Senior Backend Engineer, Gigs
€85-120k
+ Stock options
More information about location
Telecom as a Service
Job no longer available
Telecom as a Service
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
€85-120k
+ Stock options
More information about location
21-100 employees
Company mission
To provide voice & data plans for smartphones, wearables and IoT.
Role
Who you are
- You enjoy and have experience conceptualizing and building back-end solutions & APIs. You enjoy thinking about systems and services and writing high-quality code
- You’ve built and maintained API-driven platforms with high user volumes. You hold yourself and others to a high bar when working with production systems
- You enjoy building a product from scratch. This means high involvement in the design process and understanding customer wants. It also means that you enjoy taking technical decisions,
- You love learning technologies as you go. You always want to find the right tool for the job, and don't only follow what you already know
- You care about more than just engineering quality. Whatever you do, needs to have a business impact. You can make trade-offs between speed and quality
What the job involves
- You will build the core of Gigs products, services, and APIs in a spectacularly robust fashion
- You will directly communicate with the founders and be part of the core team
- You will build and integrate APIs and services and work with our partners to launch new markets, connectivity methods, and capabilities
- You will establish and improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes
Our take
Gigs is a telecommunication platform that helps businesses that want to provide connectivity to their customers without becoming fully-fledged connectivity providers.
As a Y Combinator W21 batch, Gigs distinguishes itself by offering phone & data plans through an easy-to-use API. The company provides phone & data plans through BT, Vodafone, T Mobile, Orange, Verizon, and hundreds of other networks. It has additionally launched an eSIM mobile service in partnership with Grover.
The company is backed by Gradient Ventures, Google, and Crane Venture Partners, as well as some of the investors behind Stripe, Airbnb, Facebook, Spotify and Plaid. Gigs' has been increasing its client base internationally and continues to do so through its growing number of partnerships and its planned European expansion.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Dec 2024
$73m
SERIES B
Sep 2022
$20m
SERIES A
Total funding: $93.2m
Company benefits
- 28 paid vacation days per year (PTO)
- Generous stock options: We want everybody to be a true owner in Gigs (tax-free until exercised)
- Free phone and data plan
- Flexible working hours: We use meetings when needed and not per default
- Get your perfect setup: Mac, Mechanical Keyboard, Plugins, IDE. We are flexible and cover whatever you need to do the best work of your life
- A workplace built for remote-first work: We are building Gigs as a remote-friendly company. Take, own and implement decisions to build Gigs from scratch. You can join us in Berlin, or work from wherever you like. If you are based in Berlin, you can work from our office, or from the comfort of your home
- Gigs Pads: Our collection of beautiful homes around the world, for when you need a work-cation getaway
- Gigs Republic: Our semi-annual sunny offsite, a time for us to all come together for great food, lots of laughter, and leisurely activities
Company HQ
Mitte, Berlin, Germany
Leadership
Hermann Frank
(Co-Founder)Previously Founder/CEO at Fashionism, Flagship and HyperMesh. Consultant at Forward Consulting for 1 year.
Dennis Bauer
(Co-Founder)Dennis previously co-founded HyperMesh. They were also Head of Business Development at Bonagora and was also Head of conichiwa for over 2 years.
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