Offer summary

Qualifications:

Experience with large-scale web applications and scalable systems design., Strong coding skills and computer science fundamentals., Effective communication skills in English, able to explain complex concepts to diverse teams., Proven technical leadership and mentoring abilities..

Key responsabilities:

Align engineering efforts with high-value problems and drive impactful technical changes.

Collaborate across teams to manage and reduce technical debt.

Develop and maintain scalable global platforms with high performance.

Participate in product design, code reviews, and advocate for quality and security.

Job description

At OLX, we work together to build a more sustainable world through trade.

We make it safe, smart, and convenient to buy and sell cars, find housing, get jobs, buy and sell household goods, and more. Our colleagues around the world help to serve millions of people around the world every month, through its well-loved consumer brands including OLX, Otodom, Otomoto, Standirtual, Imovirtual, or Property24, among many other brands.

Join Our Team as a Staff Backend Engineer!

Join one of our cross-functional teams in Motors, Real Estate, OLX Classifieds or Platforms, working remotely from Poland. Are you someone who is craving scalable problems and dealing with optimizations?You'll work with a creative, critical, and well-organized team from the comfort of your house but as close as we have ever been!You will play a key role in enabling our organisation to scale efficiently.

Who we are looking for:

- Big picture thinking. Able to align technical decisions with the organizational strategy and taking ownership of technical direction while influencing without direct authority.

Critical Thinker and Self-Starter. Identify what needs to be done to achieve unit goals and take initiative.

- Effective Communicator. Explain complex technical concepts in English to diverse teams and influence decisions for greater impact.

- Scalable Systems Expertise. Experience with large-scale web applications, an economic-thinking mindset and being able to design well-bounded future-proof domain systems, aligned with the business objectives.

- You have strong Coding and Computer Science Fundamentals. On average you will be expected to develop new ideas and review others’ work for ⅔ of the time.

- Skilled Technical Leader and Mentor: Guide and support engineers by setting a strong example. As a Staff Engineer, you are a role model, leading through your actions and expertise.

- Deep Technical Expertise. Skilled in CI/CD, RESTful APIs, AWS, databases, and one or more of the following: high-performance scalable systems, monolith-to-microservices migration, or taxonomies.

What you will be doing:

- Aligning Engineering with High-Value Problems. Work closely with product and engineering leadership to propose initiatives and drive impactful technical changes.

- Collaborating across teams, guiding senior developers in managing and reducing technical debt.

- Building and scaling Global Platforms. Develop and maintain products with billions of page views per month, ensuring scalability and performance.

- Solving Complex Technical Challenges. Work with engineers across European offices to deliver solutions that impact millions of users.

- Owning and Improving Development Processes. Participate in product design, write and review code, and advocate for quality, security, and performance with a DevOps mindset.

- Collaborating and learning with the OLX Engineering community.

Our Hiring Process:

1). Recruiter Interview

2). Head of Engineering Interview

3). Live Coding

4). System Design

Our Benefits:

- Monthly salary and an annual bonus - Tax deductible costs up to 80% of your salary

- Training and conference budget and free access to Udemy courses

- A benefits package with 500 points on the Mybenefit platform per month, private medical care provided by Luxmed, Ask Henry services, and much more

- 100% remote work (as well as the possibility of working from our offices in Poznan and Warsaw)

If you think this is the role for you, send your application in English and let’s talk!

If you'd like to learn more about us take a look around our careers page and the OLX Group website. Follow us on Linkedin and check out our OLX Group Engineering Blog and Twitter Tech.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at OLX

OLX values diversity and welcomes applicants of all races, ethnicities, disabilities, ages, genders, sexual orientations, religions, backgrounds, and experiences to apply.If this role excites you, we encourage you to apply, even if you don’t meet all the requirements - you may be just the right fit for this or other opportunities with us!

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