Squarespace

Squarespace is looking for a Backend Engineer to join our distributed web engineering team and work on our Bio Sites offering. Bio Sites is Squarespace's link in biography product that enables creators, entrepreneurs, and businesses to share their entire worlds in just one link. As more brands begin on social media, a Bio Site is a lightweight way for our customers to connect their followers to their company, grow their brand, and monetize their work.

Our web team collaborates across disciplines and delivers a terrific experience for Bio Site users regardless of their chosen platform. As a Backend Engineer your work will focus on architecture, performance and scalability. You will be involved in the end-to-end development of multiple components, and in the long-term vision of Squarespace for Bio Sites.

This is a hybrid role working from our Aveiro office 3 days per week. You will report to the Engineering Team Manager.

You'll Get To…

• Develop new features into the Squarespace Bio Sites offering
• Take a lead role with other engineers to provide a rock solid platform and contribute to team processes.
• Collaborate with teammates, and product, design, analytics, and customer operations to understand why we build the features we do
• Help the team improve the existing codebase by promoting thoughtful design patterns and disciplined software engineering (e.g. automated testing, code reviews, and writing beautiful, readable code)
• Scale and improve the performance of applications and databases
• Manage engineering work streams to accelerate our velocity, supporting stakeholders along the way.

Who We're Looking For

• 7+ years of Java or other object-oriented language application development, or Go development experience
• 2+ years of experience using relational databases, such as MySQL or PostgreSQL
• A solid foundation in computer science, with competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design practices
• A sincere commitment to creating readable code and a desire to write clear and practical technical documentation
• A degree in Computer Science or related or equivalent industry experience

Benefits & Perks

• Health insurance with 100% covered premiums for you, your spouse or partner, and dependent children, including medical, dental, and vision
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Pension benefits with employer match
• Fertility and adoption benefits
• Headspace mindfulness app subscription
• Global Employee Assistance Program
• Statutory paid time off and all statutory leaves, as required
• Meal Allowance and Flex Benefits Account
• Employee donation match to community organisations
• In the easily accessible city centre of Aveiro
• 8 Global Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)

About Squarespace

Squarespace is a design-driven platform helping entrepreneurs build brands and businesses online. We empower millions of customers in more than 200 countries and territories with all the tools they need to create an online presence, build an audience, monetize, and scale their business. Our suite of products range from websites, domains, ecommerce, and marketing tools, as well as tools for scheduling with Acuity and creating and managing social media presence with Bio Sites and Unfold. Our team of more than 1,500 is headquartered in bustling New York City, with offices in Dublin, Ireland, Aveiro, Portugal, and coworking spaces in the UK, Netherlands, and Australia. For more information about our company culture, visit https://www.squarespace.com/about/careers.

Our Commitment

Today, more than a million people around the globe use Squarespace to share different perspectives and experiences with the world. Not only do we embrace and celebrate the diversity of our customer base, but we also strive for the same in our employees. At Squarespace, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

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