senior clojure engineer

DESCRIPTION

UKEESS Software House is seeking a talented Senior Clojure Engineer to join our team for a full-time position (remotely in Ukraine or in Lviv's office).

ABOUT THE PROJECT:

Our customer is on a mission to make it easy to bring people together – by helping them find the perfect place to meet, create, and celebrate. Their Airbnb-like marketplace connects users with the world's most unique spaces – from cozy lofts and rooftops to art galleries – available for meetings, events, and even film shoots. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company also has offices in Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago, and is backed by investors such as Foundation Capital, Structure Capital, Red Bridge Partners, and 31VENTURES. More than 2 million people have already used the platform – and the goal is to reach the next 10 million

Tech stack: Clojure / / MongoDB / Elasticsearch / Redis / Docker / Kubernetes / GCP

ABOUT THE TEAM:

You'll be joining a cross-functional, product-driven team that values open communication, collaboration, and engineering excellence. We work closely with the customer's product team – your opinions and ideas will directly influence product decisions and user experience improvements. We are looking for people passionate about building effective user experiences with high user engagement. You'll use modern design patterns and coding standards while helping migrate legacy code.

We maintain a supportive and transparent environment through:

• regular team syncs and code reviews,
• mentorship and knowledge-sharing sessions,
• and occasional (remote or offline) team events.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Creating reusable and testable code
• Deploying to production environments
• Interfacing with the Product team and providing insightful feedback
• Task breakdown into our SCRUM process
• Daily standups, weekly developer check-ins, and bi-weekly retrospectives
• Identify problem areas and improve them – both in-process and in code

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• 4+ years of commercial experience with Clojure
• Strong software engineering fundamentals, including knowledge of algorithms and data structures.
• Strong knowledge and experience with MongoDB or similar
• Understanding of the principles of large-scale system architecture
• Experience working within an Agile development environment
• English: Upper intermediate (both spoken and written)

Knowledge or experience with the following will be a plus:

• GCP services
• NodeJS
• containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

WHAT CAN WE OFFER OUR NEW COLLEAGUE?

• Full-time position in a highly professional team
• Competitive compensation (based on market data, but also depending on the technical level of the candidate)
• Flexible work schedule
• Individual approach to professional growth
• Free English classes (online)
• 3 health packages to choose from
• Annual paid vacation and state holiday celebration
• Lack of bureaucracy and micromanagement
• Foreign business trips (after the war)

Our office in Lviv has generators and stable communication in case of "no electricity". Also, you will have the:

• Modern, comfortable office facilities (a barbecue zone, kitchens, lounge rooms, coffee machines, etc.)
• On-site parking lot and charge station for Electric Cars
• Corporate gifts, celebrations, and fun activities
• Sports activities: ping-pong, soccer, workout

If you enjoy solving real-world problems, care about clean, efficient code, and want to see the direct impact of your work on millions of users – this is your kind of place.

CONTACT US

RECRUITER

Nataliia Bulbuk

LOCATION

TECHNOLOGY