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Senior Backend Engineer - Buyers SEO team

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Amsterdam
Senior level
Amsterdam
Senior level
As a Senior Backend Engineer for the Buyers SEO team, you will design and implement scalable systems, write efficient code, mentor junior developers, and collaborate with product managers and designers to enhance the user experience for millions of monthly users. A data-driven and Agile approach with an emphasis on SEO optimization is key in this role.
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Marktplaats in The Netherlands, and 2dehands and 2ememain in Belgium, are part of Adevinta: a global online classifieds specialist. The three brands are hosted on a multi-tenant platform, operated from our Amsterdam location, and are the top players in the classifieds space throughout the Benelux region. 

We offer consumers the opportunity to trade their unwanted products and contribute to a greener, circular economy. We offer businesses - of all sizes, from the smallest hobbyist to the biggest brands in Benelux - a platform to showcase their goods and services online to over 11 million monthly unique users.

What you’ll do ​& Who you are

You will join our multi-disciplinary Buyers SEO team in Amsterdam as a back-end developer in a hybrid working setup, reporting to the team's Engineering Manager. You will focus on the buyers experience when they come to our platforms and optimize the pages of our website for SEO. We take a data-driven, experimental, and Agile approach, using neural networks for personalized content, using daily multiple-rollouts, A/B testing, and insights-driven feature development.

What you'll do:

  • Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to understand project requirements and translate them into technical specifications.

  • Design and implement scalable, reliable, and maintainable software solutions.

  • Write clean, efficient, and well-tested code using industry best practices.

  • Help to improve work in all areas: coding, processes, testing, tools, collaboration.

  • Mentor junior and mid-level developers.

Who you are:

You have experience in software development in online areas, with a big codebase and a large user base. At least 6+ years of full-time employment on large and distributed systems. You like and breathe Agile development, focus on delivering, and like to take an active role in improving how we work.

You are a current resident of the Netherlands and you are legally able to work here.

Core Skills:

  • Experience running large systems written in JVM languages like Java, Kotlin or preferably Scala.

  • Experience in event-driven microservices architecture.

  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.

  • Experience running services in cloud environments like AWS or GCP.

  • Experience with relational databases (like MySQL) and NoSQL (like Cassandra).

  • Familiarity with designing REST apis.

  • Familiarity with Agile Methodologies.

Bonus Skills:

  • Experience with Kafka, ElasticSearch, RabbitMQ, and Terraform.

  • Familiarity with observability tools.

  • Experience with Node.js.

Other Skills:

  • A user-first approach to development, thinking critically about how features will be used in real-world scenarios.

  • Experience communicating proposals, status updates and solutions to colleagues, team members and collaborators.

  • A drive to take an active role in projects, foster collaboration and ensure alignment with other teams.

  • A commitment to learning, staying updated on industry trends, and exploring creative solutions.

Benefits

Life at Adevinta comes with its perks! Our Adevintans enjoy the following benefits:

  • An attractive Base Salary 💸

  • Participation in our Short Term Incentive plan (annual bonus) 🏆

  • Work From Anywhere: Enjoy up to 20 days a year of working from anywhere! Maybe not from the moon🌛well why not! just make sure you have internet connection! 🌍

  • A 24/7 Employee Assistance Program for you and your family, because we care ❤️

  • Win together, lose together is one of our key behaviours. At Adevinta you will find a collaborative environment with an opportunity to explore your potential and grow 🌱

On top of these, we also provide a range of locally relevant benefits. Wanna know more? Apply and ask our recruiters! ✨

Adevinta is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.
If you feel like you don’t meet all of the requirements for this role but are interested, please consider applying anyway. Research suggests that women and individuals from underrepresented groups may self-select out of opportunities if they don’t meet 100% of the job requirements. We strongly encourage people from historically excluded groups to apply and look forward to speaking with you.

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