Backend Engineer (Node.js)
Location Katowice, POLAND
department PRODUCT
Type full time
ABOUT FOOTBALLCOFootballco is a global, football focused, digital platform with an ambition to own the entire non-live football landscape worldwide and become THE digital destination for all football fans across the globe.
Combining some of the most forward-thinking minds in football, an award winning creative and production function, as well as digital platforms that are loved by 400m fans globally, FC aims to own the digital fan ecosystem across the world’s biggest sport.
With 300 permanent employees across the world, FC is a diverse, disruptive, brave, dynamic, agile and fun organisation. Our work-hard, play-hard attitude supports these values – with the football fan always front of mind, leveraging a world class tech platform and our track record (since PERFORM) of being first to market.
We connect fans to football and brands to fans, come join us and be a part of it!
ABOUT THE ROLEOur current focus is to revolutionise our brands: Goal.com and Voetbalzone.com therefore we are looking for a Backend Engineer who will be responsible for:
Development of goal.com backend and dedicated services for specific markets
Solving problems that arise as the scale of products increases
Working with sports data
YOU’VE GOT TO HAVE THESE ESSENTIALS TO DO YOUR JOB WELL…Knowledge of JavaScript, Typescript and Node.js
Knowledge of MySQL
Knowledge of GIT
Experience in building services in AWS cloud
Creativity and problem-solving skills
Fluency in written and spoken English (min. B1)
Ability to communicate technical ideas to others
NOT ESSENTIAL BUT GREAT IF YOU ALSO HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF...GraphQL
REST
RabbitMQ
Redis
Akamai
Terraform
Docker
Quality assurance
CI/CD
PHP
Football Enthusiasm – because everything we do starts with the fan
BENEFITS INCLUDE... Annual Bonus!! - Up to 10% (UoP)
Newest, high quality Macbook + peripherals
Fully remote or office work available to all employees in technology
Elastic work hours
Contract of employment (UoP) or B2B
Work in an Agile environment, on high impact projects with an experienced & knowledgeable team
Innovative Culture - bring your best self forward, no suggestions are disregarded
Strong engineer influence, minimal corpo culture impact, bottom up approach
Educational & development resources
Opportunity to participate in grassroots initiatives such as Smile Squad, Social Squad, Sports Squad, Wellness Squad and implement your own ideas within their operation
Birthday Bonus - extra day off
MultiSport card with access to thousands of sports & culture facilities
Employee pension scheme (Pracowniczy Program Emerytalny)
Co-financed private medical & dental insurance - Medicover
Financial compensation for ‘Refer a Friend’ scheme
FC aims to own the digital fan ecosystem across the world’s biggest sport. From kick off to the final whistle, we want to own the football space... be a part of it!
Footballco is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, colour, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category.