Senior Backend Engineer

Hybrid from Porto / Lausanne / Hamburg
Digital /
Full-time /
Hybrid
Many of the world’s current challenges are linked to logistics. AELER is a Swiss logtech scale-up that is re-inventing the shipping container, the building block of our global economy through which 80% of the world’s goods travel. Our IoT system is at the heart of what makes AELER’s containers smart, offering a platform to enable innovative digital services. Do you want to embark with us on an adventure to rock global logistics? Then please read on. 

Responsibilities: As part of the Digital Team, you’ll be...

    • Improve existing tooling to ensure product maintenance and automate more QA
    • Participate in translating business requirements into technical actionables
    • Guide & mentor the team to provide elegant and simple solutions to complex problems
    • Maintain low tech-debt with documentation

Experience: To flourish in this role, you’ll need...

    • Must have
    • At least 5 years of experience (ideal 7 years) with a strong command of Javascript and Typescript
    • Knowledge of distributed computing and data storage systems
    • Demonstrated experience with building solid, testable, and maintainable clean code
    • Understanding of queues and stream processing
    • Proficiency in Docker, and general UNIX admin
    • Business fluent English in both speaking and writing

    • Nice to have
    • Familiar with functional programming and micro-services
    • Previous experience with identity management/access control (OIDC(OAuth)
    • Efficiency working in an impactful, collaborative environment
    • You have set up, or participated in the setting up of SaaS products in the past
    • You are familiar with logistics

Benefits: At Aeler you will...

    • Join a team of talented individuals who believe in Aeler’s mission
    • Get stock options in a promising technology scale-up 
    • Work in a hybrid workspace with minimal hierarchy
    • Travel to yearly company retreats where you’ll meet all the Aelerians
    • Take part in training that supports both professional and personal growth
    • Enjoy 25 vacation days per year + national public holidays
    • Experience a good work/life-balance. We put humans beings first!
Ready to change global logistics? 
Apply now.