Vendelux is a Series A SaaS company and we provide the system of record for event marketing. Our software platform provides proprietary insights that helps high-growth companies find the highest ROI events, conferences and trade shows to attend and sponsor. We have built an AI-powered platform thatcustomers describe as an event marketer's dream. Vendelux was founded in 2021, and our recent $14 million Series A was led by FirstMark, whose portfolio includes companies like Shopify, Pinterest, Discord, Airbnb, Draft Kings, Carta and Justworks (amongst others). Our leadership team includes alumni from Shutterstock, Bain, Google, IBM and Compass. As a senior backend engineer at Vendelux, you will build an API to power a new event organizer product, or rebuild our search backend.Scope of Responsibilities
- Own substantial user-impacting projects from design to build to roll out
- Participate in code and system design reviews
- Contribute improvements to our internal processes and dev tools
- Understand our users and their needs, and contribute to product discovery and prioritization with our leadership, product management, and design teams
- Help grow the team via hiring and mentoring activities
Tech Stack
- Frontend: Typescript, React, MUI
- Backend: Python, Django, MySQL, AWS
- Data: Python, Dagster, Snowflake, Fivetran
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience building complex applications using a modern language (from Java to Typescriptl)
- Track record of shaping and shipping valuable features
- Track record of driving high-leverage improvements to infrastructure and process
- Judgment to take on technical debt and risk where appropriate
- Strong communication skills, especially written. Our engineering team is remote-first, so a lot of important work happens in chats and documents.
- Nice-to-have: Previous startup experience
- DevOps or platform/infrastructure experience (or deep interest)
- Nice-to-have: Data engineering or ML experience (or deep interest)
Not all candidates will check all of the requirements listed above and that's ok! We are open to great people from non-traditional backgrounds.Vendelux is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, gender, gender identity, parental or pregnancy status, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or veteran status.