Senior Backend Engineer, Phrase
Cloud-based translation platform
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Cloud-based translation platform
201-500 employees
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201-500 employees
Company mission
To open the door to global business by giving everybody access to the content they need in the language they speak.
Role
Who you are
- Role Experience: Proven experience as a Senior Backend Engineer in a product-focused environment
- Technical Skills: Strong proficiency in Java and Spring Boot, with a solid understanding of software architecture and best practices
- Problem Solver: Strong analytical skills, capable of balancing technical challenges with business needs
- Communication: Excellent communication skills, able to articulate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical team members
What the job involves
- As a Senior Backend Engineer at Phrase, you will take a leading role in the design, development, and maintenance of cutting-edge localization solutions with a focus on machine translation
- Your responsibilities will include driving technical excellence, writing high-quality code, and collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to bring the product vision to life
- While your main focus will be on software engineering, you’ll also have the opportunity to contribute to architectural decisions and technical strategy
- Additionally, there are near future opportunities to grow into the role of a Tech Lead, where you will take on more responsibility in guiding teams and driving technical leadership
- You will work in close collaboration with Product Managers, Designers, and other Engineers to ensure we’re solving the right problems with the best possible solutions
- The Engineering Manager will support you in your personal growth, while enabling you to focus on technical expertise
- Software Development: Develop high-quality Java/Groovy backend services, ensuring scalability, robustness, and maintainability
- Collaboration: Work closely with technical and non-technical stakeholders to align on product vision and technical implementation
- Product Focus: Partner with Product Managers and Designers during product discovery to provide technical insights that shape the final solution
- Technical Excellence: Drive code quality, architecture, and testing practices, ensuring a scalable and maintainable codebase
- Problem Solving: Identify and solve complex technical challenges, balancing short-term product needs with long-term technical sustainability
- Mentorship: Act as a mentor to junior engineers, offering guidance on technical solutions and best practices
- Continuous Improvement: Foster a culture of learning and innovation by exploring new technologies and methodologies
- Opportunity for Growth: Be prepared for future leadership opportunities, such as taking on a Tech Lead role where you'll guide teams and drive technical decisions
- Collaborate with a team that values independence while enjoying the support of a larger organization
- Work in an environment with automated testing, deployments, static code analysis, and code reviews through GitLab
- Build solutions that scale—managing terabytes of data and serving tens of thousands of requests per minute
- Engage with rapidly evolving AI technologies
- Regular discussions with Infrastructure, AI Research, and other teams to shape the future of our engineering practices
- Enjoy regular support and coaching from a dedicated Engineering Manager
Our take
Even today, language barriers can hold businesses back from achieving their full potential. Phrase (from Memsource) solves this problem with its translation management solution. Its cloud-based platform offers efficient automated translation. Its AI-driven approach is mainly targeted toward enterprises that typically need to translate large volumes of text.
In 2021, Memsource acquired Phrase, officially unifying both its platforms (and brands) under one integrated suite. By doing so, it enables enterprises to seamlessly drive growth with a connected ecosystem of tools.
Phrase boasts an impressive client base with the likes of Uber, Shopify, Volkswagen amongst thousands of others. IT recently brought in impressive funding, which will be used to expand its global footprint through hiring world-class, international talent.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
20% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jun 2022
$16.6m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $16.6m
Company benefits
- 4 Phrase holidays where the entire company is off to celebrate our accomplishments and recharge
- Your birthday as a paid day off because we want to celebrate you, too
- Annual budget for your personal training and development, because if you grow, we grow
- Access to free language courses—we are a translation business after all!
- Travel budget to meet up with your team and build strong personal relationships in one of our main locations once per quarter
- 2 paid give-back days per year to support your local community, volunteer, and/or take part in charity events and activities
- Pet-friendly offices in Prague and Hamburg for our furry friends to bring us joy
- Bonus are available for all non-commission carrying roles, so everyone benefits from the company’s success
Company values
- Fully embrace diversity - We love being a diverse team spanning the globe and believe to our core that diversity is a moral, social, and commercial good. We’re committed to acknowledging the nuance of this topic, and are passionate about having real conversations to move it forward
- Teams built on respect - Respect is at the root of every relationship at Phrase—we respect each other, we respect our customers, and that respect drives trust. At Phrase, working as a team is the foundation of our success. A successful team requires people to assume good intent, be respectfully challenging, debate the facts not the person, be helpful—and above all, be accountable to one another. We believe strongly in the positive power of feedback, and we practice this together
- We show up to make a difference - Every person at Phrase should make a difference. We strongly encourage proactivity to drive high performance and boldness with experimentation to push our boundaries. Fearless innovation means being distinctive, having the freedom and courage to fail, always striving to be better than yesterday
Company HQ
New Town, Prague, Prague
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Leadership
David Canek
(Board Member)Previously worked as Sales Manager at Czech Telecom. Was Director of Product at NewsTin and a Partner at Czech Translations.
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