Catawiki

Backend Engineer

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18 hours ago
Lisbon, PortugalSenior

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve scalable backend microservices and product features.
  • Own the quality, resilience, and maintainability of team services throughout their lifecycle.
  • Collaborate with product designers, product owners, frontend engineers, backend engineers, and mobile engineers.
  • Identify opportunities to improve engineering processes and advocate for development best practices.
  • Fix bugs, refactor code, and improve product reliability and maintainability.
  • Experiment with new technologies and participate in Technical Week for innovation and knowledge sharing.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of software development experience with strong object-oriented programming foundations.
  • 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, including sharing ideas, raising concerns, and documenting work.
  • Collaborative, proactive, solution-oriented approach with a commitment to learning new technologies.
  • Prior Ruby experience is not required if the candidate is passionate about learning.

Benefits

  • Hybrid role based in Lisbon with a minimum of two days per week in the Lisbon office.
  • Competitive annual gross base salary depending on level, competencies, and experience.
  • Meal allowance card stipend for each working day.
  • Health insurance from day one, including dental coverage.
  • Work-from-home allowance and commuting coverage between home and the office.
  • €100 Catavoucher upon joining, €50 Catavoucher on birthdays, an extra annual day off, and additional leave for work anniversaries and important life events.
  • Learning and development initiatives, development plans, and mentorship programmes.
  • Central Lisbon office and an inclusive, diverse, queer-friendly work environment.

Tech Stack

RubySQL

Categories

Catawiki

About Catawiki

501-1,000 employees
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