Software Architect

Our requirements

• At least 4-5 years of commercial experience in backend software development.
• Experience as Software Architect
• Proven experience designing distributed systems, cloud-based systems or scalable backend architectures.
• Strong proficiency in Python and practical experience with FastAPI, Django, Flask or comparable frameworks.
• Strong understanding of relational and non-relational data stores, particularly MySQL and Redis.
• Very good knowledge of MQTT, including QoS levels, retained messages and configuring brokers such as Mosquitto, HiveMQ or EMQX.
• Solid knowledge of network engineering, including TCP/IP, routing, load balancing and diagnosing network communication problems.
• Experience designing, building and maintaining APIs and microservices.
• Practical experience with Docker, Git and cloud environments such as GCP, AWS or Azure.
• Strong understanding of software engineering best practices, including automated testing, maintainable code, documentation and peer review.
• Ability to take ownership of complex technical topics and translate business needs into viable architecture and implementation decisions.
• Strong communication skills and confidence working with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• English proficiency at minimum B2 level, sufficient for confident day-to-day communication.
• Openness to hybrid work from the office (2-3 days per week) - it is important because the whole team is based in Wrocław

Your responsibilities

• Design, build and improve the backend for a system that connects different devices.
• Build fast and reliable Python services, APIs and microservices.
• Improve how devices and services connect and exchange data; maintain communication tools and solve issues such as slow response times, unstable connections and TCP disconnects.
• Build and maintain integrations between the main platform and customer systems, for example systems used by car service centres or retail chains.
• Work with MQTT communication, including QoS settings, retained messages and message-broker configuration.
• Write clean, easy-to-maintain code; take part in code reviews and create automated tests.
• Work closely with the Product Owner, Product Designer and Android Developers.
• Help make important technical decisions, balancing business needs, system stability, future growth and delivery speed.
• Support junior engineers through mentoring and day-to-day technical help.

About the project

This is how we organize our work

This is how we work on a project

• code review
• Continuous Integration
• documentation
• test automation

What we offer

• participation in the company’s equity/options programme
• MultiSport card

Development opportunities we offer

• mentoring
• substantive support from technological leaders

Benefits

• private medical care
• sharing the costs of professional training & courses

Recruitment stages

• 1.
  Phone call or online meeting with Recruiter from KUBO - 30 minutes.
• 2.
  Technical interview - a 1.5-hour Microsoft Teams interview with the Tech Lead from the team.
• 3.
  Final stage - a 1.5-hour in-person interview with the CEO in the office in Wrocław.
• 4.
  Decision and feedback.

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