Senior Software Engineer - High Performance & Scale

Hey there!

We’re Fever, the world’s leading tech platform for culture and live entertainment.

Our mission? To democratize access to culture and entertainment. With our proprietary cutting-edge technology and data-driven approach, we’re revolutionizing the way people engage with live entertainment.

Every month, our platform inspires over 300 million people in +55 countries (and counting) to discover unforgettable experiences while also empowering event creators with our data and technology, helping them scale, innovate, and enhance their events to reach new audiences. 

Our results? We’ve teamed up with major industry leaders like Netflix, F.C. Barcelona, and Primavera Sound, presented international award-winning experiences, and are backed by several leading global investors! Impressive, right? 

To achieve our mission, we are looking for bar-raisers with a hands-on mindset who are eager to help shape the future of entertainment!

Ready to be part of the experience? 

Now, let’s discuss this role and what you will do to help achieve Fever’s mission.

Behind the user-friendly iOS and Android apps and webpage that work across the world is the engineering team.  We are in charge of creating, developing, improving, and maintaining all Fever services so that more people can have an amazing experience.

About the role

Location: Spain - 100% Home office friendly.

As a Senior Backend Engineer specializing in high-performance systems, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the backbone of Fever's live-entertainment platform. We're seeking someone with proven software development excellence, a keen eye for code quality, and a drive to get things done right. Join us if you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are excited about pushing the boundaries of what's possible. This is an opportunity tohave real impact in a high-growth global category leader.

What will you do at Fever?

On your first month in Fever (Onboarding period):  

You’ll join a structured onboarding program designed to help you ramp up smoothly. During this period, you will:

• Meet your buddy and team, and get to know Fever’s culture and ways of working.
• Set up your local environment and become familiar with our Python-based stack, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud infrastructure.
• Learn about our architecture and observability tools while contributing small improvements and fixes.
• Have your first code running in production and a clear understanding of our delivery flow and processes.
• By the end of the onboarding, you’ll be ready to join your long-term squad and start contributing to larger initiatives.

After 3 months in Fever:

You’ll be confidently collaborating and delivering at full speed. You will:

• Design and implement end-to-end features within your squad.
• Participate in architectural discussions and propose improvements across our services and APIs.
• Work with event-driven systems and focus on performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Data, and other Engineering teams to enhance our platform and developer experience.

On your 6th month in Fever:

You’ll be fully established as a key contributor in your team. You will:

• Take ownership of core components and help evolve their architecture.
• Lead by example through code reviews, design sessions, and mentoring.
• Contribute to best practices in areas like scalability, observability, and system design.
• Drive continuous improvement and have a visible impact on how we build high-performing services at scale.
• Become an expert of your domain, using business context and technical excellence to drive strategic initiatives forward

About you

Must have skills:

• Strong knowledge of building maintainable and scalable code, applying testing driven development and design patterns.
• Strong knowledge of relational databases and SQL, taking it to its limits.
• Event streaming platforms such as Kafka or RabbitMQ
• Handling services with high concurrencies and high volume requests.
• Proficiency in using Datadog or other similar profiling tools and monitoring systems.
• Proficiency in business English.

Ideally, experience with:

• Python (Django/Fast API)
• PostgreSQL and Redis.
• AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes.

Benefits & Perks

• 40% discount on all Fever events and experiences.
• Home office friendly -  you can be based anywhere in Spain.
• Relocation package for international candidates.
• Responsibility from day one and professional and personal growth.
• Great work environment with a young, diverse team of talented people to work with!
• Health insurance and other benefits such as Flexible remuneration with a 100% tax exemption through Cobee's platform.
• English Lessons.
• Gympass Membership.
• Possibility to receive in advance part of your salary through Payflow.
• Attractive compensation package consisting of base salary and the potential to earn a significant bonus for top performance. 
  • Base Salary: 50.000 - 75.000EUR 
  • Total Compensation: 67.500 - 90.000EUR (Including Base, Variable, and Stock Options)

About the process

Fever aims to provide the best-fastest possible experience to our candidates. This is how it would look like:

• Talent Interview - 45 min: An intro to Fever, our culture and a conversation about your background and experience.
• Technical Interview - 1.5h: A mix of coding and system design real scenarios. 
• EM Interview- 1h: A behavioral conversation with an Engineering Lead around ownership, pact and team collaboration. 

Thank you for considering joining Fever. We cannot wait to learn more about you!

If you want to learn more about us: Fever's Blog | Tech.Eu |TechCrunch

Fever is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workspace where everyone's background and ideas count. Our main goal is to find the best possible talent regardless of place of birth, racial or ethnic origin, gender, gender identity, religion, opinion, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, marital status, age or caring responsibilities. We encourage everyone to apply!

If you require any kind of accommodation during the selection process please contact our Talent team so we can help you by providing a welcoming and seamless journey.

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