ABOUT YOU SE & Co. KG
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LeadBackendEngineer
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“Lead Backend Engineer at ABOUT YOU SE & Co. KG. Skills: Backend Engineering, Data Engineering, API Development, Search Algorithms. Develop smart BI solutions. Manage extensive data volumes”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensure Search Engine delivers accurate results; Enhance user experience; Ensure systems serve customers best; Balancing speed and recommendation performance
Industry & Context.
Analytical skills; Problem-solving skills
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years experience building scalable APIs, Practical recent experience with typed programming language, Solid know how with SQL or No-SQL databases, Write well-structured efficient maintainable code, Actively keep code base quality in check, Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, Used to working in English-speaking agile environment, Raise the bar of software, Enjoy being responsible for product, Own product deeply, Push for own improvement ideas, Establish standards within profession, Establish standards during collaboration
Nice to Have
Experience with MPP data warehouse, Experience with centralized logging, Experience with monitoring, Experience with alerting solutions, Hands-on experience with cloud ecosystem, Integration with orchestration services, Experience with Elasticsearch, Experience with OpenSearch, Experience building Data Models using dbt, Experience running data processing pipelines, Hands-on Experience with Machine Learning Models, Hands-on Experience with LLM-based systems
What You'll Do.
Develop smart BI solutions
Manage extensive data volumes
Employ Google BigQuery
Integrate with BI systems
Build high-traffic APIs
Enhance high-traffic APIs
Ensure minimal latencies
Collaborate with developers
Collaborate with product managers
Collaborate with data scientists
Collaborate with analysts
Enhance current functionalities
Launch novel features
Draft architectural decisions
Explore new technologies
Design search algorithms
Implement search algorithms
Leverage NLP techniques
Optimize search results
Work with recommendation systems
Work with ranking systems
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Fellow engineers; Data scientists; Seasoned developers; Product managers; Analysts; Tech Lead; Engineers across team boundaries
Process & Methodology
Agile environment
Full Job Description
We are looking for a Staff Backend Engineer (all genders) to be part of the development of our data-driven systems, specifically one of the Search, Recommendations and Sorting teams. These circles are embedded in our circle cluster “Customer & Shop Intelligence”, which is in charge of driving a personalized and inspirational shop experience. There are multiple possible areas you could work on. One is designing and implementing search algorithms, leveraging NLP techniques, and optimizing search results for relevance and efficiency to ensure our Search Engine delivers highly accurate and comprehensive results, enhancing the overall user experience. Another option would be working at the heart of our recommendation or ranking systems with deep insights into the algorithms behind that. Within this, you will work together with fellow engineers and data scientists to ensure that the systems serve customers in the best possible way, balancing speed and recommendation performance. * 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 * Encouragement for innovative ideas and creations, a flat organizational structure, and rapid decision-making processes ensure ample room for contribution and growth * Draft architectural decisions together with our Tech Lead and explore new technologies ## Qualifications * 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
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