We are on the lookout for a Senior Backend Engineer who wants to grow a career at OLX Group - one of the world’s fastest-growing networks of trading platforms, including brands like OLX, Avito, Letgo, among others.
For this role, you can choose between working remotely from anywhere in Poland or working from one of our offices based in Poznan and Warsaw.
About the team
Advertising is one the OLX Europe’s shared capabilities. OLX Europe consists of three Business Units (Motors, Real-Estate, and OLX) each with its own technology platforms, Product & Tech teams, and product roadmaps. The advertising team provides solutions that are consumed across the three Business Units, enabling paid advertisements to be displayed on multiple platforms (incl. Desktop and Mobile destinations).
When it comes to day to day work, here's what you'll find
- All systems running on AWS
- Active development of new solutions (NodeJS running on Lambda)
- Strong observability culture
- Massive-scale handling all internal communication for OLX inside 5 markets in Europe and 2 in Central Asia
- Lots of automation (GitLab pipelines)
- Engineers working on infrastructure-as-code alongside SREs
- A sane approach to short and long term planning
- Healthy work/life balance
Who we’re looking for
As a Backend Engineer, you:
- You are curious about user communication optimization, and have a growth mindset;
- You have significant experience with either Javascript or TypeScript;
- You have experience working with distributed and scalable solutions;
- You have experience in testing automation (unit testing, end-to-end testing);
- You are driven by testing out innovative ideas, taking a pragmatic view on the technology to use, to test and build them;
- You are eager to work proactively with the team on improving the overall way of working;
- You communicate effectively in English.
These are "nice to have" traits, but aren't strict requirements:
- Have experience with Serverless services like Lambda, Aurora Postgres, DynamoDB
- Have experience in AWS, technologies like SNS, SQS, S3, etc.
- Have basic knowledge in building CI/CD pipelines
- Have basic knowledge in Kubernetes, Terraform, CloudFormation;
- Have basic knowledge in observability platforms such as NewRelic
What we’ll give you
- A salary of 18 000 - 25 000 PLN (monthly, gross) + annual bonus up to 15%
- A diverse international team of passionate and talented engineers that work together to take each other to the next level
- A positive, get-things-done workplace
- A dynamic, constantly evolving space
- An inclusive environment that ensures we listen to a diverse range of voices when making decisions
- Ability to learn cutting edge concepts and innovation in an agile start-up environment with a global scale
- A flexible working environment where you can drive your outcomes
- Company mobile phone, laptop, and other tools you might need
- Open selection of training e-courses including MyAcademy, Udemy, and specialist AWS trainings