Backend Developer

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We're thrilled that you're considering a career at Kindly! Here's everything you need to know about this job. 🥳


🌟 What we want your help with:

  • You will be our fifth backend developer, and we want help to build stable services with good code. All our team members are senior developers, so we want you to learn from us, as well as bring new ideas and knowledge to the table.

  • We are building the world's most loved chatbot, using all the buzzwords (AI, LLM, ML, GPT-4, Gemini, etc).

  • We use AI both in the chatbot, but also on the platform side to help users build content.

  • We need you to bring your skills so we can keep building a product that competes at the top level against global competitors.

 

🌟 Some of our goals for the next 2 years

  • 200% increase in MAU in the chatbot Platform

  • 60% positive chatbot feedback from end users

  • Keep our position as the most user friendly Chat widget and Chatbot platform

  • Improve our Analytics and Insight tools to compete among the best

  • Reduce time spent on building bots by 60%

  • 35% of all chatbot sessions contain positive usage of an integration


🌟 Where we might stand out:

  • No tracking of hours (we believe in great work and trust)

  • Small team (16) with high output

  • Multiple deploys each day

  • 1-2 valuable features every week

  • Freedom and time to refactor and remove code debt

 

🌟 Some of our current stack:

  • Python with Django

  • NodeJs

  • React with Typescript

  • MongoDB

  • Postgresql

  • Elasticsearch

  • GCP

 

🟢 About Kindly:

Kindly is a growing SaaS company of 50+ employees, working out of Oslo, Stockholm, and Copenhagen. Our chatbot platform helps big businesses and organizations around the world to automate and deliver world-class customer service. We leverage AI, GPT and machine learning to build the world's most loved chatbot. We have over 140 incredible clients that include Elkjøp Nordic, Kahoot!, Voi, Norwegian and Happy Socks – just to name a few. Our tech reaches over one million users every month and we handle thousands of messages every hour.

 

🌟 What you will do:

As a Backend Developer on the Product team, your job will be to:

  • Research, develop, and improve.

  • Continuously improve the platform while looking out for new opportunities.

  • Be responsible for all the stages of the feature development cycle

  • Discuss ideas, design speccing, and workshopping

  • Complex problem-solving and coordination with other teams to deliver features

  • Release features to thousands of users

  • Freedom to work across the stack and have a lot of input on the areas you wish to focus on

  • Talk directly to customers (if you are comfortable with that)

 

🌟 Who we think you are:

  • 3-5+ years experience with backend development

  • Experience with either Python, Django, Nodejs, or Elixir

  • Experience with Postgresql, MongoDB, or other SQL/NoSQL databases

  • Commitment to the craft and the collaboration involved. Peer reviewing, and writing robust, reusable, and testable code.

  • Understanding of scalability and performance

  • Ability to lead or self-organize a project through the entire feature development life cycle

 

🌟 It’s a bonus if you have experience with:

  • DevOps

  • ElasticSearch

  • Kubernetes and Docker

  • CI/CD and automation

  • Terraform with a public cloud like AWS or GCP

  • High level knowledge of AI and ML

 

🌟 What we offer that might be more normal, but good to know:

  • Option to buy stocks at a discount

  • Modern offices at Grünerløkka, Oslo

  • All devs and designers are located in Oslo

  • Social stuff (parties, morning sauna, Friday beers, ping pong table, good vibes)

  • Flexible work hours and location

  • 2-day bi-monthly Hackathon during work hours

  • Personal development hours during work hours (10 hours /month)

 

More to tell, but let's do that if you find this interesting.