Backend Developer

 What you’ll do

You will work in a cross-functional team with your colleagues Viktoria, Daniel, Eric, Evelina, and Maria, to create and shape the future of our addressing platform. Your work will be focused on the backend services for the Addressya mobile app, our APIs and web apps.   

Tech at Addressya

JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, React, React Native, Firebase/Firestore, Google Cloud Platform, Android, CI/CD, ApiGee, RESTful services

We believe you

• have a calling to impact people’s lives for the better
• want to learn new things
• finish what you start
• care personally about your work and your colleagues

Requirements

• Experience with Javascript or Typescript
• Experience from non-relational databases, data modeling and developing mobile apps 
• Computer science degree or equivalent/self-taught 
• Know how to move technical discussions and solutions forward
• Have worked in agile environments before
• You enjoy working closely with customers, and care about the user experience, and look for ways to make the customer experience better  

Nice to have experience

• Designing, developing and deploying RESTful services
• CI/CD and QA
• as a Scrum Master or from Product Management

What we offer
We think that the possibility to change billions of people’s lives for the better is the biggest attraction for you to come work with us, but we also offer:

• Fast-moving startup culture, where you will have great impact on the product development and growth of the company
• Great potential for personal and professional growth through new challenges, working with like-minded peers and learning new things
• Possibility to grow your professional network through participation in start-up ecosystem events, conferences, accelerator programs, etc
• A hardworking, close-knit, English speaking team of 12 people from around the world, who enjoy each others company and take pride in growing together
• Chances to travel to East Africa and other places as Addressya grows
• Full-time permanent position
• Staff options program (Sw: personaloptioner)
• Lovely office in central Stockholm, near Hötorget metro
• Dog-friendly environment

Application

Interviews will be held continuously as applications come in. Successful applicants can start immediately or as soon as possible. 

About Addressya 

Our mission

Addressya is a Swedish company with an ambitious goal to improve a billion lives by providing access to opportunities, inclusion, partnerships, and trade through improved addressing. The platform was created in response to the fact that 4 billion people, businesses and governments worldwide suffer from the lack of addresses. 

Addressya makes it possible for anyone to create a precise, complete and easy to use address and share it with full control over their own data. For individuals it will always be free.  To businesses, we offer Addressing as a Service that gives companies access to good quality address data for increased transparency and efficiency.

Working at Addressya

We build our teams with “team makers”, who take full responsibility for own work, the team and the company objectives as a whole. You are never alone at Addressya, asking for help comes naturally to you, as does responding when others need your help. You enjoy using your skills and ideas to help to remove obstacles and bottlenecks for others and within the organisation.

If you are looking for a challenge, make a real difference and grow every day, this is the place for you. We provide a fun and friendly environment, where working outside your comfort zone is safe, challenging and fun.