Lead Backend Engineer (all genders)

We are looking for a Lead Backend Engineer to join the Search, Recommendations and Sorting teams within the Customer & Shop Intelligence cluster. The role involves designing search algorithms, building BI solutions with NodeJS/TypeScript, managing data with BigQuery, and building high-traffic APIs.

• Designing and implementing search algorithms, leveraging NLP techniques, and optimizing search results for relevance and efficiency
• Working at the heart of recommendation or ranking systems with deep insights into the algorithms behind that
• Develop smart BI solutions utilizing NodeJS with TypeScript
• Manage extensive data volumes efficiently, employing Google BigQuery and integrating seamlessly with Business Intelligence systems
• Build and enhance high-traffic APIs, ensuring minimal latencies
• Collaborate closely with seasoned developers, product managers, data scientists and analysts to enhance current functionalities and launch novel features
• Draft architectural decisions together with our Tech Lead and explore new technologies

• 5+ years experience in building scalable APIs (e.g. using node.js, Python or Go)
• Practical & recent experience with a typed programming language (e.g. TypeScript)
• Solid know how in working with SQL or No-SQL databases
• You write well-structured, efficient and maintainable code and actively keep the quality of the code base in check
• You have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• You are used to working in an English-speaking and agile environment
• You raise the bar of the software you work on
• You enjoy being responsible for a product, owning it deeply and as well push for own improvement ideas to work on within the team
• You establish standards within your profession, as well during collaboration with fellow engineers across team boundaries

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