Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer

📍 Estonia, Portugal | 🌍 Global Team | 💼 Full-time

Who We Are

At Katana Cloud Inventory, we know our strength lies in the diversity of our team. We’re a remote-first company with 100+ talented people from 23+ nationalities across 10+ countries, working together to make inventory management seamless for modern businesses.

We believe in building software that connects businesses with their products and people – this connectivity is at the heart of everything we do.

Since 2017, we’ve been helping companies worldwide get a real-time view of their inventory and production workflows. From mom-and-pop shops to multi-million-dollar brands, our customers rely on us to unify their processes and tools with intuitive cloud-based inventory software that just works.

To date, we’ve raised over $51 million from VC firms and angel investors who, like us, believe the inventory software space needs more love. As we continue to grow rapidly, we remain committed to equitable opportunities, fostering belonging, and driving innovation in everything we do.

Who Are We Looking For?

A Senior Software Engineer who ships reliable, scalable systems — and uses AI pragmatically to move faster. Strong fundamentals (design, data, testing), end-to-end ownership of complex work, and a bias for clear prompts, scoped context, and measurable results.

What You’ll Be Doing

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will:

🤖 Use AI agents for ideation, diffs, code generation and docs — and own the outcomes

🧩 Create and reuse task-focused agents/sub-agents with clear success criteria

🛡️ Configure and operate (or equivalents) to provide least-privilege, task-specific context and tools

⚙️ Design & build event-driven services that are resilient, modular, and easy to reason about (human & AI)

🔗 Define clean service boundaries & contracts to enable independent deployment

📈 Develop & optimise streaming and batch data pipelines; measure and improve performance

🔄 Own the full product development lifecycle: uncover problems, shape solutions, deliver working software, launch to users, and close the loop with real-world feedback

✅ Raise quality via TDD, comprehensive tests, CI/CD, and strong production observability

🤝 Partner with Product & Design to turn customer problems into simple, shippable solutions

🧑 🏫 Mentor teammates through reviews, pairing, and knowledge sharing; help set engineering standards

📣 Share your work proactively within Engineering and with the wider community

Who You Are

You’ll thrive in this role if you:

✅ Experience with event-driven architectures and distributed patterns

✅ Track record with high-volume data (streaming & batch) and performance tuning

✅ Hands-on with Node.js, Kafka, PostgreSQL, React, microservices

✅ Solid testing discipline (unit/integration/e2e) and observability skills

✅ Clear communication and documentation; you unblock others and land outcomes

✅ Practical use of AI coding agents (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code) for planning, implementation, refactors, and tests

🧩 Curious about or experienced in infrastructure engineering is a plus

Why You’ll Love Katana

🌍 Global, Remote-first – We are a connected and borderless team, embracing a remote culture that enables us to collaborate across time zones. With Katanauts in 10+ countries, we celebrate our diverse perspectives, fostering innovation and inclusivity no matter where we work. And if you prefer an office environment, we’ve got you covered—our cool office space in Noblessner, Tallinn is available for those who enjoy working onsite! (No pressure, no rules!)

🚀 Fast-growing Scale-up – Join a high-impact company scaling globally.

📚 Growth & Learning – We support continuous development with dedicated learning budgets for each team and company-wide growth opportunities, empowering you to expand your skills and advance your career.

🎉 Culture & Connection – Regular team events, virtual meetups, and offsites to foster community.

Salary & Benefits

💰 Competitive Compensation

📈 Employee Stock Option Program – We believe in sharing success, so everyone has the opportunity to be engaged and benefit from the fruits of our collective efforts.

🏖️ Time Off – We believe in work-life balance and taking time to recharge. We offer a minimum of four weeks annual + 3 paid health days

🌍 Sabbatical; Time to Reset and Explore – After four years with Katana, we celebrate your dedication by offering a well-earned sabbatical. Whether you want to travel, focus on personal growth, or simply take an extended break to recharge, this is your time to step away, reflect, and return refreshed.

Reasons to Celebrate – Getting older is a serious thing, so it calls for some serious celebration! Therefore, we give you your birthday off as a gift.

💡 Home Office – Being comfortable in your working space is essential, so we provide a home office stipend for you to ensure you have an environment to thrive in.

Health & Wellness – Health and Wellness are incredibly important to us, so you will be able to choose a package that works best for you!

💻 Tech & Tools – The best hardware and software to support your success.

Hiring Process

📞 Step 1: Screening Call – A quick chat to learn more about each other. (30 mins)

Step 2: Role-fit Evaluation Interview – This is an opportunity to get an idea of what to expect from your role and for us to see how we can best work together (60 mins)

🎯 Step 3: Engineering Talk – Deep dive into your experience and expertise. Plus, you’ve done amazing work to showcase your skills and experience, so let’s chat about it! (90 mins)

🤝 Step 4: Culture Add Assessment – Meet more team members and ensure mutual alignment. (45 mins)

📄 Step 5: Offer & Onboarding – Welcome to Katana! 🎉

Ready to apply? Hit the button below and let’s chat! 🚀