Senior Backend Engineer

At Litmaps, we’re on a mission to accelerate scientific discovery, and we’re looking for an excellent Senior Backend Engineer. This is a senior role for an experienced technical specialist who will enjoy the challenge and the responsibility of leading the backend development and support. You’ll design, build, and test APIs for the Litmaps API Service and other server-side services. You will work closely with other team members to design and implement database schemas and algorithms. You will build and maintain processes and secure practices, supported by thorough documentation. You’ll be an integral part of our team with a lot of autonomy in decision-making.

If you’re strategic, hands-on, love autonomy, and thrive in a space where creativity meets collaboration, we’d love to hear from you. We consider candidates as applications come in so please apply as soon as possible.

Let’s build something that champions good science! 

Think you’d be a good fit for the role and our team? Would you like to use your skills to accelerate scientific progress? Is a small and tight startup team attractive to you?  If so, we’d love to hear from you. Please apply here through the app, share your CV, and tell us about awesome projects you’ve worked on and tough problems you’ve cracked in a cover letter. We don’t use any automated systems in screening and value human voice, so feel free to be candid and casual in your application. 

At Litmaps we are always looking to hire the best talent and recognise that diversity in our experiences and backgrounds is what makes us stronger. To reduce unconscious bias in our recruitment we will redact names, gender, and age and ethnicity-related information in the first round of selection before the interview. To help us do that, please do not follow up on your applications directly with the leadership team. If you need to speak to someone, please email alsu@litmaps.com.