Backend Software Engineer (Search & Content Distribution)

Overview

Italy; Poland; Spain We are the platform turning browsing into shopping . We connect 200 million shoppers with deals they love while boosting local sales for hundreds of top retailers and brands. We help consumers save time and money while making smart shopping decisions, and we support retailers and brands in engaging customers from online research to in-store purchases. Ready to

spark

your growth with us? Every day, millions of shoppers rely on our applications to discover relevant content and make smarter shopping decisions. As a

Software Engineer , you will join a team responsible for

distributing content to shopper-facing applications , with a primary focus on

search . The team owns services that must efficiently handle

large volumes of content and high request traffic , ensuring fast, reliable, and relevant search experiences. You will work on backend systems that power content discovery, using

OpenSearch

as our search engine, and contribute to building scalable and performant services. You will be part of a collaborative engineering team, working closely with Product and technical leadership, while also mentoring more junior engineers and contributing to the team’s technical growth. Your responsibilities will focus on backend development, system design, and reliability, with opportunities to influence both day-to-day execution and longer-term technical direction.

Responsibilities

Develop new features and improvements for backend services that power content distribution and search

Contribute to the design and evolution of systems handling large volumes of shopper requests and content

Work on search-related features and performance optimizations using OpenSearch

Plan, estimate, and deliver features and bug fixes that provide clear business value

Break down large features and projects into manageable tasks that can be distributed across the team

Identify and address performance issues in production systems

Fix bugs and refactor code to improve maintainability and reusability of internal and open-source packages

Modularize and abstract code to improve scalability and reuse

Design and write automated unit and integration tests

Participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback and enforcing best practices

Contribute ideas to the team’s technical roadmap through hands-on development experience

Participate in an on-call rotation to support production systems and ensure reliability

Collaborate with Product Owners and technical leaders to refine requirements for upcoming features

Mentor Junior, Intern, and Co-op developers, helping grow their technical capabilities

Qualifications

2–5 years of backend or full-stack development experience

Experience working with relational databases or other data storage mechanisms

Proven ability to ship quality code and deliver high-quality features in production

Solid understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)

Working knowledge of design patterns and how to apply them to real-world systems

Experience contributing to the design of backend systems and services

Ability to plan and estimate work for features and bug fixes

Experience writing automated unit and integration tests

Ability to debug, refactor, and improve existing codebases

Awareness of performance, scalability, and reliability considerations in backend systems

Willingness to participate in on-call rotations and support production systems

Ways of Working

Experience working in collaborative engineering teams

Comfortable giving and receiving feedback through code reviews

High growth mindset, with a desire to continuously improve yourself, the team, and the systems you work on

We value diversity and actively encourage it. If this role excites you and you believe you could grow into it, we’d love to hear from you — even if you don’t tick every box.

Nice-to-haves

Experience with Golang

Experience working with OpenSearch or similar search technologies

Hands-on experience with AWS

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

Location & Benefits Remote available from Italy, Spain and Poland. Flexible hybrid model; offices globally. Additional country-specific advantages based on local contracts and practices.

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