2 days ago
Lisbon, PortugalSenior
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve scalable backend microservices and product features.
- Own the quality, resilience, availability, low latency, consistency, and maintainability of team services throughout their lifecycle.
- Collaborate with product designers, product owners, and frontend, backend, and mobile engineers to deliver product innovations.
- Identify opportunities to improve engineering processes and document and advocate for development best practices.
- Fix bugs, refactor the codebase, and participate in Technical Week experimentation and knowledge sharing.
Requirements
- 7+ years of software development experience, specifically with object-oriented programming.
- 3+ years of experience working with customer-facing products, such as e-commerce, fintech, or SaaS products.
- Experience designing, implementing, and deploying backend services focused on high availability, low latency, and consistency.
- Good understanding of API design, SQL, and relational databases.
- Excellent English communication skills and the ability to collaborate, take initiative, raise concerns, share ideas, document work, and learn new technologies.
- Prior Ruby experience is not required, but candidates should be passionate about learning new technologies.
Benefits
- Competitive annual gross base salary depending on level, competencies, and experience.
- Meal Allowance Card stipend, health insurance from day one including dental coverage, work-from-home allowance, and commuting costs covered.
- Hybrid Lisbon arrangement with a minimum of two days per week at the Lisbon Hub; only candidates already based in Portugal are considered.
- Learning and Development initiatives, development plans, mentorship programmes, and an inclusive, queer-friendly workplace.
- €100 Catavoucher upon joining, €50 Catavoucher on birthdays, an extra annual day off to pursue a passion, and additional leave for work anniversaries and important life events.
- Amazing office in central Lisbon.
About Catawiki
Catawiki operates an online auction marketplace for special objects—art, design, jewelry, classic cars, and collectibles—curated by in-house experts. Buyers bid and sellers list through weekly auctions, with Catawiki earning commissions and fees on completed sales. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Amsterdam, the privately held company runs thousands of curated auctions each week, with over 100,000 lots offered weekly.