Software Engineer - Allegro Ads

Job Description

The salary range for this position is (contract of employment):

mid: 12 300 - 17 600 PLN gross terms

senior: 16 100 - 23 200 PLN gross terms

A hybrid work model that incorporates solutions developed by the leader and the team

The Allegro Ads - Sponsored Offers area deals with the issue of sponsored offers on Allegro (both the website and the mobile app). It enables sellers and advertising agencies to display their offers in the best possible position in listings and carousel ads. In addition, it handles the configuration of AdsExpress ads, counting ad views and clicks, and suggestions of ads to display. The team works closely with other teams within Allegro Ads responsible for configurations and ad budgeting.

We are looking for people who

• Program in Java and/or Kotlin and are familiar with SpringBoot framework
• Are familiar with issues related to services based on synchronous and asynchronous communication at large scale (REST, Kafka)
• Want to be proud of the code they write. Are open to feedback and are willing to share their knowledge during code reviews.
• Can search for efficient solutions to meet users’ requirements.
• Are eager to continuously develop their skills and expand their knowledge
• Know English at B2 level

The following are also a plus

• Experience with Scala / Spark / GCP technologies (Composer, DataProc, BigQuery)
• Willingness to grow in the Big Data area

What we offer

• A hybrid work model that you will agree on with your leader and the team. We have well-located offices (with fully equipped kitchens and bicycle parking facilities) and excellent working tools (height-adjustable desks, interactive conference rooms)
• Annual bonus up to 10% of the annual salary gross (depending on your annual assessment and the company's results)
• A wide selection of fringe benefits in a cafeteria plan – you choose what you like (e.g. medical, sports or lunch packages, insurance, purchase vouchers)
• English classes that we pay for related to the specific nature of your job
• Laptop with m1 processor, 32GB RAM, SSD - a 16” or 14” MacBook Pro or corresponding Dell with Windows (if you don’t like Macs), two monitors and all other gadgets that you should need
• Working in a team you can always count on — we have on board top-class specialists and experts in their areas of expertise
• A high degree of autonomy in terms of organizing your team’s work; we encourage you to develop continuously and try out new things
• Hackathons, team tourism, training budget and an internal educational platform, MindUp (including training courses on work organization, means of communications, motivation to work and various technologies and subject-matter issues)
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In your daily work you will handle the following tasks:

We are looking for a Back End / Big Data Developer who will be responsible for maintaining and developing microservices (Java/Kotlin, MongoDB) and batch jobs (Scala/Spark/GCP) necessary for Sponsored Offers ads. 

On a daily basis, you will be supported by a team of 1 Front-end developer, 3 Back-end developers, Product Manager and Team Leader.

Why is it worth working with us

• We use, depending on teams and their needs, the latest versions of Java, Scala, Kotlin, Groovy, Go, Python, Spring, Spark, Mesos, TensorFlow, JavaScript/TypeScript, React
• The IT team is made up of over 1700 members who have shared their knowledge at multiple conferences, such as Big Data Technology Warsaw Summit, and co-create a blog: allegro.tech
• Microservices – a few thousand microservices and 1.8m+ rps on our business data bus
• Big Data – several petabytes of data and Machine Learning used in production
• We practice Code Review, Continuous Integration, Scrum/Kanban, Domain Driven Design, Test Driven Development, Pair Programming, depending on the team
• Our internal ecosystem is based on self-service and widely used tools, such as Kubernetes, Docker, Consul, GitHub or GitHub Actions. This will allow you, from day one, to develop software using any language, architecture and scale, restricted only by your creativity and imagination. 
• To match the scale, we also focus on building entire Platforms of tools and technologies that accelerate and facilitate day-to-day development, and we ensure the best Developer Experience to our teams
• Technological autonomy: you get to