Senior Backend Developer

With over 30,000 customers, including a third of Fortune 500 companies, Tempo is trusted by organizations across the globe to make their workflows work better.

We create a suite of integrated solutions for time management, resource planning, budget management, roadmapping, program management, reporting and more. We create the tech that enables the modern team to deliver – for every step from first vision to value.

Since our beginning in 2007 as a project to make a time-tracking tool to help a client – Tempo has expanded to become the #1 time management add-on for Jira, and we have developed and acquired a multitude of tools to become one of the most trusted names in the Atlassian ecosystem.

We want everyone to work better – but we also want to be a tech company with a heart. Join us as we continuously innovate our award-winning products, create new solutions, and help the world work smarter, not harder.

About the role:

We are looking for a passionate software developer to join our engineering team. You will collaborate with product managers, designers, developers, QA engineers, and technical writers to develop some of our flagship products – Tempo Timesheets, Capacity Planner and Financial Manager for Jira Cloud. The best fit for our team would be a person that wants to solve customers’ problems rather than just close issues in the task tracking system. With a passion for clean code and best practices, you’ll help shape the future of enterprise productivity tools.

What you’ll do:

• Write efficient, readable, maintainable, and testable code using Kotlin, Java, and other server-side languages and frameworks

• Create unit tests, sometimes integration and performance tests

• Review your peers' code

• Solve challenging problems with a great attention to user experience, security and performance

• Cooperate with product managers, designers, software developers, QA engineers, and technical writers to develop and maintain the best Atlassian plugins that are used by thousands of people in many big-name companies around the world

Who you are:

• Has 4+ years of experience in server-side development of commercial web applications in Java and/or Kotlin

• Experience with Typescript and the React ecosystem are a definitive plus

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related studies

• Working knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals: big-O, basic data structures, and algorithms

• Skills in designing APIs

• Has experience with building highly scalable distributed systems

• Has experience with Kubernetes and AWS

• Has experience with SQL queries and database performance, as well as experience with NoSQL technologies, such as MongoDB or AWS DynamoDB

• Ability to express thoughts clearly, including explanation of technical decisions

• Upper-intermediate spoken and written English

• Solid soft skills to communicate in a multicultural environment

• Ability to work autonomously and remotely without extensive control or micro-management, ability to start working without complete technical specification

• Ability to learn and have productive communication on topics which the candidate doesn’t know 100% in advance

• Ability to work with the teammates on elaborating technical specifications

• Experience with performance optimizations considered a plus

Why Join Tempo?

• Impact: Work on meaningful products that empower enterprise users and improve productivity.

• Innovation: Be part of a culture that values creativity and innovation, with opportunities to make a real impact.

• Collaboration: Join a supportive, collaborative UX team that values openness, communication, and a continuous learning environment.

• Growth: Opportunities for professional development, including conferences, courses, and mentorship.

What's In It For You (Org-wide)

• Remote First work environment

• Unlimited vacation in most of our locations!!

• Great benefits including health, dental, vision and savings plan.

• Perks such as training reimbursement, WFH reimbursement, and more.

• Diverse and dynamic teams with challenging and exciting work.

• An opportunity to have a real impact on our business.

• A great range of social activities (both in person and virtual).

• Optional in person meet-ups and the ability to travel to our international offices

• Employee referral program

• And so much more!

Note: As our hiring teams are global, please submit your resume in English only

Apply today to join the Tempo team and help shape the future of enterprise productivity software.

Join us at Tempo Software, where we proudly foster an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status