ABOUT YOU SE & Co. KG
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StaffBackendEngineer
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“Staff Backend Engineer at ABOUT YOU SE & Co. KG. Skills: Staff Backend Engineer, data-driven systems, Search, Recommendations and Sorting, Customer & Shop Intelligence, designing and implementing search algorithms, leveraging NLP techniques, optimizing search results, recommendation or ranking systems, NodeJS with TypeScript, Google BigQuery, high-traffic APIs, scalable APIs, typed programming language, SQL or No-SQL databases. designing and implementing search algorithms. leveraging NLP techniq”
What You'll Achieve.
ensure our Search Engine delivers highly accurate and comprehensive results; enhancing the overall user experience; ensure that the systems serve customers in the best possible way, balancing speed and recommendation performance
Industry & Context.
excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years experience in building scalable APIs, Practical & recent experience with a typed programming language, 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
Nice to Have
Experience in working with a MPP data warehouse, Experience with centralized logging, monitoring, and alerting solutions, Hands-on experience with a cloud ecosystem and integration with orchestration services, Experience with Elasticsearch or OpenSearch, Experience building Data Models using dbt, Experience of running data processing pipelines using distributed data processing frameworks, Hands-on Experience with Machine Learning Models or LLM-based systems is a plus
What You'll Do.
designing and implementing search algorithms
leveraging NLP techniques
optimizing search results for relevance and efficiency
working at the heart of our recommendation or ranking systems
Develop smart BI solutions utilizing NodeJS with TypeScript
Manage extensive data volumes efficiently
integrating seamlessly with Business Intelligence systems
Build and enhance high-traffic APIs
ensuring minimal latencies
enhance current functionalities and launch novel features
Draft architectural decisions
explore new technologies
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate closely with seasoned developers, product managers, data scientists and analysts; work together with fellow engineers and data scientists; collaboration with fellow engineers across team boundaries
Communication Scope
English-speaking 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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