
Staff Backend Engineer
- Portugal
- Permanente
- Horário completo
- Big picture thinking. Able to align technical decisions with the organizational strategy and take 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.
- Strong background experience in Golang, Java/Kotlin, or PHP (preferred technologies). Flexible and capable of adjusting to changing projects.
- 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.
- 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.
- Recruiter Interview
- Head of Engineering Interview
- Live Coding Interview
- System Design Interview
- Permanent contract
- Salary + annual bonus up to 20% of your annual gross salary
- Work with and impact all OLX websites around the world
- Train and conference budget and free access to Udemy courses
- Health insurance and life insurance
- MacBook Pro or Windows Dell along with necessary accessories to make your work comfortable
- 100% remote work (and the possibility to work from our office in Lisboa)