Senior Backend Developer
Company: Watermelon
Core: (Generative) AI chatbots / B2B SaaS
Role: Senior Backend developer
Responsibilities: You develop and optimize scalable, secure backend systems to power AI chatbots and integrate seamlessly with external platforms.
Location: Utrecht / From home / Hybrid
Hours: 40 hours
Salary: € 5500 - € 7700 dependent on your experience
Start Date: 1st of February 2025
Work environment: Work in a team in an innovative environment where hard work and fun go hand in hand!
As a Back-End Developer at Watermelon, you are responsible for developing and maintaining the server-side of Watermelon. You work closely with the Front-End team to implement functionality and integrate it with the user interface. You take pride in the quality of your code and are open to feedback from the team.
Watermelon helps businesses automate their customer service with powerful GPT-4 (AI) Chatbots. In just minutes, you can scan your website, upload documents, and integrate tools to reduce customer service workload. Watermelon makes customer service more efficient and improves customer satisfaction through smart automation.
Integrating APIs and working with various microservices, constantly striving for improvements.
Operating in a fast-paced Continuous Integration & Deployment environment.
Working in GitHub and writing automated tests to ensure high code quality.
Assisting colleagues and yourself through pull requests, code reviewing, and pair programming.
Monitoring platform performance and analyzing ways to enhance it.
Contemplating technical choices, such as architecture, tools, and processes.
You must already have the legal right to work in the EU, as we cannot support relocation from outside the EU or visa sponsorship.
Experience with Go, Python, and some PHP
You are proficient in English
Front-End experience is a plus.
You have at least 5 years of experience as a Back-End Developer.
You have worked in a B2B SaaS environment before
You are openminded and remain hungry to learn more about your job
You hold a Bachelor's degree, such as in Computer Science.
You are enthusiastic to work in an international environment.
A flexible remote work policy and working in Utrecht, ideally you also live near Utrecht
Travel allowance, pension plan, and a budget for personal development
25 vacation days and a budget to set up your workspace.
A culture focused on growth and development
The opportunity to contribute to a fast-growing international startup in the AI industry
Room for new initiatives and idea
A friendly work atmosphere with colleagues you can laugh with and participate in events and team activities
Do you want to join our team as our new Senior Backend Developer? Then we'd love to hear about you!
ps. we're not looking for freelancers for this role