Lead Backend Engineer

Stream powers Chat, Video, Activity Feeds and AI Moderation for billions of global end-users across thousands of different apps like Strava, Bumble, eBay, Patreon and many more.

We are looking for a Lead Engineer to join our Chat team in Amsterdam!

We are willing to train you on Go if you’re experienced on a different tech stack (we have a 10-week internal onboarding program focused on Go, scalability etc.). Solid engineering experience and motivation to learn is more relevant than prior experience with the language.

This role is open to Amsterdam (relocation and visa sponsorship available). 

Hybrid policy: applicants based in the Netherlands or relocating here, are expected to work in the office in Amsterdam 3 times per week. Exemptions may apply to specific cases.

To get a feel for what we do you can have a look at our API tour: https://getstream.io/chat/get_started/

Why Stream?

• High scale/ difficult engineering

• Default alive. Startup growth opportunity with healthy revenue

• Strong engineering culture. Engineering is what makes us succeed

• All managers are hands-on and capable engineers

• Edge network of servers around the world

• Great opportunity to learn and grow

• Raised $58M from leading VCs (Felicis Ventures, Notable Capital, 01.Advisors, Techstars, Arthur Ventures), including backers like Dick Costolo (01 Advisors, ex-CEO of Twitter), Olivier Pomel (CEO of Datadog), Tom Preston-Werner (Co-Founder of GitHub), Nicolas Dessaigne (Co-Founder of Algolia)

About You

This role requires at least 8 years of backend engineering experience and + 2 years of leadership experience. We’re looking with someone with experience in 2 out of these 3 areas:

• Experience with Go

• Scalability/database/Redis experience

• Experience with SDK development/ React/Swift/Compose etc.

As a Team Lead, you’ll spend 60–70% of your time coding. The rest will be customer conversations and team management (performance reviews, one-on-ones, etc.).
You’ll manage 2-3 people during the first few months, and eventually ramp up to lead the entire chat team (12 people).

 Bonus points for:

• Experience with AWS or other cloud provider

• Python (our AI runs on Python) and Rust experience

• Message queues experience

• Full text search experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field

• WebRTC experience

What we have to offer you

Salary Range: €100,000 to €160,000 EUR depending on Seniority level and location.
We are hiring across a variety of seniority levels, from Staff, Principal and Lead positions to Director-level roles and above. The exact budget will be determined based on your experience level and location.

What we offer:

• The chance to work on OSS projects

• 28 days paid time off plus paid Dutch holidays

• Company equity

• A pension scheme

• A Learning and Development budget

• Commute expenses to Amsterdam covered or the option to use a company bike within the city

• Fitness stipend

  Note: this list of job benefits applies to Netherlands-based employees and is adjusted per your location of residence.

  Our culture

  Stream has a casual social culture, our team is diverse and we all have different backgrounds. Now, Stream is a team of over 140+ peers from over 37 countries across the globe.

  We value transparency, aim for excellence, and support each other on our way to new victories.

  Our team consists of the strongest talents worldwide, making Stream a great place to learn and improve your skills.

  When it comes to software engineering jobs, our culture is oriented towards ownership and quality: our goal is to deliver stable software.

  If you are interested in becoming a part of what we do, apply for this vacancy now!

Hybrid office policy: applicants based (or relocating to) one of our office locations are expected to work according to the applicable local office attendance policy.

Equal opportunity employer statement: Stream provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Note for external recruiters: We currently have this role covered and do not accept unsolicited agency resumes. We are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.