Senior Backend Engineer - Search (all genders)

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2 Locations
Hybrid
Senior level
Retail • Software
The Role
Develop and maintain a high-performance search engine using Node.js and TypeScript. Build scalable, low-latency APIs, manage large data volumes with BigQuery and data platforms, and collaborate with product, QA, analytics, and engineering teams. Contribute to architectural decisions, investigate search outcomes, and turn insights into technical improvements. Maintain code quality and explore technologies including search platforms, cloud services, data pipelines, monitoring, and machine learning systems.
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Company Description

ABOUT YOU is one of Europe’s fastest growing e-commerce companies. Based in Hamburg and Berlin, we operate at the intersection of fashion and technology. Our mission is to rethink online shopping and make it personal and seamless. This takes more than good ideas. It takes people who take initiative and challenge the status quo. We believe in flat hierarchies, direct communication, and pragmatic decisions. No long approval chains. Just ownership, trust, and clear responsibility. We work hard, but we also believe in enjoying the ride together - over team lunches, afterwork drinks, company events, or a quick coffee in between meetings. If this sounds like you, ABOUT YOU could be the right place to bring in your perspective.

Job Description

  • Develop a cutting-edge Search Engine utilizing Node.js with TypeScript
  • Manage extensive data volumes efficiently, employing Google BigQuery and integrating seamlessly with Business Intelligence systems and our data platform
  • Build and enhance high-traffic APIs, ensuring minimal latencies
  • Collaborate closely with seasoned developers, product managers, QA experts, and analysts to enhance current functionalities and launch novel features
  • Encouragement for innovative ideas and creations, a flat organizational structure, and rapid decision-making processes ensure ample room for contribution and growth
  • Draft architectural decisions together with our Tech Lead and explore new technologies

Qualifications

  • 5+ years working experience in Backend
  • 2+ years experience in building scalable APIs (e.g. using Node.js, Python or Go)
  • Practical & recent experience with a typed programming language (e.g. TypeScript)
  • Solid know how in working with SQL or No-SQL databases
  • You write well-structured, efficient and maintainable code and actively keep the quality of the code base in check
  • You have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
  • You are used to working in an English-speaking and agile environment 
  • You raise the bar of the software you work on
  • You enjoy investigating the 'why' behind specific search outcomes and translating those findings into actionable technical enhancements

 

Nice to have

  • Experience with Elasticsearch or OpenSearch
  • Experience building Data Models using dbt
  • Experience in working with a MPP data warehouse (e.g. Redshift, BigQuery)
  • Experience with centralized logging, monitoring, and alerting solutions (Datadog)
  • Hands-on experience with a cloud ecosystem (e.g. AWS, GCP) and integration with orchestration services (like Dagster or Airflow)
  • Experience of running data processing pipelines using distributed data processing frameworks
  • Hands-on Experience with Machine Learning Models or LLM-based systems is a plus

Additional Information

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Simply apply online via our career page - we will get back to you as soon as possible!

A Place Where You Can Be You
We take it as our responsibility to create an environment where everyone feels welcome, exactly as they are.
Different backgrounds and perspectives make us stronger and shape our culture in ways that matter.
What we stand for internally, we stand for as a brand: acceptance, inclusion, and a fairer approach to fashion.

Skills Required

  • 5+ years of backend engineering experience
  • 2+ years of experience building scalable APIs
  • Recent practical experience with a typed programming language, such as TypeScript
  • Experience with SQL or NoSQL databases
  • Ability to write well-structured, efficient, maintainable code
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Experience working in an English-speaking agile environment
  • Experience investigating search outcomes and translating findings into technical improvements
  • Experience with Elasticsearch or OpenSearch
  • Experience building data models with dbt
  • Experience with MPP data warehouses such as Redshift or BigQuery
  • Experience with centralized logging, monitoring, and alerting solutions such as Datadog
  • Experience with cloud ecosystems such as AWS or GCP and orchestration services such as Dagster or Airflow
  • Experience running data processing pipelines with distributed data processing frameworks
  • Hands-on experience with machine learning models or LLM-based systems
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The Company
HQ: Hamburg
196 Employees
Year Founded: 2018

What We Do

SCAYLE enables brands and retailers to realize their D2C ambition. Easy. Fast. And limitless. With headless commerce technology, international operations, and data-driven marketing. Our commerce engine is proven by the success of ABOUT YOU and allows brands to scale infinitely – empowering them to become market leaders in their industry.

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