Backend Engineer
Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Full Time
Mid Level
Description
Who is Defined.ai? Well, from a technical point of view, we leverage the power of a global crowd to provide some of the world’s biggest companies with the high-quality data they need to power their artificial intelligence. We’re instrumental to the progression and development of artificial intelligence and we couldn’t be prouder or more inspired to be involved in an industry that is changing the world.
From a personal point of view, we’re a group of big thinkers, high achievers and creative problem solvers. We bond over our shared love of software engineering, data science, and strong coffee. We like online gaming, running marathons, and team drinks. We celebrate authenticity and diversity and we’re invested in what we do. Our mission? World domination, obviously!
What will you do?
Who is Defined.ai? Well, from a technical point of view, we leverage the power of a global crowd to provide some of the world’s biggest companies with the high-quality data they need to power their artificial intelligence. We’re instrumental to the progression and development of artificial intelligence and we couldn’t be prouder or more inspired to be involved in an industry that is changing the world.
From a personal point of view, we’re a group of big thinkers, high achievers and creative problem solvers. We bond over our shared love of software engineering, data science, and strong coffee. We like online gaming, running marathons, and team drinks. We celebrate authenticity and diversity and we’re invested in what we do. Our mission? World domination, obviously!
What will you do?
- Work on the back-end side of our platform by developing tools to automate workloads for data collection and processing of AI training datasets.
- Develop and evolve a microservice- and event-driven architecture based mainly on .Net C#, SQL Server, and RabbitMQ.
- Own the entire lifecycle (from conception to release and maintenance) of the services and applications your team owns.
- Be working in a multidisciplinary (QA, Back- and Front-end Engineers, Product Managers, etc.) and multicultural Agile team.
- Collaborate with the Product, Architecture, Infrastructure, and DevOps teams as well.
Requirements:
- BSc or MSc in Computer Science or similar background;
- A growth mindset and very good problem-solving skills;
- Experience with working with Agile software development methodologies.
- Worked with Azure services such as DevOps, Kubernetes and Blob Storage;
- Deep understanding of a fully automated software development lifecycle via CI/CD pipelines;
- Comfortable with applying software design and architectural patterns/principles;
- Accustomed to working with microservices in .Net C#, MS SQL Server and RabbitMQ;
- Knowledge of RESTful APIs, from the provider as well as the consumer point of view;
- Familiarity with shell scripting.
- Proficient in both written and spoken English;
- Mid to senior-level of .Net C# and software quality best practices. Familiarity with Python is considered a plus.
Benefits
You spend a lot of your time at work, so it should be challenging, fun and interesting. At Defined.ai it will be all of those things and more. Here’s what we offer:
- Flexible working schedule and hybrid model. We know comfort can boost creativity and performance, so you can manage your schedule and work both from one of our modern office spaces or home.
- Excellent career development opportunities in a high growth company. With us, you can accomplish your career goals and follow a well-described career path with the support of your supervisor.
- Culture of feedback and continuous improvement. AI is a fast-paced area, so we keep track of tech trends, and we always ask for feedback.
- An international and diverse team. We have more than 30 nationalities at our 3 locations, and we provide language classes.
- Continuous training opportunities. You can choose from many options: leveraging hand-on workshops, unlimited access to Udemy and formal development opportunities.
- We love to have fun together. We joke a lot, and we can't imagine work without fun activities – we already surfed, raced carts and played soccer together.
About Us
Defined.ai offers a platform with multiple data delivery options that leverages machine learning technology and human intelligence to deliver quality-guaranteed training data for AI systems. The platform offers self-service and fully customizable solutions that deliver high-quality project-specific training data, enabling AI products reach market quicker. It is this business model that has allowed Defined.ai to raise a total of $63.6M in funding over 4 rounds. Our value proposition is quality, privacy, speed and scale, covering more than 50 different languages. With strong expertise in speech and natural language processing technologies, we have been serving AI companies and Fortune 500 companies since day one. Defined.ai was founded in Seattle and has an office in Lisbon.
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