Backend Software Engineer

WELCOME TO OLX

At OLX, we work together to build a more sustainable world through trade.

We make it safe, smart, and convenient to buy and sell cars, find housing, get jobs, buy and sell household goods, and more. Our colleagues around the world help to serve millions of people around the world every month, through its well-loved consumer brands including OLX, Otodom, Property24.

Join OLX and see how far you can go.

Join Our Team as a Backend Engineer! 

Join one of our cross-functional teams in Motors, Real Estate, OLX Classifieds, or Platforms, working remotely from Portugal.

As part of our 1,000+ tech team across multiple locations, you’ll collaborate with engineers, SREs, and product teams to build scalable, high-impact solutions while reporting to an Engineering Manager who will support your growth and impact.

We use Golang and Kotlin, modernizing systems as we transition from legacy PHP and move towards a microservices architecture, deploying through GitLab CI/CD to AWS.

If you’re passionate about solving technical challenges and scaling cloud systems, we’d love to hear from you!

Who we are looking for:

• Someone eager to understand how things work and embrace a 'you build it, you run it, you own it' mindset.

• An engineer with solid experience in software development, ideally with Golang, Java/Kotlin, or PHP.

• Someone with experience in relational and non-relational databases (MySQL, DynamoDB, Redis, Memcached) and a good grasp of AWS and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation).

• A problem solver who approaches challenges with both a technical and user-first mindset to build impactful solutions. 

• A team player who is open to discussions, cross-team collaboration, and knowledge sharing.

What you will be doing:

• Contributing technically to projects and taking part in the planning, execution, and success of complex technical projects.

• Being an integral part of a team and establishing credibility with the quality of your own and your team’s technical execution.

• Encouraging the team to innovate, invent, implement, and deploy complex software solutions.

• Asking questions, brainstorming, and owning the product we are building.

• Working closely with the product management team to ensure we’re building the best products for our users.

Our Hiring Process:

• Recruiter Interview 

• Engineering Manager Interview

• Live Coding 

• System Design 

Our Benefits:

• Being an OLX colleague brings many rewards, such as a competitive salary, a world-class training and development program, flexible working options, and many more location-based benefit,s which for this role include:

• Flexible benefits plan

• 3 extra vacation days

• Health Insurance (extendable to family)

• Life Insurance

• Remote or hybrid monthly allowance (incl. transportation supplement)

• Meal Allowance

• Urban Sports subscription (pack M)

• English & Portuguese Classes

• Marriage Bonus

• New baby bonus

• Discount website

• Welcome pack

If you think this is the role for you, send your application in English, and let’s talk!

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