Stream·26 days ago
We are looking for a Team Lead to join our Chat team in Amsterdam! Stream uses Go for our video SFU & chat API. We power chat for many large apps like Strava, Nextdoor, Patreon, IBM, Adobe and Midjourney. In addition to Go, we use CockroachDB/Postgres, RocksDB, Raft and Redis.
We are willing to train you on Go if you’re experienced on a different tech stack (we have a 10-week internal onboarding program focused on Go, scalability etc.). Solid engineering experience and motivation to learn is more relevant than prior experience with the language.
This role is open to Amsterdam (relocation and Visa sponsorship available).
Hybrid policy: applicants based in the Netherlands or relocating here, are expected to work in the office in Amsterdam 3 times per week. Exemptions may apply to specific cases.
To get a feel for what we do you can have a look at our API tour: https://getstream.io/chat/get_started/
High scale/ difficult engineering
Default alive. Startup growth opportunity with healthy revenue
Strong engineering culture. Engineering is what makes us succeed
All managers are hands-on and capable engineers
Edge network of servers around the world
Great opportunity to learn and grow
Raised $58M from leading VCs (Felicis Ventures, Notable Capital, 01.Advisors, Techstars, Arthur Ventures), including backers like Dick Costolo (01 Advisors, ex-CEO of Twitter), Olivier Pomel (CEO of Datadog), Tom Preston-Werner (Co-Founder of GitHub), Nicolas Dessaigne (Co-Founder of Algolia)
This role requires at least 8 years of backend engineering experience and + 2 years of leadership experience. We’re looking with someone with experience in 2 out of these 3 areas:
Experience with Go
Scalability/database/Redis experience
Experience with SDK development/ React/Swift/Compose etc.
As a Team Lead, you’ll spend 60–70% of your time coding. The rest will be customer conversations and team management (performance reviews, one-on-ones, etc.).
You’ll manage 2-3 people during the first few months, and eventually ramp up to lead the entire chat team (12 people).
Bonus points for:
Experience with AWS or other cloud provider
Python (our AI runs on Python) and Rust experience
Message queues experience
Full text search experience
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
WebRTC experience
Salary Range: €100,000 to €160,000 EUR depending on Seniority level and location.
We are hiring across a variety of seniority levels, from Staff, Principal and Lead positions to Director-level roles and above. The exact budget will be determined based on your experience level and location.
Stream employees enjoy some of the best job benefits in the industry:
A team of exceptional (and friendly) engineers
The chance to work on OSS projects
28 days paid time off plus paid Dutch holidays
Company equity
A pension scheme
A Learning and Development budget
Commute expenses to Amsterdam covered or the option to use a company bike within the city
Fitness stipend
MacBook Pro
Healthy team lunches and plenty of snacks
A generous relocation package
An office in the heart of Amsterdam
Note: this list of job benefits applies to Netherlands-based employees and is adjusted per your location of residence.