Associate Software Engineer

More than 11,200 employees work on the product, from search ranking to fraud detection. Traffic during holiday peaks can reach ten times normal levels, and the platform is built for it.

POSITION SUMMARY

This is a new role. The team has doubled in size over the past year. Nobody expects you to know every framework. We want someone who writes clear code, tests it and asks good questions. This is a hands-on coding role on software used by a few hundred thousand people. Expect code review, design discussions and a fair amount of debugging. Our headquarters is in Madrid, and about a third of the team works remotely from other countries. Employment is through our payroll partner in the US. Salary is paid monthly in USD. Working hours overlap with Central European Time. A quiet workspace and good internet are required.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Migrate older modules out of the monolith where it makes sense
• Review pull requests from teammates and give clear, specific feedback
• Design, build and maintain services in Python, Go or Java that handle real customer traffic
• Take part in an on-call rotation (roughly one week in six) and help resolve production incidents
• Break down product requirements into technical tasks and rough estimates
• Maintain REST and gRPC APIs used by internal teams and outside partners

QUALIFICATIONS

• 1+ years of professional software development experience
• Strong skills in at least one of Python, Java, Go, C# or TypeScript
• Comfortable working in Linux and on the command line
• Working knowledge of testing practices: unit, integration and contract tests
• Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL, including writing efficient SQL
• Familiarity with Git, pull request workflows and CI tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins or CircleCI
• BS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

Salary: $97,000-$114,000/year

WHAT YOU GET

• Paid sick days
• Monthly internet allowance
• Public holidays observed per your country
• Performance bonus
• Health insurance through our employer-of-record partner

Start: Within 30 days.

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