About the Tech Team
Technology powers everything we do at Dialectica – from communicating with clients and finding the most relevant expert profiles in just a few minutes to indexing and categorizing thousands of pieces of information every day. To do so, we have built our own proprietary web application that automates and optimizes the delivery of our market leading services.
To date, the team consists of 80+ people across Software Engineering, Product & Design, Tech Ops, and is expected to grow further in 2025. Being part of Dialectica’s Technology Team you will have the opportunity to help build tech products according to the requirements of our internal and external clients and share the company’s vision to roll out more information services software products in the future.

Technologies we use:

As a Senior Back End Software Engineer in Dialectica you will:

• Write well structured, testable, performant, secure code
• Review code and have your own code reviewed by fellow engineers
• Design new systems and improve existing ones following best practices and architectural patterns
• Be involved in the overall application lifecycle
• Be part of one of our cross-functional teams, with ownership over a specific Product area
• Be actively involved in all team ceremonies (daily stand-up, grooming, retrospectives), whiteboard sessions and bonding events.
• Be responsible for the good operation and monitoring of the back end systems the team owns
• Work closely with all team members (Product Manager, Front end Engineers, Software Engineers in Test) and build a relationship of trust and teamwork
• Get engaged with the product and aim to deliver great business value

Requirements
For a good fit in this role we expect candidates with:

• BSc/MSc in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
• 5+ years of proven experience in building Web Applications that are robust, maintainable and scalable
• Extensive experience with back end technologies and frameworks (e.g Ruby/Ruby on Rails, Go, Java, PHP, Python, Node JS/Express)
• Experience with microservices architectures and distributed systems
• Experience with SQL and No-SQL Databases (preferably Postgre SQL, Elasticsearch, Redis)
• Familiarity with message brokers (e.g. Rabbit MQ, Kafka, SNS/SQS)
• Deep understanding of software architecture and the software development life cycle
• Solid foundation and understanding of the Object-Oriented programming patterns and best practices (Design Patterns and SOLID design principles)
• A broad knowledge of the web platform as a whole (HTML5, CSS3, Java Script, HTTP/S, REST, web performance, web security)
• Proficiency in Git
• Good understanding of Dev Ops practices
• Agile development experience (SCRUM)

It would be great if you also have:

• Experience with Graph QL
• Familiarity with Domain-Driven Design

Our Values:

• Ownership
• Growth Mindset
• Teamwork
• Respect

Our Engineering Principles:

• Master your Craft
• Work for the Team
• Build for the Business
• Be Pragmatic

Fluency in English is a must

You feel you might not be experienced enough for the role or your experience is on different technologies?
Our team welcomes applicants who can demonstrate their eagerness to learn fast and cover any gaps in their experience or skill set and who are very interested in expanding their knowledge.
Therefore, do not hesitate to drop us your application!
Benefits

• Competitive base salary with additional performance incentives
• Coverage under the company’s collective health insurance plan
• Learning and development opportunities (e.g. onboarding, Mini-MBA, on-the-job training, Udemy courses and many others!)
• Hybrid work model & extra personal/flex days and paid volunteer days a year for your favorite cause
• Company sponsored team-bonding events
• Weekly health & wellness activities (e.g. basketball, football, yoga, running), gym discounts, healthy breakfast, snacks and beverages
• Entrepreneurial culture and amazing coworkers!

About Dialectica
Dialectica is an information services company that shapes better decision-making worldwide. We partner with the world’s leading investment and consulting companies, enabling them to collect real-time information and market insights from industry experts across markets, industries, and regions.
Guided by our mission to achieve unparalleled customer recognition, we are building the most trusted and innovative knowledge-sharing platform in the world. Every day we work on our aspiration to be a truly industry-leading organization by attracting and cultivating ambitious talent based in Athens, London, New York, Montreal and Vancouver. We plan to have a strong presence across the world with more than 1,200 team members in the coming five years.
Dialectica has been recognized as one of Europe’s fastest-growing companies for 2022 and 2021 by the Financial Times as well as the 9th Best Workplace in the region. It is also named a Best Workplace and a top employer in Greece in 2022, 2021 and 2020 by the Great Place to Work Institute.