Software Engineer - C++

Peak season hiring adds several thousand seasonal workers each fall. Our fulfillment centres ship millions of e-commerce orders each month. Climate-controlled building, which matters in August.

The position:

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. The Software Engineer - C++ will build and maintain services, APIs and internal tools, working closely with product and design. Remote within Portugal. The team meets in Lisbon once a quarter, travel covered. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday. We ship you a laptop and accessories before your first day.

What you'll be doing:

• Improve the reliability of existing code instead of just adding features on top of it.
• Mentor junior engineers through pairing and code review.
• Break down product requirements into technical tasks and rough estimates.
• Work with product managers and designers to scope features and cut what isn't needed.
• Keep dependencies current and patch findings from Dependabot or Snyk.
• Review pull requests from teammates and give clear, specific feedback.

What you need:

• 3+ years of professional software development experience.
• BS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong skills in at least one of Python, Java, Go, C# or TypeScript.
• Familiarity with Git, pull request workflows and CI tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins or CircleCI.
• Ability to write clear technical documentation and explain decisions to non-engineers.
• Some exposure to AWS, GCP or Azure.
• Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL, including writing efficient SQL.

Nice to have:

• Kubernetes and Docker in production.
• Background in payments, fintech or another regulated domain.
• Event-driven systems using Kafka or RabbitMQ.
• Prior work at an early-stage startup.

Pay and benefits:

• Private health insurance.
• Flexible start and finish times.
• Training budget.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Please submit your CV in English.

Start: Immediately.

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