Experienced software engineer (f/m/x)

madewithlove

3d • Remote

About The Position

Madewithlove is seeking a full-time experienced software engineer (f/m/x) to join their 100% remote team. The ideal candidate will be adept at making complex systems understandable, comfortable working with legacy code and existing teams, and committed to delivering high-quality code according to the latest standards. Madewithlove assists tech start-ups and scale-ups in growing by developing high-quality applications and shaping client teams and their work methodologies. This role involves working on projects for Belgian and international clients, collaborating with hybrid teams, and contributing to a diverse and inclusive work environment. The company specifically encourages applications from underrepresented groups and is committed to an equitable hiring process.

Requirements

• Deep expertise in one or more of the core stacks: PHP (mostly Laravel), Python (Django, FastAPI), or JavaScript (React, Next.js).
• Comfortable working across back-end, front-end, and infrastructure.
• Ability to take a business problem, talk to stakeholders, and own the solution from ideation to release.
• Ability to write modern, high-quality code.
• Ability to deliver at speed by shipping small increments frequently.
• Ability to run work in parallel, where agentic development allows.
• Ability to make architecture, infrastructure, and technology choices that fit the problem, including at scale.
• Ability to build and maintain foundations: quality guardrails (testing, static analysis), delivery pipelines (CI/CD, feature flags), and observability.
• Ability to turn recurring work into reusable, version-controlled skills and tooling for agents.
• Good at software archaeology.
• Ability to delve into undocumented legacy code to uncover and document the hidden business logic.
• Ability to migrate codebases piece by piece without stopping the business.
• Ability to leave things better than found and drive initiatives to reduce technical debt.
• Live and work between UTC-01:00 and UTC+03:00 time zones.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in product/SaaS startup and scale-up environments.
• Experience in data engineering work: pipelines, warehouses, analytics, or machine learning.
• Enjoy sharing your thinking publicly, whether in writing or on stage.
• Contributing or have contributed to open-source software.

Responsibilities

• Protect company values in and outside the company.
• Embrace diversity, inclusivity, and equality.
• Communicate clearly, considering the audience.
• Respectfully push back on unrealistic deadlines and dangerous shortcuts.
• Provide honest, constructive, and actionable feedback.
• Actively search for information and challenge findings.
• Ask questions to gain knowledge.
• Document everything, including the 'why'.
• Integrate into existing teams, build trust by listening, and deliver value.
• Mentor and coach others.
• Continuously expand technical and non-technical knowledge.
• Share knowledge with colleagues and the public through various channels.
• Work independently and efficiently, as well as in a team.
• Fulfill promises, take ownership, and manage time flexibly.
• Take a business problem, talk to stakeholders, and own the solution from ideation to release.
• Engineer products, not just tickets.
• Write modern, high-quality code, and direct agentic coding tools.
• Deliver at speed by shipping small increments frequently.
• Run work in parallel where agentic development allows.
• Make architecture, infrastructure, and technology choices that fit the problem, including at scale.
• Build and maintain foundations for quality guardrails (testing, static analysis), delivery pipelines (CI/CD, feature flags), and observability.
• Turn recurring work into reusable, version-controlled skills and tooling for agents.
• Perform software archaeology: delve into undocumented legacy code to uncover and document hidden business logic.
• Migrate codebases piece by piece without stopping the business.
• Leave things better than found and drive initiatives to reduce technical debt.
• Identify which technical debt needs immediate fixing and which can wait.

Benefits

• Remuneration in accordance with the rest of the team and your experience.
• (Real) flexible working conditions tailored to your personal life.
• 25 paid holidays (20 free of choice and the week between Christmas and New Year) + 10 National holidays.
• A yearly company retreat.
• A group of enthusiastic colleagues spread all over the world!
• Ten per cent of your time goes to expanding the company's knowledge, experimenting, or (co-)creating things!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed