Lead Software Engineer
Python
Lead Software Engineer
ShopRunner
Kraków
Type of work
Undetermined
Experience
Senior
Employment Type
Permanent
Operating mode
Office
Tech stack
Python 3
PostreSQL
web framework
Kotlin
JavaScript
Job description
WHAT’S IMPORTANT ABOUT US:
Globally, at ShopRunner, our mission is to help retailers thrive by sparking and deepening connections between shoppers and the brands they love. We are part of an international structure, not being a corporation, but stable organisation staying flexible and listening to our customers. We are working with US colleagues from Chicago, Conshohocken and New York on a daily basis, supporting ShopRunner US members who receive exclusive benefits such as free 2-day shipping, free returns, 2-click checkout and special promotions across our network of 140+ retailers.
Locally, we are working in Cracow in an engineering team of 20+ members, having great things to do. Complex e-commerce solution in the process of building new experiences for American customers needs top-notch talent. We trust each other and truly believe that partnership style of co-working is the most mature one. From a technical point of view, we are a group of smart people, who are sensitive team players with huge hunger of knowledge and skills.
WHAT YOU’LL DO:
- You’ll be driving technology and architecture decisions across our code stack. We’ll be looking to you to help create, test and deploy solutions that integrate seamlessly, all at scale
- Analyze and evaluate existing technologies in order to plan and lead architectural improvements
- Scale our service architecture and embrace approaches such as 12 factor, Microservices, and well formed APIs
- Research, recommend and implement new technologies
- Mentor other engineers
WHAT YOU NEED TO HAVE TO START ON THIS ROLE:
- 7+ years’ experience as a change agent making architectural and/or language decisions in software development. We love Polyglots who know several languages and like the right tool for the job.
- Experience communicating and convincing key stakeholders of technological change
- Professional level of Python skills
- Expertise in at least one more programming language, such as Kotlin or JavaScript
- Expert in key programming concepts like memory management, optimization techniques, API design, relational mapping frameworks, and distributed applications.
- Experience working with web frameworks such as Spring, Django/Bottle/Flask
- A solid understanding of database concepts and experience writing SQL in a relational database such as MySQL or PostgreSQL
- Experience optimizing larger applications to increase speed, scalability, and extensibility.
- Self-starter who can move projects forward by filling in the gaps on Agile teams, from leading a design session to doing some test automation, to mentoring a teammate struggling with a new technology.
- Experience working with AWS and Docker
WHAT YOU WILL GET FROM US:
- Great partners to work with - sharp engineering minds working on challenging project to advance ecommerce ecosystem in US
- Great projects to work on in an atmosphere of mutual trust
- Development budget (6k PLN/year) to further grow your technical skills
- Free lunches and breakfasts in our fully-equipped kitchen in our new office
- No fruity Wednesdays and chocolate Fridays - we have snacks, fresh fruits and whatever you need, all the time
- Benefits like life insurance, sport card and private healthcare on us
- Recruitment process based on communication and containing strengthening developmental feedback (one remote technical meeting and one onsite in our office - both in English)
- Salary compensation: 22-28k PLN gross (on the employment contract)
- We want you to bring your whole human self to work every day. We accept you for who you are and consider everybody on an equal opportunity basis without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
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