Application Guide
How to Apply for Full stack senior developer
at Shayp
🏢 About Shayp
Shayp is an AI-driven water analytics company that helps buildings reduce water consumption by 22% through smart technology. Their mission combines environmental impact with cutting-edge tech, making it ideal for developers who want their work to have tangible real-world benefits. Based in Brussels, they're tackling a critical sustainability challenge with data-driven solutions.
About This Role
As a Full Stack Senior Developer at Shayp, you'll primarily focus on backend development (80%) while handling full-stack tasks, designing scalable features, and owning cloud infrastructure deployments. This role is impactful because you'll directly contribute to building the core systems that analyze water usage data and drive conservation efforts for buildings worldwide.
💡 A Day in the Life
A typical day involves designing and implementing backend features for water data processing, collaborating with the team on system architecture decisions, managing cloud deployments, and occasionally jumping into frontend tasks for their analytics dashboard. You'll spend most of your time ensuring their core systems remain stable while shipping new features that help buildings conserve water.
🚀 Application Tools
🎯 Who Shayp Is Looking For
- A backend-focused developer with 5+ years experience who prioritizes code quality and can design robust APIs
- Someone with hands-on cloud infrastructure experience (AWS preferred given their likely stack) who can independently manage deployments
- A pragmatic developer who balances shipping features quickly with necessary refactoring, especially important in a startup environment
- A candidate with React/Vue experience who can handle frontend tasks when needed, though backend is the primary focus
📝 Tips for Applying to Shayp
Highlight specific backend projects where you improved code quality or system stability - Shayp needs reliable systems for water analytics
Demonstrate experience with data-intensive applications or IoT systems, as they process building water usage data
Show how you've balanced rapid feature development with technical debt management in past roles
Mention any experience with sustainability or environmental tech projects to show mission alignment
Prepare to discuss specific cloud infrastructure decisions you've made (AWS services, deployment strategies, monitoring)
✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter
['Your approach to building stable, scalable backend systems for data processing', 'Experience with cloud infrastructure ownership and deployment automation', 'How you balance shipping features quickly while maintaining code quality', "Why you're specifically interested in applying AI/tech to environmental challenges like water conservation"]
Generate Cover Letter →🔍 Research Before Applying
To stand out, make sure you've researched:
- → Research Shayp's specific water conservation technology and how they use AI for analytics
- → Look into the building management/real estate tech space to understand their market
- → Investigate Brussels' tech startup scene and sustainability initiatives
- → Review any technical blog posts or case studies Shayp has published about their system architecture
💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics
Based on this role, you may be asked about:
⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Focusing too much on frontend experience when the role is 80% backend
- Generic cloud experience without specific examples of infrastructure ownership
- Not demonstrating how you balance speed with quality in past projects
📅 Application Timeline
This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.
Typical hiring timeline:
Application Review
1-2 weeks
Initial Screening
Phone call or written assessment
Interviews
1-2 rounds, usually virtual
Offer
Congratulations!