Remote Backend Engineer (Golang)
Lisbon, Portugal
OLX – Engineering /
Full-time /
Remote
WELCOME TO OLX
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, Otomoto, Property24.
Join OLX and see how far you can go.
We are seeking a Backend Engineer to join one of the OLX teams. Open to a Full Remote setup, you currently need to be residing in Portugal.
About the job
As an engineer in our team, you'll be reporting to one of our Engineering Managers and collaborating closely with other engineers and SREs, product team, data analysts, and an engineering manager while building one of the newest distributed systems we have in the company.
Our systems are built with Golang or Kotlin and they run on AWS.
You Will:
- Contribute technically to projects and take part in the planning, execution, and success of complex technical projects.
- Be part of a team and establish credibility with the quality of your own and your team's technical execution.
- Encourage the team to innovate, invent, implement and deploy complex software solutions.
- Ask questions, brainstorm and own the product we are building.
- Work closely with the product management team to ensure we're building the best products for our users.
You Have:
- Worked well in multi-functional teams.
- Believe in self-aligned teams and the "you build it, you run it" philosophy.
- Passion for architecting, building, and scaling cloud-based systems, serving millions of users.
- Ability to debug and optimize code and automate routine tasks.
- 3+ years of experience with Golang.
Our Benefits:
- Being an OLX colleague brings many rewards, such as competitive salary, a world-class training and development program, flexible working options and many more location-based benefits which for this role include:
- Flexible benefits plan
- 3 extra vacation days
- Health Insurance (extendable to family)
- Life Insurance
- Remote or hybrid monthly allowance (incl. transportation supplement)
- Meal Allowance
- Urban Sports subscription (pack M)
- English & Portuguese Classes
- Marriage Bonus
- New baby bonus
- Discount website
- Welcome pack
At OLX, we unlock value in our people. We invest in ourselves and each other to reach our full potential. We avoid bureaucracy and empower our teams to innovate; with opportunities, training and leadership behaviors a focus for all. Our commitment to inclusion ensures we listen to a diverse range of voices when making decisions. And, we combine the spirit and agility of a startup with our global scale and the backing of Prosus, one of the largest consumer internet groups in the world.
We also unlock value for our stakeholders. We are proud of the positive contribution we make to our planet, by enabling more conscious consumption and helping the world make the most of its limited resources through more efficient trade.
And last but not least, we love to unlock value for our customers. Every single month, over 300 million people use our platforms to easily, safely, and conveniently find their perfect home, buy or sell a car, find a great job, sell things they no longer need, or strike a great deal on something they need. And we help thousands of entrepreneurs and businesses find their customers too.
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Why join OLX?
At OLX, we invest in ourselves and each other to reach our full potential. We avoid bureaucracy and empower our teams to innovate; with opportunities, training, and leadership behaviors a key focus for all. Our commitment to inclusion ensures we listen to a diverse range of voices when making decisions. And, we combine the spirit and agility of a startup with our global scale and the backing of Prosus, one of the largest consumer internet groups in the world.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at OLX
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