Backend Engineer | Mid - Senior | UCP team

Job description

## **The world’s most advanced VPN, and a whole lot more.** If you’re a curious problem-solver who carves their own path, join the team behind Threat Protection Pro, the NordLynx protocol, and the fastest VPN on the planet—tools that put privacy, security, and control back in people’s hands. **Your impact?** Helping millions take back control of their online security, privacy, and data. ## **Main responsibilities** - Build and continuously improve a sophisticated User Control Panel that encourages user trust and loyalty for continuous recurring growth; - Develop and maintain a high-quality codebase; - Seek to improve code and performance constantly; - Mentor colleagues on web development best practices & provide technical guidance; - Exercise influence on the overall vision and long-range goals of your team; - Perform R&D operations whenever required; - Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes. ## **Core requirements** - Proven experience working with GO and/or PHP; - Proven experience building microservices and knowledge of microservices patterns; - Understanding of OOP principles and good code design; - That you know a thing or two about API design; - Good MySQL knowledge; - That working with Git is nothing new to you. ## **Tools You Will Use** - Golang - PHP; - Kubernetes - MySQL; - Redis; - RabbitMQ; - Grafana. ## **What We Offer** - **Sharpen your edge:** training, mentorship, and room to grow — always. - **Take the time you need:** extra vacation days, sick days, and time off when life calls. - **Get premium healthcare:** private health insurance in Lithuania and Poland — fully covered. - **Protect your peace:** enjoy free subscriptions to Calm, Headspace, and Mindletic, and our own resilience and mindfulness trainings. - **Own your fitness:** in-house gyms, sport cards, online workouts, and personal guidance — on us. - **Pack your bags for workation:** experience our company-wide trip abroad to the fullest. - **Work from anywhere:** work from wherever keeps you in the zone. - **Celebrate your milestones:** birthdays, weddings, and new family members — all deserve a gift. - **Parent with ease:** children’s summer camps and flexibility around the schedule — because parenting never pauses. - **Join the party:** team building and company events people talk about for months. - **Unlock Cyber City:** coffee bar, open gyms, kids’ room, music room, massage chairs — our Vilnius HQ is yours to enjoy. *Kindly refer to our* [*Privacy Notice for Recruitment Candidates*](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b2tV684_SYV1jQ4kuf91cnzrRBk3ef-5/view) *for comprehensive information regarding our data handling procedures throughout recruitment processes.* *We expect all candidates to provide accurate and complete information during the recruitment process. While limited use of AI tools to refine application materials is acceptable, candidates remain fully responsible for ensuring that their submissions reflect their own qualifications, skills, and experience. Any failure to do so may negatively affect participation in the recruitment process. If broader AI assistance is allowed for a particular role or stage, we’ll let you know in advance.* *By submitting your application, you acknowledge that it may be processed using automated tools for evaluation purposes. As part of our recruitment process, we may use an AI-based application review tool to help assess applications based on skills and experience relevant to the role. This technology is used to support - not replace - human decision-making, and every application is ultimately reviewed by a recruiter.* *If you would like more information about how AI is used in this process or wish to exercise your rights under applicable data privacy laws, please contact us at* [*privacy@nordaccount.com*](mailto:privacy@nordaccount.com)*. Should you prefer to opt out of the automated evaluation, please submit your application directly to* [*career@nordsec.com*](mailto:career@nordsec.com)*.*