Software Engineer - API and Client Libraries

About the position

DeepL is a global communications platform powered by Language AI, on a mission to break down language barriers since 2017. We provide human-sounding translations and intelligent writing suggestions designed with enterprise security in mind, enabling over 100,000 businesses to transform communications and improve productivity. Our goal is to become the global leader in Language AI, building products that drive better communication and foster connections. We are looking for talented individuals to join our dynamic team and build their careers in the fast-moving AI space.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement and maintain new features for the DeepL API on our backend services, collaborating with multiple engineering teams
  • Develop and maintain open-source client libraries for the DeepL API in several programming languages
  • Contribute to monitoring the API services in production, e.g. by defining expressive metrics and ensuring informative logs

Requirements

  • Proficiency in a modern programming language with solid experience in backend development
  • Experience with the design of Web APIs
  • Solid understanding of algorithmic complexity and common data structures
  • Effective and pragmatic; able to weigh between 'perfect' and 'good enough' depending on priorities and business impact
  • Ability to explain complex ideas and designs to developers with a wide variety of experience and backgrounds
  • Fluent in English; knowledge of other languages is a plus
  • Comfortable with a hybrid working model and able to come into the New York office regularly (3x per week)

Nice-to-haves

  • Exposure to or familiarity with our tech stack (C#, React, TypeScript) or similar technologies would be beneficial but is not a strict requirement
  • Willingness and ability to learn new technologies quickly

Benefits

  • Diverse and internationally distributed team
  • Open communication, regular feedback
  • Hybrid work, flexible hours
  • Regular in-person team events
  • Monthly full-day hacking sessions
  • 30 days of annual leave
  • Competitive benefits
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