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TLDR: Cognyx is a fast-growing, VC-backed SaaS company revolutionizing Hardware engineering for the AI era. We're seeking a Senior Backend Developer with deep expertise in Laravel (11+), relational databases, and backend development (70-80% focus), along with proficiency in VueJS and Tailwind CSS for frontend work. This is a unique opportunity to join our Tech team and contribute to groundbreaking AI-driven tech, ensuring scalability, performance, and best practices while mentoring others. “I’m in!” Apply here ⬇
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📌 Location(s): ideally, mostly in-person in our Paris HQ near Bastille, with some WFH flexibility for Dev’s. Partial remote can be discussed. Full-remote not an option at our maturity stage (we highly value in-person collaboration for fast early-stage building!).
💶 Salary range: 55-75k€ + BSPCE (2nd batch, ≈ 0.4%) + intéressement bonus (up to 20% of annual salary upon reaching ARR milestones in 2025). Usual French perks. Quick salary progression, tied with fundraising and/or growth milestones.
📑 Type of Contract: French CDI (Contrat à Durée Indéterminée), usual SYNTEC branch perks.
👏 Direct reporting line: Co-Founder & CTO (Deon van der Vyver).
⏱️ Start Date: ASAP!
Our Ambition: To empower thousands of industrial and manufacturing companies to design and engineer hardware products at software speed!
Our Mission: Cognyx develops groundbreaking SaaS technology to accelerate time-to-market, reduce manufacturing errors, and streamline engineering processes. By leveraging Knowledge Graphs and AI, Cognyx enhances engineers' daily work by reconciling Product & Engineering data across different systems, facilitating faster collaboration, and automating engineering tasks.
Our Story: Cognyx is an early-stage, VC-backed tech company founded in Sept-23 by Matthias & Deon. We're partnered with OSS Ventures, a leading startup studio with a proven track record in the Manufacturing space, including category-defining companies like Fabriq and Mercateam. After rapid sales growth and securing major contracts, Cognyx has secured significant pre-seed funding from a major VC (to be announced) and renowned angel investors.
Our Values: At Cognyx, we're driven by Team Spirit (we succeed or fail together), Excellence (we strive for the best), and Sincerity (we value honesty and transparency).
Your team: as part of our early-stage engineering team, you'll work closely with our 8-10 person Founding Team, defining our technology, culture, value proposition, and processes. You'll also interact with our offshore development and DevOps teams. You'll report to Deon, our CTO, a seasoned founder with 25 years of tech leadership experience.