Senior Backend Engineer, Pitch
PostgreSQL
Collaborative presentation software for teams
Job no longer available
Collaborative presentation software for teams
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
101-200 employees
Company mission
Pitch's mission is to enable every team’s best thinking by building the first complete platform for presentations.
Role
Who you are
- We are seeking a backend developer with strong expertise in database systems, particularly PostgreSQL, which serves as the backbone of our data storage
- If you're interested in solving tangible problems and want to be part of a diverse, remote-first team of visionaries, we'd love to hear from you!
- You have an expert-level understanding of the high level features of Postgres - index optimisation, advanced queries, stored procedures/views etc. as well as some knowledge of tuning the DB at lower levels
- You are an experienced backend developer with hard-earned production skills, preferably in Clojure, but we’re happy to help you learn if you have experience in other languages such as Python, Go, etc. If you have experience with a functional language - even better
- You have designed and implemented robust realtime systems with high availability
- You ensure code quality and system security through automation, unit testing and structured code reviews
- You are product oriented, combining thoughtfulness with pragmatism and a will to get stuff done. You are calm and focused under pressure, and consider work-life balance essential for long-term happiness and productivity
- You believe effective and successful work is made possible by clear and honest communication, with a shared understanding of the long-term vision and immediate next actions. When you don't fully understand something, you ask lots of questions and use the opportunity to learn and grow
What the job involves
- As Pitch continues to grow, so too do the complexity and scale of our data models and database usage
- This role is an exciting opportunity to shape and optimise how we manage and scale our data infrastructure
- Design and build - you'll be part of a team who will implement features all the way from architecture, to database schemas and data structures, code, testing and deployment. Your expertise in database design will be vital to the success of the features
- Iterate on your work - you'll keep working on refining schemas and designs that you've produced/implemented by checking the results of experiments, via user feedback or thanks to system monitoring
- Improve existing systems - you'll take on modernising and optimising our existing database systems, leveraging your expertise to enhance their performance, reliability, and scalability
- Help us evolve - we are always looking for ways to improve. You'll have opportunities to present your ideas and work to the company where they will have a chance to become part of our culture
Our take
PowerPoint may still dominate the landscape for presentations in many people’s minds, but some might say that legacy status also makes Microsoft’s software ripe for disruption. Pitch, created in 2018, is in line to be a direct competitor to PowerPoint - founded by serial entrepreneurs whose last company was acquired by Microsoft for $100-$200M.
The startup has already seen good progress, and in 2023 reached the milestone of one million workspaces having been created on the platform. It is used by teams across industries, and customers include many other trailblazers in the world of business productivity such as Intercom, Superhuman, and Notion.
Pitch has been growing its user base across its free and pro offerings, as well as introducing an enterprise version suited to large organizations - which means it is now capable of serving a wider range of businesses. The newest updates to the platform include presentation analytics that allow users to see which decks are getting opened, how often and by whom; and a library feature for managing a brand from one central place.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-29% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
May 2021
$85m
SERIES B
Oct 2019
$30m
SERIES B
Total funding: $140.3m
Company benefits
- Quality-driven environment
- Healthy work-life balance
- Educational stipend
- Flexible hours and vacation
- Parent-friendly company culture
- Remote-friendly environment
- Top-of-the-line equipment
- Equity package
Company HQ
Mitte, Berlin, Germany
Leadership
Christian Reber
(CEO)Serial Entrepreneur, who studied at FOM University. Strong passion for delightful user experiences and innovative design and technology.
Adam Renklint
(CTO)Adam worked for 4 years at 6Wunderkinder as a full stack developer, he then worked at Microsoft Berlin as Senior Software engineer for 2 years.
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