Cognite

Senior Backend Engineer

Cognite

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Oslo • 🇳🇴 Norway

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AWSAzureCloudElasticSearchGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaKotlinKubernetesPostgresSQL

About the role

  • Develop and maintain cutting edge features for Cognite Data Fusion (CDF)
  • Scale CDF, make architectural trade-offs, applying synchronous and asynchronous design patterns
  • Produce high-quality and secure software that is comprehensively tested, code reviewed and checked in regularly for continuous integration
  • Shape our product’s direction by working closely with teams across engineering, product, and customer success
  • Continuously monitor and improve the performance, reliability, and security of our services
  • Proactively fix vulnerabilities, streamline code, and reduce technical debt
  • Keep our documentation clear, current and genuinely helpful

Requirements

  • 6+ years of hands-on experience developing software with modern programming languages (e.g., Kotlin, Java)
  • Experience in a SaaS product environment preferably with large-scale cloud deployments (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and Kubernetes
  • Experience in designing, building and maintaining infrastructure and web-services at large scale
  • Expert knowledge of computer science with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms and software design
  • Solid understanding of relational databases and SQL, preferably PostgreSQL
  • Familiarity with information retrieval technology, such as Elasticsearch
  • Experience leveraging AI-powered tools to augment the development process and accelerate value delivery
  • Strong problem-solving skills, technical troubleshooting and diagnosing complex system issues to ensure optimal performance and minimal downtime
  • A collaborative and pragmatic mindset, with good communication skills and a desire to mentor others
Benefits
  • Join an organization of 70 different nationalities 🌐 with Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) in focus 🤝
  • A highly modern and fun working environment with sublime culture across the organization
  • Flat structure with direct access to decision-makers, with minimal amount of bureaucracy
  • Opportunity to work with and learn from some of the best people on some of the most ambitious projects found anywhere, across industries
  • Join our HUB 🗣️ to be part of the conversation directly with Cogniters and our partners.
  • Gain perks like a paid mobile telephone subscription and broadband connection.
  • Get access to extended private health services with Aker Care.
  • A subsidized lunch at the canteen is delivered by our chefs who specialise in options for both vegetarians and non-vegetarian, salads and hot soups every day
  • Stay fueled between meals with snacks and drinks on the house.
  • Our own Cognite exclusive coffee bar ☕ with the friendliest baristas is here to brew coffee for coffee lovers, tea for tea lovers, smoothie for smoothie lovers, and the baristas creative concoctions when the mood strikes.
  • We take your mental- and physical health seriously by having a broad health offering and a free membership to our fully-staffed gym on-site.
  • A pet lover? Get the chance to meet Spot 🐶!

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
KotlinJavaAWSGCPAzureKubernetesSQLPostgreSQLElasticsearchdata structures
Soft skills
problem-solvingtechnical troubleshootingcommunicationcollaborationmentoringpragmatic mindset