Senior Backend Developer

Salary Competitive

Every day, content conversion specialists are using our system to extract and structure content from thousands of print documents manually. We are now looking for a senior developer to help us evolve our tech stack to automate fundamental parts in the process of content conversion.


What we’re searching for

We are looking for a senior backend developer to join our team, helping us to increase the preservation and accessibility of the stories of our time to anyone - today and tomorrow. 

You will build the backend systems that power our applications and continuously improve the system scalability, and above all, your work will impact the way stories get accessible to anyone.

What you’ll do

  • Collaborate with other developers, product owners, and designers to solve challenging problems.
  • Architect, develop and deploy services that serve thousands of users each day.
  • Write clear and maintainable code that will scale across distributed development teams.

Who you are

  • You have a deep understanding of system design, data structures, and algorithms.
  • You want to ensure accessibility of what's important. 
  • You are passionate about contributing your knowledge and skills into great products that will have a big impact on society. 
  • You have a deep understanding of the business goals which you can translate into tech.
  • You are an experienced software developer with several years of development and experience in C/C++, PHP, XSLT, SQL, and Java.

What you get

  • A lot of appreciation 🙌
  • A chance to participate in improving accessibility to anyone
  • A place where you can learn, teach and grow
  • Competitive Salary

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Free lunch
Free lunch

Enjoy a free catered lunch with your colleagues, every day.

Flexible working hours
Flexible working hours

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

Free coffee / tea
Free coffee / tea

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

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.

Free office snacks
Free office snacks

Peckish after lunch? We got your back with soft drinks, treats and fruit.

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Working at
textalk media

We are a company trying to increase the preservation and accessibility of the stories of our time to anyone - today and tomorrow. What makes us different is our ability to make people contribute to inclusivity - which we have been working with since 1978, when our founder developed the worlds first talking newspaper with a synthetic voice.Today we are a supplier of a universally designed software suite towards some of the biggest publishers and printing houses.

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