CONSUMER EDGE
Consumer Edge is a data and AI-driven company that equips global organizations with real-time, transaction-based insights. Our engineers work across domains—Data, AI, and application development—to build a platform that translates complex data into clear business intelligence.
SOFTWARE ENGINEER BACKEND, CLIENT PLATFORM TEAM
You’ll be joining Consumer Edge’s Client Platform Team — a distributed cross-disciplinary team located across Europe and the US.
Our mission is to build web-based products that empower our clients and transform how they make decisions. You’ll be joining a group of Software Engineers, Product Managers and UX Designers, working closely with stakeholders to use data to answer real-world business questions.
We believe in building a culture of autonomy, where enabling team members to make decisions independently leads to greater motivation, innovation and productivity.
TECHNOLOGIES
We work in a microservices, DevOps environment where teams own their code and infrastructure in production. We favour type-safe and functional programming styles — clean, composable code is something we care deeply about. Some of the technologies we use across Consumer Edge include Google Cloud Platform and BigQuery.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Working on a distributed multi-discipline team in an Agile environment to build a best-in-class customer-facing platform that provides better insights into our data
- Participate in architecture and design discussions.
- Building maintainable and scalable services, performant APIs and infrastructure to serve data to our client-facing web platform
- Optimising system design for maximum performance and scalability
- Building cross-functional relationships within the team to enable meaningful impact
WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE TEAM
- 4+ years of experience working as a Backend Engineer in a similar environment
- Strong proficiency in Node.js and TypeScript, with an appreciation for type safety and functional programming principles
- Excellent interpersonal skills for cross-team collaboration, with great communication ability to share knowledge and get your message across
- Experience building REST services
- Good understanding of SQL
- Experience working with a cloud service such as AWS or GCP
NICE TO HAVE
- Experience or interest in functional programming languages such as Scala.
- Experience building GraphQL services
- Familiarity with functional libraries and patterns in TypeScript (e.g. fp-ts, Effect)
- Experience of building/maintaining CI/CD pipelines
- Experience building Data pipelines
- Some exposure to infrastructure as code practices
- Some frontend experience using Vue or React
WHAT TO EXPECT
- A strong tech community with training and support to develop your skills
- Ability to make an immediate impact on our products
BENEFITS & PERKS
- Distributed environment and flexible working arrangements
- Generous leave options
- In-country benefits related to health insurance and pension / 401K
Consumer Edge is an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage people with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
Skills Required
- 3-5 years backend engineering experience
- Proficiency in Scala
- Experience building APIs and working with cloud infrastructure (GCP, AWS)
- Familiarity with Typescript, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, and containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Strong debugging, problem-solving, and collaboration skills
Consumer Edge Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Consumer Edge and has not been reviewed or approved by Consumer Edge.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive across many roles and levels, with satisfaction commonly tied to market-aligned salary bands. Feedback suggests total packages, including bonuses or equity in some positions, provide strong overall value.
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Healthcare Strength — Benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and mental health coverage, supported by HSA/HCFSA options and an Employee Assistance Program. Feedback suggests this breadth underpins a strong wellbeing foundation.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan with company matching is highlighted as part of the financial benefits. Feedback suggests this structure supports long-term savings goals.
Consumer Edge Insights
What We Do
Consumer Edge (CE) is a preeminent data insights company targeting the global consumer. Since its founding in 2009 CE has focused on the nexus of data, research, and technology to fuel the discovery of consumer insights. We continue this focus today, delivering next-generation data tools designed to answer complex questions on consumer behavior.
