Senior Backend Software Engineer

Summary

Join Bloomreach's expanding Campaigns team as a Senior Backend Software Engineer! Work with a cutting-edge tech stack, implementing new microservices, managing high-throughput systems, and enhancing platform speed and reliability. Collaborate with engineering teams and product managers to ensure seamless integration. Utilize cutting-edge AI-powered solutions. The role offers a unique opportunity to combine technical expertise with a passion for customer experience enhancement. The salary starts at 3500€ per month, along with restricted stock units and other benefits. Work from one of our Central European offices or remotely on a full-time basis.

Requirements

• Proven experience in Go or Python engineering, system design, and maintenance in the area of campaign automation
• Demonstrates strong initiative, ability to work within a team, communication skills, and a commitment to continuous learning and improvement
• Proven experience in at least one of the following languages: Go or Python
• Solid understanding of microservice-oriented architecture and experience in building systems with high throughput and low latency APIs
• Familiarity with service orchestration and management (e.g. GKE)
• Experience with version control systems (Git) and CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with database management (preferably MongoDB and Redis) and event streaming (e.g. Apache Kafka)
• Demonstrates strong initiative and a proactive approach to problem-solving
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively within a team
• A genuine passion for learning new technologies and keeping up-to-date with the latest advancements
• A commitment to delivering high-quality work and a dedication to continuous improvement

Responsibilities

• Design & Deliver new features
• Ensure quality and performance of developed solution
• Support and Maintain owned components
• Translate business requirements for product features into technical specifications and design documents
• Collaborate with other engineering teams to ensure a unified software architecture
• Define and develop back-office API endpoints as well as high-performance serving endpoints
• Develop and implement high-throughput, scalable and reliable systems to support new features
• Deploy and monitor new features in production, ensuring seamless integration with existing systems
• Perform API testing, including unit tests, system tests and performance tests
• Implement monitoring systems and dashboards to track the performance of our systems in production, identify potential issues, and optimize for speed and cost efficiency
• Contribute to developing and implementing DevOps best practices within the team
• Maintain end-to-end features, encompassing microservices, back-office APIs, and high-performance serving APIs
• Provide ongoing support and maintenance for existing features, including troubleshooting issues, fixing bugs, and implementing enhancements
• Support our client-facing colleagues in the investigation of possible issues (L3 support)
• Document code, design decisions, and operational procedures to facilitate ongoing maintenance and knowledge sharing

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with integrating omnichannel communication such as Mobile Messaging, Emails, SMS/MMS, Push Notifications and Webhooks
• Interest in Generative AI and its applications

Benefits

• Salary starts at 3500 € per month
• Restricted Stock Units
• Flexible working hours
• Remote work
• Company events
• 5 paid days off to volunteer
• People Development Program
• Resident communication coach available for help
• Leader Development Program for managers
• $1,500 professional education budget annually
• Employee Assistance Program
• Subscription to Calm app
• ���DisConnect’ days (one additional day off each quarter)
• Sports, yoga, and meditation opportunities
• Extended parental leave up to 26 calendar weeks for Primary Caregivers
• Restricted Stock Units or Stock Options
• Company performance bonus
• Employee referral bonus of up to $3,000
• Rewards & celebrations for work anniversaries