Backend Engineer (.Net) - Board

Get to Know Us

Ideals is a global B2B SaaS product company recognized as the most highly rated and customer-centric in a secure business collaboration market. Trusted by more than 1,000,000 users from 175,000 companies globally, we are on a mission to create more prosperity in the world by accelerating high-stakes business decisions. We achieve this by delivering extremely intuitive and robust software products that help people make impactful decisions with less stress, higher quality, and shorter hours:

Ideals Virtual Data Room: A web-based cloud platform used by companies in a wide range of industries to ensure secure confidential document sharing for online due diligence, fundraising transactions, corporate reporting, licensing, clinical trials, and other business goals.

Ideals Board: A cloud platform with web and mobile applications used by board members, CEOs, executives, and corporate secretaries, to streamline governance and improve high-stake decisions in a fast, secure, and compliant way.

The Role

As our product grows, we are looking for a Backend Engineer (.NET) to join us remotely from Ukraine. In this role, you will play a pivotal part in developing new features, improving existing services, and supporting production environments, while fostering a strong coding culture within the Ideals Board product.

You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product, DevOps, and customer support, while reporting to the Engineering Manager to ensure timely and high-quality feature delivery. We’re looking for a proactive Backend Engineer who doesn’t just execute tasks but actively contributes by challenging product decisions, understanding the broader impact, and helping shape the direction of the work. Your expertise will drive product development, support the adoption of modern technologies, and ensure best engineering practices are followed.

Tech stack: 

.NET 6,8, PostgreSQL, Entity Framework, AWS, Microservices architecture, Elasticsearch, GraphQL

What You Will Do

• Participate in all phases of the SDLC as part of a cross-functional product team. This includes, but is not limited to, requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing (unit and integration tests), building, deployment, and operation of new product increments, handling change requests, defect resolution, spikes, and proof-of-concepts.
• Provide high quality of solutions by maintaining the test coverage for the product on acceptable level according to the Definition of Done criteria.
• Be a team player, actively contribute to their group in order to complete tasks, meet goals.
• Learn and develop yourself by performing the thoughtful code reviews for colleagues.

What We Look For

• Product-focused approach, consistently striving to create value for users.
• Proactive attitude and a growth mindset, with a strong orientation towards self-development and continuous learning.
• Over 2 years of commercial experience in backend development using .NET 6+, Entity framework
• Solid understanding of the SDLC, along with software design and architecture principles.
• Expertise in API design principles, with a solid understanding of REST, RPC, including security considerations.
• Experience with relational databases (preferably PostgreSQL) and/or NoSQL databases.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS is preferred).
• Expertise in writing both unit and integration tests while ensuring that best practices for testing are integrated into every phase of development.
• Proficient in Docker and Kubernetes, with the ability to create and maintain Helm charts.
• B2 level proficiency in English, both spoken and written.

Nice To Have

• Experience in product or SaaS businesses will be a significant differentiator.
• AWS Certification.

Our Interview Process

We believe in competency-based interviews combined with work samples and we share clear expectations for each element. Our interview assignments simulate what it’s like to work at Ideals and the type of tasks you’ll tackle. Here are the stages of the interview process for this role:

• Screening call with the Talent Acquisition Specialist (~30 mins)

• Technical interview + Live coding with a Tech Lead (2 hours)

• Competency-based interview with the Talent Acquisition Specialist (90 mins)

• Hiring Manager interview (~60 mins)

What We Offer 

We highly value our people, so we will provide you with all the resources and support you need to succeed.

For your work

• Remote-first model with teams distributed globally 

• Home office set up budget 

• High-end laptop, monitor and any additional IT equipment needed

• Reimbursement of co-working space expenses

For your well-being

• Medical insurance with flexible coverage

• Compensation for sports, yoga, mental, and other health and wellness-related activities

• Reimbursement of participation in sports competitions

• 20 business days of paid time off per year (*for Ukraine B2B contract)

• Unlimited health-related time off

For your growth

• Individual Development Plan based on your career interests 

• Generous budget for learning and development activities

• Professional and self-development books and subscriptions compensation

• Ideals’ support of your passion as a speaker or writer

• Internal growth and internal mobility opportunities

Extra perks

• Team-building offline events

• Budget for local gatherings in global locations

• Generous internal referral program

Our Culture

Commitment, Excellence, Collaboration, Trust and Care are core values to the Ideals team. For us, these are the principles that every Idealer lives and breathes. We are on the lookout for like-minded individuals who share our values. By doing so, we are able to create a team where talents feel at ease and are able to work to the best of their abilities.

Commitment and Excellence inspire us to set the bar high, achieve the most ambitious goals and push the limits further. Our diversity and different perspectives are the foundation of our success. Collaboration and Trust ensure that everyone has access to all the information, proactively shares thoughts, and leverages the teammates’ diverse opinions, experiences, and backgrounds. Both values help us to solve the most challenging problems. Care drives us to create a positive work environment and make everyone feel valued. We also stand for Idealers’ physical, mental, financial, and personal well-being and encourage a healthy lifestyle and active living.

Idealers work in a remote-first model, meaning we collaborate from anywhere – either home, cafe, co-working space, or one of our offices. Some roles may have specific location-based requirements, including in-office and client interactions. Despite being located across the globe, we stay connected through the latest tools and technologies, ensuring that everyone on our team feels surrounded by teammates and engaged with our common goals.

Ideals is an equal opportunity employer

Ideals is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles. We embrace diversity and invite applications from people from all walks of life. We don’t discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, or citizenship.

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