Senior Software Engineer (Instilled Team @ Bridge) Hungary, Budapest, Remote

<p>Budapest, Hungary / Engineering / Full-Time</p> <p><strong>People Matter Most!</strong></p> <p>We are a global team of Engineers, Product Managers, Designers, and Program Managers across Hungary, the US, and many other countries. We help our customers create work cultures people love.</p> <p><strong>About the Product</strong></p> <p>GetBridge was founded to define, develop, and deploy world-class, easy-to-use software; and that’s what we do and will keep on doing. We make better, more usable tools for teaching, learning and career management, stuff people will actually use. Are you interested? Check this out: </p> <figure></figure> <p>So here are our questions to you:</p> <p><strong>Do you have a “Challenge Accepted” attitude? </strong></p> <p>You belong with us, if you:</p> <ul><li>You have at least 5 years of experience in backend development (if you are full-stack that is a plus one!)</li><li>You take ownership and initiative to solve challenging problems in an empowered environment. </li><li>You work on our tech stacks maintaining, developing and supporting mature applications and codebases.</li><li>You enjoy working with your team using lean product development. Make decisions, iterate and learn.</li><li>You’re not just self motivated to learn new things, but love to share your knowledge and help your team grow. </li></ul> <p><strong>Knowledge is power; are you armored?</strong></p> <p>Here’s our tech stack - what you will use:</p> <ul><li>Backend: Java/Kotlin+Spring, Ruby</li><li>Frontend: React & Typescript </li><li>CI/CD: GitHub Action, Spinnaker</li><li>Monitoring: DataDog, Opentelemetry</li><li>Cloud: AWS, S3, Aurora, EKS, Lambda, Pulsar</li><li>CMO: JIRA, Confluence, Slack, GSuite</li><li>Work machine: MacBook Pro</li></ul> <p><strong>Do you like things to be in balance?</strong></p> <p>Our offer focuses on your:</p> <ul><li><strong>Healthy work-life balance:</strong> We have a great office at Allee Corner Office where you are welcome, but there is no mandate to get to work on a regular basis. Our employees enjoy the freedom to manage their working hours.</li><li><strong>Personal growth:</strong> We want to bring out the best in you through several things, learning days, quarterly hack weeks, mentorship, career development plan and training opportunities from the first day.</li><li><strong>Financial stability: </strong>We offer you a competitive salary package (1.7 - 2.1M HUF gross / month depending on your seniority), bonus (based on the performance of the company), a comprehensive healthcare package provided by Medicover<strong>, </strong>SZÉP card, and other fringe benefits.</li></ul> <p><em>We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, colour, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.</em></p>

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Common Interview Questions And Answers

1. HOW DO YOU PLAN YOUR DAY?

This is what this question poses: When do you focus and start working seriously? What are the hours you work optimally? Are you a night owl? A morning bird? Remote teams can be made up of people working on different shifts and around the world, so you won't necessarily be stuck in the 9-5 schedule if it's not for you...

2. HOW DO YOU USE THE DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION TOOLS IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS?

When you're working on a remote team, there's no way to chat in the hallway between meetings or catch up on the latest project during an office carpool. Therefore, virtual communication will be absolutely essential to get your work done...

3. WHAT IS "WORKING REMOTE" REALLY FOR YOU?

Many people want to work remotely because of the flexibility it allows. You can work anywhere and at any time of the day...

4. WHAT DO YOU NEED IN YOUR PHYSICAL WORKSPACE TO SUCCEED IN YOUR WORK?

With this question, companies are looking to see what equipment they may need to provide you with and to verify how aware you are of what remote working could mean for you physically and logistically...

5. HOW DO YOU PROCESS INFORMATION?

Several years ago, I was working in a team to plan a big event. My supervisor made us all work as a team before the big day. One of our activities has been to find out how each of us processes information...

6. HOW DO YOU MANAGE THE CALENDAR AND THE PROGRAM? WHICH APPLICATIONS / SYSTEM DO YOU USE?

Or you may receive even more specific questions, such as: What's on your calendar? Do you plan blocks of time to do certain types of work? Do you have an open calendar that everyone can see?...

7. HOW DO YOU ORGANIZE FILES, LINKS, AND TABS ON YOUR COMPUTER?

Just like your schedule, how you track files and other information is very important. After all, everything is digital!...

8. HOW TO PRIORITIZE WORK?

The day I watched Marie Forleo's film separating the important from the urgent, my life changed. Not all remote jobs start fast, but most of them are...

9. HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR A MEETING AND PREPARE A MEETING? WHAT DO YOU SEE HAPPENING DURING THE MEETING?

Just as communication is essential when working remotely, so is organization. Because you won't have those opportunities in the elevator or a casual conversation in the lunchroom, you should take advantage of the little time you have in a video or phone conference...

10. HOW DO YOU USE TECHNOLOGY ON A DAILY BASIS, IN YOUR WORK AND FOR YOUR PLEASURE?

This is a great question because it shows your comfort level with technology, which is very important for a remote worker because you will be working with technology over time...