Get to know us

Ideals is a global B2B SaaS product company recognized as the most highly rated and customer-centric brand in the secure business collaboration market. Trusted by over 2,000,000 users from 175,000 companies globally, we are on a mission to create more prosperity in the world by accelerating high-stakes business decisions. We achieve this by delivering extremely intuitive and robust software products that help people make impactful decisions with less stress, higher quality, and shorter hours. Our key products include:

Ideals Virtual Data Room (VDR): A secure, cloud-based platform for sharing confidential documents during due diligence, fundraising, M&A, legal transactions, and other business-critical workflows.

Ideals Board: A platform for boards and executive teams to streamline governance and enhance decision-making in a fast, secure, and compliant way.

The role

The Ideals Virtual Data Room is a complex, multi-component platform, supported by an Engineering team of around 100 professionals, organized into 9 cross-functional teams – each owning specific areas of the product.

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join one of our Core teams – Sirius. The team is responsible for all aspects of file management challenges: diverse file conversions, advanced watermarking, AI-driven document classification, and seamless viewer experience. You will dive into high-impact projects, optimizing existing solutions, and pioneering new features in a dynamic product-driven environment.

In this role, you will play a pivotal role in improving existing services, supporting production environments, and developing new features while fostering a strong coding culture within the Ideals VDR product.

Team: 1 Senior Backend Engineer, 1 Backend Tech Lead, 1 Senior Frontend Engineer, 2 QA Engineers, Engineering Manager, Product Manager, Product and Content Designers.

Tech stack: .NET Framework 4.7, .NET 8, ASP.NET, Entity Framework, Web API, MS SQL Server / PostgreSQL, AWS, Docker/Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Git.

What you will do

• Participate in all phases of the SDLC as part of a cross-functional product team. This includes, but is not limited to, requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing (unit, integration, and service tests), building, deployment, and operation of new product increments, handling change requests, defect resolution, spikes, and proof-of-concepts
• Ensure high-quality solutions by maintaining acceptable test coverage aligned with the Definition of Done criteria
• Be a proactive team player, contributing actively to the group’s efforts to complete tasks and achieve goals
• Adhere to and drive modern software engineering practices through design reviews
• Engage in mentorship and knowledge sharing within the team and Engineering organization

What you bring

• Over 5 years of commercial experience in backend development using .NET Framework and .NET 6+
• B2 level proficiency in English, both spoken and written
• Solid understanding of the SDLC, along with software design and architecture principles
• Expertise in writing both unit and integration tests while ensuring that best practices for testing are integrated into every phase of development
• Expertise in API design principles, with a solid understanding of REST, RPC, including security considerations
• Experience with relational databases (preferably MS SQL Server / PostgreSQL)
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS is preferred)
• Product-focused approach, consistently striving to create value for users
• Strong sense of ownership, taking full responsibility for end-to-end development from design through to production support
• Proactive attitude and a growth mindset, with a strong orientation towards self-development and continuous learning

Nice to have

• Experience in product or SaaS businesses
• Experience with .NET 8
• Experience with AWS (SNS, SQS, S3) and Docker/Kubernetes
• Knowledge of security best practices in backend development

Our assessment process

• Screening call with the Talent Acquisition Specialist (30 mins)
• Technical interview and Live Coding (2 hours)
• Competency-based interview with the Talent Acquisition Specialist (60 mins)
• Interview with Hiring Manager (60 mins)