Senior Backend Engineer
Fuel Ventures, United Kingdom
Job Description
This is for a Fuel Ventures portfolio company: https://trunk.works/
About Trunk
Help us make construction better for our planet.
Today, construction contributes over 38% to global emissions. But the way we build is changing.
Pre-manufacturing buildings, where componentsthink Lego piecesare made in factories before being assembled on construction sites reduce emissions by 45%. This advanced, sustainable and efficient approach is growing around the world.
Trunk is on a mission to unlock the full benefits of prefab construction with Trunk’s AI scheduling amp; quality systemreimagining collaboration and enabling projects to be delivered 20% faster.
We’re early in our journey but we’ve covered a lot of ground; Trunk is revenue generating, scaling, backed by world-leading investors (including Fuel Ventures, Pi Labs and Blackhorn Ventures along with operators at; Apple, Google, Signal) with customers in the UK and US.
Our Culture and Values
Balancing effort and well-being:
We believe that dedication and hard work are essential for success, but we also understand the importance of maintaining a healthy work-life balance. We expect our team members to give their best each day, but we don't encourage working late evenings or weekends regularly. We're mindful of preventing burnout while acknowledging that commitment and effort can significantly impact a startup's success.
Focusing on backend excellence:
As a backend engineer, we expect you to prioritize the performance, reliability, and scalability of our systems. This includes optimizing database queries, ensuring efficient data processing, and implementing robust error handling. By focusing on backend excellence, you'll help us deliver a seamless and enjoyable user experience.
Embracing simplicity:
We focus our energy on delivering unique value by developing innovative solutions that haven't been done before. To achieve this, we opt for proven technologies and carefully consider any additions to our tech stack. We believe that simple, elegant solutions are often the most effective and efficient way to drive progress.
Collaboration and growth:
Our team thrives on collaboration, diversity, and mutual support. We foster an inclusive environment where everyone can learn, grow, and contribute their unique skills and perspectives. We value open communication, constructive feedback, and continuous improvement as key drivers of our collective success.
Passion for our mission:
We're united by a shared passion for making a positive impact on the planet through advanced, sustainable prefab construction. We're committed to pushing the boundaries of our industry and creating a better future for generations to come.
Specific Responsibilities
- Maintain Backend:Take ownership of maintaining, optimizing and evolving our backend infrastructure. Ensure its smooth operation, stability and reliability. Develop and optimize SQL queries to retrieve and manipulate the data efficiently in and out of Trunk’s CQRS-based Event-Sourced system
- Develop [Serverless Edge Functions](https://supabase.com/edge-functions): Develop serverless functions using JavaScript/Typescript
- Work with an event-driven system:*Help build event-driven services to help show what is going on on shop floors around the globe in real-time
- Assist with Infrastructure Tasks: Collaborate with the team to handle infrastructure-related tasks that may arise. This includes assisting with the deployment, monitoring and scaling of backend systems, ensuring efficient and effective operations
General Responsibilities
- You’ll be working across Trunk’s key products - helping deliver [the sustainable buildings of the future](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raW7j1tUTEIamp;t=98s) in ways that are simpler, safer and faster than yesterday
- You’ll contribute to our technical and product roadmaps and influence their direction
- Contributing new product ideas, providing accurate and relevant feedback to team ideation sessions, working as a team to achieve shared clarity and understanding of context and goals ahead of planning
- Providing feedback to help the team understand technical trade-offs at the design and planning stage, particularly with respect to technical debt, performance, scalability and security
- You’ll break down features and exploratory work into tasks, providing estimates for the team along with regular status updates
- You'll work with the team to implement new features, refine existing features and solve challenges creatively to ensure the best possible experience for Trunk’s hardworking users
- You’ll participate in code reviews and occasional pair programming with another developer.
- You’ll rotate with the rest of the engineering team to support