Junior Software Engineer (Backend) - Remote

Overview

SurveyMonkey is the world’s most popular platform for surveys and forms, built for business—loved by users. We combine powerful capabilities with intuitive design, effectively serving every use case, from customer experience to employee engagement, market research to payment and registration forms. With built-in research expertise and AI-powered technology, it’s like having a team of expert researchers at your fingertips.

In Short

• Building and maintaining user and team management services across multiple data-regions.
• Contributing to the core authorization platform for permission management.
• Supporting and improving authentication workflows.
• Collaborating with frontend and backend teams for feature development.
• Writing clean, maintainable, and efficient code.
• Identifying and fixing bugs while optimizing performance.
• Participating in code reviews and implementing feedback.
• Fostering a culture of collaboration, testing, and mentorship.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in backend application development.
• Experience with Python and web frameworks like FastAPI, Flask, Pyramid.
• Basic knowledge of SQL databases; experience with Elasticsearch is a plus.
• Understanding of Restful APIs.
• Familiarity with version control systems (Git preferred).
• Basic understanding of software design patterns.
• Expertise in designing and building world-class services and APIs.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Helm Charts, and Terraform is a plus.
• Experience with messaging and streaming frameworks like Kafka, Apache Spark, etc. is a plus.
• Excellent communication skills to work with co-located and remote teams.
• A growth/data mindset in approaching challenges.

Benefits

• Flexible, hybrid work environment.
• Opportunity to grow in a global company.
• Engagement in meaningful work and building connections.
• Programs to help employees thrive in work and life.