Senior Backend Engineer

About the company

Rapport is an innovative platform that integrates AI with animated digital characters, enabling engaging and meaningful interactions across various platforms. Designed to empower content creators, Rapport enhances audience engagement by allowing seamless, personalised interactions with digital characters anywhere in the world. The platform is a natural evolution of Speech Graphics, an award-winning company based in Edinburgh, Scotland, known for its pioneering AI-driven facial animation technology in the video game industry.

With a culture that thrives on collaboration, creativity and pushing technological boundaries we are committed to providing a workplace where people can grow, innovate and make an impact. Our teams are diverse, passionate and driven by a shared goal of building groundbreaking products that shape the future of digital animation.

If you are a Senior Backend Engineer who is excited by the challenge of building scalable systems, working with complex algorithms and contributing to products that are used globally, we would love to hear from you!

The role

We are seeking a talented and motivated Backend Engineer to join our team in Hungary, to work in one of our international, cross-functional teams. As a Backend Engineer, you will be responsible for developing mission critical, scalable and robust applications. Your expertise in concurrent computing, containerization and distributed systems will play a crucial role in delivering high-quality and reliable services to our customers. This position requires both a deep understanding of backend technologies, and a basic knowledge of cloud technologies and services of the major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure).

If you are a highly motivated and experienced Backend Engineer with a passion for building scalable, high-performance systems in a collaborative and dynamic environment, we encourage you to apply and join our innovative team at Speech Graphics.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs using Go.
• Build and maintain cloud-based applications, ensuring high availability and fault tolerance.
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code, following best practices for software engineering.
• Contribute to architecture discussions, designing system components that are robust and scalable.
• Monitor and troubleshoot production systems, ensuring reliability, performance, and security.
• Collaborate with other Software Engineers, QA Engineers and Managers to ensure the development of the right solutions aligned with project goals.
• Stay current with industry trends and technologies, particularly in Go, cloud platforms, and streaming.

Please note the above is illustrative, not exhaustive. Accordingly, there may be a requirement to undertake additional duties, consistent with the level of the post, as directed by management.

Requirements

Qualifications/ memberships or equivalent 🎓

• A bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field; a master's degree or higher is preferred - or equivalent work experience

Experience, skills and knowledge ✍️

• Several years experience specific to Backend Development
• Experience in developing concurrent applications
• Proficiency in Go
• Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes

Personal qualities & attributes 💥

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex backend issues
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Commitment to continuous learning and staying updated with the latest advancements in cloud technologies and industry trends

Additional 💻

• Legal right to work in Hungary
• Ability to communicate in English fluently

We are looking for a candidate with a thirst for knowledge, that is looking to grow their career in a fast-paced startup.

Benefits

This position will join an incredibly talented and diverse workforce as part of a pioneering and visionary technology start-up. In return you can expect:

• Additional paid leave over the festive period (full company closure)
• Annual Learning and Development budget
• Anonymous health and wellbeing platform
• Flexible working location

Other Info

Please note this role is Budapest, Hungary based and applicants will require legal right to work in this location. We expect that you will work in-office on a regular basis in order to collaborate with the team.

Our Budapest office is centrally located with plenty of local amenities and transport links.

At Speech Graphics we value our staff and treat everyone with respect and without discrimination. We are commited to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from a diverse and multicultural workforce.