About Showpad

At Showpad, we empower others to be at their best. As a business, that means the Showpad sales enablement platform allows revenue teams to engage buyers through industry-leading training and coaching software as well as innovative sales content and engagement solutions. We provide sales and marketing with the software and support they need to enable their teams, drive more revenue and deliver incredible buying experiences.

Founded in 2011 in Belgium, Showpad is a team of more than 400 people working from our headquarters in Ghent and Chicago or regional offices in London, Munich, San Francisco and Wroclaw.

As an employer who understands the importance of diversity, we are committed to proudly representing the various identities of the communities in which we work and the clients that we serve. We have been recognized as a top workplace by Built In Chicago, Built In San Francisco and Inc. Magazine, as a top 10 software company in the Inc. 5000 Europe list and won the award for "Most Sustainable Growth Company" by Deloitte Belgium.

About the position

Showpad is looking for an eager Junior Cloud Native Engineer to join our User Activation team. Our ideal candidate is enthusiastic about working professionally in an AWS serverless environment to deliver communications services to our customers.

As a Junior Cloud Native Engineer on Showpad's User Activation team, you'll be working with bright colleagues in multiple tech disciplines to deliver AWS serverless solutions for notifications, emails, universal links, and more!

Key responsibilities as a Junior Cloud Native Engineer at Showpad

• Learn and adopt the latest language and framework advances in AWS Serverless.
• Use of technologies such as AWS Lambda (Swift and Typescript), API Gateway, Typescript CDK, and Pinpoint to deliver client message and notification solutions.
• Continuous deployment into tenant-secured environments and working on problems such as concurrency optimization and email sending domain customizations.
• Be a major contributor to an enterprise product that has over 50,000 active users and have a significant impact on their experience
• Work closely with our best-in-class cloud ops and backend engineers to continuously sharpen each other's skills through code reviews, technology guild days, pair programming and agile delivery methodologies

Skills and Qualifications we are looking for

• Proven interest, fundamental understanding, and experience with core AWS services (S3, EC2, IAM, Lambda, API Gateway) and backend development.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field / professional experience.
• Experience with at least one of the following languages: Java, Kotlin, Typescript, Javascript, Swift.
• Understanding of cloud native concepts including pros and cons of specific managed services.
• Familiar with IaC (infrastructure as code) concepts. CDK/Terraform/Cloudformation experience is a plus.
• Basic HTTP and REST API understanding.
• Exposure to reactive (Rx) programming concepts.
• Experience with dependency management systems.
• Knowledge or experience with Agile Software Development methodologies
• Understanding of common data structures and algorithms.
• Knowledge of backend core concepts such as queues, concurrency, and data storage.
• Understanding of NoSQL vs MySQL databases
• Recognizes the importance of unit testing, TDD, and code reviews.
• AWS certifications are a plus.

What you can expect from Showpad

We welcome every voice and are committed to building a truly inclusive environment where your differences are not just welcomed, they are celebrated. We're building a best-in-class experience for our employees and are always identifying opportunities to encourage our team to be their authentic selves. Whether that's paid parental leave, paid holidays (including Juneteenth and paid time off to vote), paid time off to volunteer at non-profit organizations, personal development opportunities or professional stretch assignments, you can expect Showpad to support you.

Showpad's Commitment

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive organization and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other dimensions of identity.

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