BACKEND SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Who we are at Catawiki we come across exceptional objects such as these every day.
Catawiki is the leading online marketplace to buy and sell special objects.
We offer over special objects in auction every week each reviewed and selected by one of Catawikis hundreds of inhouse experts specialised in Art Design Jewellery Fashion Classic Cars Collectables and many more.
Weve sold 10 million unique items to date and its our mission to become the worlds most popular auction destination for special objects.
Were an innovative pioneering and fastgrowing scaleup.
If you think you can make a difference to our team go ahead and apply.
About the Job On our path to becoming the most visited online curated marketplace for special objects our Engineering team is on a mission to deliver the best experience across our platforms by building bestinclass products for search & discovery bidding curation logistics payments and support.
Were a scaleup with customerfacing challenges dealing with highscale (75k auctions per week) and high traffic (more than 10 million visitors per month).
As a Software Engineer youll support one of our 3 verticals Demand Supply or Fulfilment improving and delivering product innovations for our platform.
Working in small fully autonomous and highly collaborative Agile teams you will build scalable maintainable and resilient microservices and features.
Thats why we are looking for bold curious and open developers! Are you ready to join What you will do Build.
Design develop test deploy maintain and improve.
Youll be part of a team that is endtoend responsible for their own microservices.
Collaborate.
Work closely with product designers product owners front back and mobile engineers to share new ideas and make our processes even more efficient.
Growth.
Support our great engineering culture by documenting and advocating for best development practices constantly improving the quality of our products by fixing bugs and refactoring the code base where necessary.
Learn.
Boost your career by testing new technologies and participating in our Technical Week a week dedicated to promoting creativity (after 2 product sprints) innovation and knowledge sharing across domains.
What youll bring As Software Engineer you already understand the full life cycle of web development and see opportunities in front of you.
Youre curious solutionoriented and have a strong customer focus.
Our stack is mainly focused around Ruby however if youre passionate about learning new things then prior experience with Ruby is not essential.
Next to this.
At least 4 years of experience with customerfacing products in related industries e.
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ecommerce fintechs SaaS At least 4 years with software development in specific OOP (objectoriented programming) Experience designing implementing and deploying backend services with a focus on high availability low latency and consistency.
Good understanding of APIs design Familiarity with SQL and relational databases Excellent communication in English Comfortable raising concerns sharing new ideas documenting and finding opportunities for solution alternatives.
As a passionate engineer you bring these values to Catawiki.
You strive to be a great team player and dont shy away from new challenges.
You are someone who takes initiative and is ready to jump in and help if needed.
You possess a growth mindset in which you take the initiative to further your personal skill set as a software developer whether by learning new skills and/or technologies or by seeking new opportunities.
Where youll be This role is based in Lisbon Portugal.
We offer an excellent relocation package for people living outside of Portugal.
Heres what we can offer you This is your chance to join our mission to fulfil peoples passions as part of a young and dynamic organisation.
Youll be part of an enthusiastic highlymotivated team of 800 Catawikians.
Additionally you can expect.
A challenging role in a diverse international and fastgrowing organisation with over 50 nationalities.
Regular fun activities both on and offline e.
summer parties boat rides and regular team events.
Great secondary benefits including a holiday allowance and a fantastic pension plan paid for by Catawiki.
Hybrid ways of working between home and office.
We offer remote and activitybased working suited to the team and individual responsibilities We care about our teams wellbeing and offer a holistic wellbeing programme including our Employee Assistance Programme offering clinical services singlesession therapy wellness support and more.
Tailored learning and development opportunities to support your personal and professional growth; We want to help you celebrate special occasions in life by.
providing employees with a 100 EURO Catavoucher upon joining and 50 EURO birthday Catavouchers; Extra days of annual leave for work anniversaries at 3 5 8 and 10 years; Additional leave allowances for important life events such as moving engagement & marriage; Each year Catawikians get an additional days leave to Pursue their Passion! Please note that our benefits offering changes depending on which country you are employed in.
For our countryspecific offering please ask your recruiter.
Our commitment to you Catawikis eclectic team represents an international and intergenerational mix of people from different professional and cultural backgrounds.
We foster an inclusive and queerfriendly work environment committed to making every Catawikian feel welcomed and empowered.
Whatever your story we encourage you to bring your unique perspective to the table.
Catawiki stands with Ukraine and encourages people displaced by the current conflict to apply.
In addition to the several initiatives weve launched were open to ideas on ways we can continue to support the humanitarian effort.
Our offices and way of working We have sensational offices in Amsterdam Groningen Paris and our newest office in Lisbon.
Most of our employees are within commutable distance of one of our office locations and enjoy a hybrid work model.
This means we expect you to be in the office 2 out of 5 days roughly 40% of your working time to collaborate and connect with each other.
The exception is of course if the job description specifically states that the role is 100% remote as some experts and sales positions are.
Interested Apply directly with an English CV and cover letter by submitting your information at the bottom of this page.
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