Senior Backend Engineer - HomeQ

Om jobbet

🏡 About us at HomeQ: As Sweden's largest marketplace for first-hand residential rentals, HomeQ stands at the forefront of bringing together home seekers and real estate companies. We're a fast-growing scale-up company acquired in early 2024 by the leading marketplace operator in the Nordics, Vend (previously Schibsted).

👥 Team Dynamics & Workstyle: At HomeQ, we believe in the power of collaboration and autonomy by using the Shape-Up methodology. Our teams are small, self-sufficient units comprising a backend engineer, a frontend engineer, and a product designer. Working on projects we call 'pitches', you'll be given the freedom to define, implement, and refine solutions in 6-week cycles. It's a place where your creativity can flourish and your solutions can transform the way people find homes and landlords find people.

🔧 Your Role & Experience: As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will be using Django as your main workhorse together with Postgres in the context of web development. This is a broad role where you will work with the full lifecycle of backend development, meaning writing clean code and making architectural decisions.

🎓Qualifications:

5+ years of experience in backend development

Knowledge in Python, Django, Postgres & Elastic

A computer science or related degree is a big plus but not a requirement if you acquired the knowledge differently

A good eye for details

Highly communicative and initiative taking

Why HomeQ?

Enjoy the pace of a fast growing scale-up while having the financial stability of Vend, the largest marketplace operator in the Nordics.

Solve a problem that everyone has a relationship with, make rental housing easier!

Work in agile, small autonomous teams where you'll have a large impact

Enjoy a work environment that values innovation and responsibility

Ready to make rental housing more accessible? Apply now and join HomeQ!