SDE 1 Backend (Python) – ON-SITE

Job Overview

Company logo:https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/C560BAQEGdh0Kee5dqw/company-logo_400_400/company-logo_400_400/0/1673342131168/hiverhq_logo?e=1749686400&v=beta&t=XlOs-188IMir2jbz0snYCNNYmWDXQIJO0IV1xmAbq8M About Us

Hiver offers teams the simplest way to provide outstanding, personalized customer service. As a customer service solution built on Gmail, Hiver is intuitive, super easy to learn, and delightful to use. Hiver is used by thousands of teams at some of the best-known companies in the world to provide attentive, empathetic, and human service to their customers at scale. We’re a top-rated product on G2 and rank very highly on customer satisfaction.

At Hiver, we obsess about being world-class at everything we do. Our product is loved by our customers, our content engages a very wide audience, our customer service is one of the highest rated in the industry, and our sales team is as driven about doing right by our customers as they are by hitting their numbers.

We’re profitably run and are backed by notable investors. K1 Capital led our most recent rou of $27 million. Before that, we raised from Kalaari Capital, Kae Capital, and Citrix Startup Accelerator.

Opportunity

As a Software Development Engineer I (Backend) at Hiver, you will play a pivotal role in building our technical landscape and learning with our team while contributing to our vibrant company culture. With our customer base expanding rapidly and processing over 5 million emails daily for thousands of active users, you will be at the forefront of creating and enhancing the user experience. In this role, you will work with a team of highly skilled engineers while providing critical technical direction to our back-end development efforts. You will also have the exciting opportunity to tackle intricate technical challenges, including optimizing our architecture to handle the surging email volume and establishing a framework to monitor and enhance the performance of our back-end systems.

You Will Be Working On

Designing, building, and maintaining scalable backend systems and APIs for our B2B SaaS platform.Writing clean, maintainable, and efficient code while following software engineering best practices.Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams including Product, Design, and QA to deliver high-impact features.Taking ownership of small to medium-sized modules and features, from ideation to production.Debugging and resolving production issues, and continuously improving system performance and reliability.Participating in code reviews and sharing knowledge with peers to foster a strong engineering culture.

We Are Looking For

1–2 years of experience in software development with strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented programming. Proficiency in at least one backend language like Python hands-on experience with modern frameworks.Exposure to relational databases (MySQL with a solid understanding of SQL), Redis, Queues & Caching techniques Familiarity with REST APIs, microservices architecture, and cloud platforms (AWS)A passion for solving real-world customer problems through technology.Good communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.A learning mindset and enthusiasm to grow in a fast-paced SaaS startup environment.