Remote Backend Developer, Infrastructure at Scale

Salary Competitive

Working in a startup is a lot of fun and at World's Marathons, we grow with every challenge that we master! There's nothing that cannot be done. Passion and drive are traits we look for in a new team member! We work at a very high pace, with a team of talented and dedicated people. We strongly believe that diversity in culture, knowledge and experience will lead to a better workplace and better products!


We are looking for a seasoned business oriented backend developer who is passionate about scale for a truly global product. This is a remote position (no relocation) with the possibility to work in either our Lisbon, Stockholm or Berlin office. 

Your Responsibilities

  • Design, develop and deploy backend services with a focus on high availability, low latency and scalability. 
  • Build and maintain scalable applications
  • Build and operate infrastructure, toolset and deployment pipelines
  • Take operational responsibility for the services
  • Monitor, test, and continuously optimize your designs
  • Deliver testable, maintainable, and high-quality code

Personality

  • You show great attention to details and takes pride in high-quality deliverables
  • You know and care about sound engineering practices like continuous delivery, defensive programming and automated testing
  • You are a fast learner who wants to gain new skills and knowledge
  • You’re familiar with designing and building distributed and scalable systems and will enjoy seeing millions of users running your code
  • You are flexible and can work with different types of tasks
  • You are a trusted team player

Skills

  • Have working knowledge of C# and are comfortable working with it.
  • You know and care about sound engineering practices and have experience in working on Microsoft Azure.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills in English

Bonus points for

  • Additional language skills
  • Startup experience
  • Interest in endurance sports
  • Beer, Travel and having fun

Our offer

  • We offer unique and fun work environment in a fast-growing international start-up
  • Fully remote working
  • Possibility for our option program

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Flexible working hours
Flexible working hours

Time is precious. Make it count. Morning person or night owl, this job is for you.

Near public transit
Near public transit

Easy access and treehugger friendly workplace.

Social gatherings
Social gatherings

Social gatherings and games; hang out with your colleagues.

Maternity / paternity leave
Maternity / paternity leave

Kids are the future, go spend time with them.

Remote work allowed
Remote work allowed

You know how you perform best. Work from your couch, your favorite cafe or abroad when you feel like it.

Free coffee / tea
Free coffee / tea

Get your caffeine fix to get you started and keep you going.

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Working at
World's Sports Group

World’s Sports Group is a global company with a Swedish DNA. Founded in 2016, we offer a wide range of digital services for the endurance sports industry. Ahotu.com, the world’s most extensive endurance event calendar Worldsmarathons.com, where runners discover and sign up for running events RaceOffice™, an organizer’s gateway to listing and selling tickets for their events Our mission is to make endurance sports more accessible and help athletes find unique and inspiring events across the globe. Working in a startup is a lot of fun and at WSG, we grow with every challenge that we master! Passion and drive are traits we look for in a new team member. We strongly believe diversity in culture, knowledge, and experience will lead to a better workplace and products!

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