Senior Backend Engineer, Python - Klue
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- Senior Backend Engineer, Python
- Job Location
- Vancouver, British Columbia
- Job Description
👋 Klue Engineering is hiring!
We’re a highly skilled team of software engineers who are building an awesome product and moving fast. We value people who take initiatives, and empower everyone at Klue to make a real change in the product or processes.
We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to work with our Win-Loss team to deliver high-quality products in the most efficient way.
💡FAQ
Q: Klue who?
A: We’re Klue and from a technical perspective, Klue’s mission is to descale huge amounts of data to the human level, so people can process it and make use of it. Klue is that trusted intermediary, right now it’s proven for sales enablement, but tomorrow it’s all teams enablement.
Q: What level of experience are we looking for?
A: Right now we are looking for a Senior-level Back-end Engineer.
Q: What is our development team working on?
A: The team is building our win-loss product which is aimed at helping Klue’s customers understand why they win and lose deals. To date we’ve delivered on basic reporting of pre-existing win-loss research, deep CRM integration, automated survey workflows and video upload and transcription for capturing raw win-loss interviews. What we’re building next are tools for doing deeper analysis of that data and making it easier to reach buyers to generate net new insights. Combining these win-loss insights with all the other competitive intelligence that Klue provides is how we’ll ultimately help Klue win.Q: What tech stack is this team working with?
A: Python (Fast API), PostgreSQL, Pulumi, GCP, Docker.
We are a small team of experienced engineers who work closely with product and design to deliver impact continuously and incrementally. The team is generally light on process but with big expectations of keeping a high cadence and avoiding blockers. We also use unstructured learning time baked into our schedule which we use to explore new tech and reinvest in our skills and tools.Q: Are you HYBRID FRIENDLY 🤩 ?
A: YES! Hybrid. Best of both worlds (remote & in-office).
Our main Canadian hubs are in Vancouver and Toronto, and most of our teams are located in EST and PST. You and your team will be in office at least 2 days per week.
Q: What skills do you bring?
Expertise in at least one of the general programming languages, with a strong preference for Python.
Expertise in relational databases such as PostgreSQL
Experience in designing REST APIs
Experience using Docker, Kubernetes, and GCP
Q: What motivates our current team right now?
The type of work. Challenging, stimulating and meaningful work. New and relevant tech stack. We know engineers/developers especially want to work on hard technical and innovative problems.
The inspiration from skilled and proven leaders.
Entrepreneurial fingerprints on what will be a future billion dollar company anchored in Canada.
Culture, team, and the work environment.
High degree of autonomy and accountability.
High degrees of transparency and high quality communication.
Q: What are the people at Klue like?
Builders
Intellectually Curious
Ambitious
Objective Oriented
Q: What about total compensation & benefits?
Benefits. We currently have extended health benefits starting on your 1st day.
Time off. Take what you need. We want the team to prioritize wellness and avoid burnout. Vacation usually falls into 3 categories: recharging, life-event, & keeping a work-life balance. Just ensure the required work gets done and clear it with your team in advance. You need to take at least two weeks off every year. The average Klue team member takes 2-4 weeks of PTO per year.
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Lastly, we take potential into consideration. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted in lieu of the specifics listed above. If you know you have what it takes, even if that’s different from what we’ve described, be sure to explain why in your application. Reach out and let’s see if there is a home here for you now or in the future.
We’ve made a commitment to support and contribute to a diverse environment; on our teams and in our community. We’re early in our journey; we've started employee led resource groups, committed to Pay Up For Progress, and use success profiles for roles instead of 'years of experience'. We continue to scale our efforts as Klue grows. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and have dedicated that commitment to our current and future #kluecrew. During the interview process, please let us know if there is anything we need to make more accessible or accommodate to support you to be successful.
All interviews will be conducted via video calls. We work in a hybrid model of WFH (remote) and in-office. We’re excited to meet you and in the meantime, get to know us:
🌈 Pay Up For Progress & 50 - 30 Challenge & Klue Blog
✅✅ Win-Loss Acquisition (2023)
🅰️ Series A (2020)
🐅 Series B (2021)
🎧 Winning as Women & Competitive Enablement Show
🐝 About Us
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Klue Company Size
Between 200 - 500 employees
Klue Founded Year
2015
Klue Total Amount Raised
$83,000,000
Klue Funding Rounds
View funding detailsGrant
$2,000,000 USD
Series B
$62,000,000 USD
Series A
$15,000,000 USD
Seed
$4,000,000 USD