Staff Backend Engineer

Summary

Join OLX as a Staff Backend Engineer and work remotely from Portugal, contributing to scalable platforms used by millions. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, focusing on optimization and aligning technical decisions with organizational strategy. The role requires strong coding skills, experience with large-scale web applications, and expertise in technologies like Golang, Java/Kotlin, or PHP. You will be responsible for building and scaling global platforms, solving complex technical challenges, and improving development processes. This position offers a permanent contract, annual bonus, health and life insurance, a MacBook Pro or Windows Dell, and 100% remote work.

Requirements

• Big picture thinking. Able to align technical decisions with the organizational strategy and take ownership of technical direction while influencing without direct authority
• Critical Thinker and Self-Starter. Identify what needs to be done to achieve unit goals and take initiative
• Effective Communicator. Explain complex technical concepts in English to diverse teams and influence decisions for greater impact
• Scalable Systems Expertise. Experience with large-scale web applications, an economic-thinking mindset, and being able to design well-bounded future-proof domain systems, aligned with the business objectives
• You have strong Coding and Computer Science Fundamentals. On average, you will be expected to develop new ideas and review others’ work for ⅔ of the time
• Strong background experience in Golang, Java/Kotlin, or PHP (preferred technologies). Flexible and capable of adjusting to changing projects
• Skilled Technical Leader and Mentor: Guide and support engineers by setting a strong example. As a Staff Engineer, you are a role model, leading through your actions and expertise
• Deep Technical Expertise. Skilled in CI/CD, RESTful APIs, AWS, databases, and one or more of the following: high-performance scalable systems, monolith-to-microservices migration, or taxonomies

Responsibilities

• Aligning Engineering with High-Value Problems. Work closely with product and engineering leadership to propose initiatives and drive impactful technical changes
• Collaborating across teams, guiding senior developers in managing and reducing technical debt
• Building and scaling Global Platforms. Develop and maintain products with billions of page views per month, ensuring scalability and performance
• Solving Complex Technical Challenges. Work with engineers across European offices to deliver solutions that impact millions of users
• Owning and Improving Development Processes. Participate in product design, write and review code, and advocate for quality, security, and performance with a DevOps mindset
• Collaborating and learning with the OLX Engineering community

Preferred Qualifications

Strong background experience in Golang, Java/Kotlin, or PHP

Benefits

• Permanent contract
• Salary + annual bonus up to 20% of your annual gross salary
• Work with and impact all OLX websites around the world
• Train and conference budget and free access to Udemy courses
• Health insurance and life insurance
• MacBook Pro or Windows Dell along with necessary accessories to make your work comfortable
• 100% remote work (and the possibility to work from our office in Lisboa)