Backend Developer - Urgent

We are hiring an experienced Backend Developer to join our exceptional team at Perigee AB in Malmö.
Growing your career as a Full Time Backend Developer is a terrific opportunity to develop relevant skills.
If you are strong in communication, teamwork and have the right experience for the job, then apply for the position of Backend Developer at Perigee AB today!

At Perigee, we’re passionate about creating apps to help people all over the world feel better. A small but mighty team, we spend every day crafting the best wellbeing apps right from our cozy digs in central Malmö.

What we do

We’re on a mission to create science-backed healthy habits, helping millions of users take control of their fitness journey and improve their well-being with our 3 apps, Seven, Cycles and Halo.

Our apps are our sole focus, and we’re constantly creating new features to inspire healthy habits in people around the world. As a self-funded company with no corporate hoops to jump through, we always make decisions based on what’s best for our users. This means paying close attention to our craftsmanship, getting creative with new ideas and spending the time on getting things just right.

We’re looking for the best and brightest colleagues to join the team and help us make our apps even better. Keep reading if that sounds like you!

Who you are

As our Backend Developer you’ll have a wide range of responsibilities, so we’re looking for a generalist who can take on many roles. Rather than spending hours in meetings, you'll have a lot of time to focus on crafting the best solutions for our products, as well as being involved on the business analytics side of things. Here’s a little bit about you:

An independent thinker with good problem-solving skills who can share their perspective with the team.

You’re confident in your knowledge but always humble and eager to learn more.

A friendly co-worker, thoughtful in your approach to working and communicating with others.

What you’ll do

As a member of the backend team, you’ll:

Work in a lean and effective tech stack (Go, Postgres) with consistent architecture and code across our apps.

Implement game-like features such as live group activities, leaderboards and battle-royale style workout challenges.

Facilitate communications with our users from push notifications and email messaging, to maintaining and updating websites.

Play an active role in technical discussions amongst teams to find the best solutions for our apps.

Help build internal tools to support the user success team, AB feature testing and business analytics.

Maintain cloud-based environments, databases, deployment and day to day develops.

Enhance our subscription service platform and use data to drive business decisions through analytics.

We don’t expect you to know every technology in our stack, so we’re looking for someone with a growth mindset and the willingness to learn. It’s a bonus if you’re familiar with; Go, PostgreSQL, have experience with writing App APIs and you’re comfortable with working in a Linux environment.

What it’s like to work here

Our apps aren’t an extension of our business, for us, they’re the beating heart of it. That means we work with craftsmanship and care, but aren’t afraid of trying new things and going out on a limb to delight the people who use our apps.

At Perigee, we have a flat organization which means everyone’s voice matters! You’ll work with your team to choose your tasks, and you’ll be an important part of the decision making process, helping us steer the product in the right direction. With everyone’s contribution counting, we take pride in having a collaborative work environment that fosters our love of coming into work each day.

The charming seaside city of Malmö boasts a multicultural vibe and a thriving culinary scene, it’s also a cultural hotspot, buzzing with year-round festivals and performances. Our light and airy office space is a calm, low-distraction environment. Cozy meeting spaces and comfy couches make for the perfect spot for an afternoon fika, or to peruse a book from our library. We’ll help you grow your knowledge by ordering the books you want to read and finding the courses and conferences you’d like to attend.

Wellbeing is what we do, and we want to help you feel your best. That’s why we have monthly wellness activities as a team and we’ll nurture your personal fitness goals with an annual wellbeing allowance. Plus, work-life balance is a top priority for us, which is why we have flexible hours and the option to work from home when you need to.

If this sounds like something you’d be interested in, we’re excited to hear from you!

Benefits of working as a Backend Developer in Malmö:

● Company offers great benefits
● Company offers career progression opportunities
● Advantageous package

● Remote Work opportunity