production-grade software as part of a product team. While prior experience with Go (Golang) is advantageous, it is not required; a willingness to learn Go on the job is sufficient.
10. Cloud experience:
Hands-on experience deploying and running applications in the cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
11. CI/CD familiarity:
Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and understanding how they are used in day-to-day development.
12. Strong engineering fundamentals:
Solid understanding of software design, APIs, data modeling, and operational concerns.
13. Learning mindset:
Ability and willingness to learn new languages, frameworks, and tools when needed.
14. Openness to AI-assisted development:
Willingness to adopt AI tools to improve productivity and code quality in daily work.
Competencies:
15. Senior software engineering experience in a full stack team
16. Incremental refactoring within feature work
17. Agile software development (Scrum, Kanban)
18. Cross-functional collaboration and communication
19. Code review and mentoring
What do we offer?
Next to a compensation and benefits package in line with the market, we also offer the following:
20. A flexible, hybrid work setup;
21. An engaged, diverse, and quality driven team;
22. A culture that celebrates diversity and values talent.
Wolters Kluwer invests continuously in the growth and competencies of its employees by giving them many opportunities to develop.
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