We’re looking for a skilled and curious engineer to join the Competitive Intelligence & AI team at Swiss Marketplace Group (SMG). You’ll work on building scalable data products, infrastructure, leveraging ML/GenAI. This role blends crawling, data engineering with modern software development practices, contributing to multiple department’s data intelligence pipelines.

Our team is small, highly collaborative, and full of initiative and experimentation — we value engineers who take ownership, and bring ideas from concept to production in an agile environment.
 

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and develop scalable, reliable data pipelines and microservices (fastapi, flask) using Python.

• Contribute to the evolution of our ingestion infrastructure, enabling large-scale data collection.

• Collaborate on building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure using Terraform and ArgoCD.

• Work across cloud environments (AWS and GCP), optimizing performance and cost where relevant.

• Support ML and GenAI application development by shaping backend APIs, data flows, modeling and integration patterns.

• Contribute to monitoring and observability using Prometheus, Grafana, and Elastic.

• Partner with other engineers and product stakeholders to improve data quality, freshness, and coverage.

Key technologies: Python, Postgres, Redis, Kubernetes, Argo CD & Workflows, AWS (EC2, S3, SQS), GCP(BigQuery), Elastic, Terraform, Grafana

• Proficiency in Python (3-5 years min.) and experience with data pipelines, web services and data collection/ingestion techniques.

• Familiarity with orchestrators, and data normalization at scale.

• Knowledge of modern web applications, antibot & web scraping techniques is a big plus.

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS), and container orchestration (Kubernetes).

• Solid understanding and prior experience with asynchronous and distributed systems.

• Good grasp of SQL and graph based modeling techniques

• Prior experience in building data science models using ML and DL libraries (e.g., scikit-learn, PyTorch, Transformers, PySpark) is a plus but not a requirement.

• Fluency in English both written and verbal, with the ability to communicate complex concepts & topics across teams and levels.

Who You Are:

• Team-Oriented: You value collaboration and enjoy working as a team.

• Analytical Thinker: You enjoy solving complex data problems with a methodical approach.

• Autonomous Doer: You take initiative, execute reliably, and communicate clearly.

• Continuous Learner: Proactive approach to learn and find solutions outside direct area of competence. We value learning and growth!

• Ownership: Proactive and results-oriented, with a strong sense of ownership and commitment to delivering high-quality solutions.

We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, even if you don’t meet every single requirement. If you’re excited about the role and passionate about data & ML/AI, we want to hear from you.

Benefits you'll love:

• Be a part of well established Swiss-based subsidiary in Belgrade
• We value work-life balance and employee happiness. That’s why we grant you hybrid work environment, and 25 vacation days per year, with the option to buy another 10 days in an unbureaucratic process. You get 5 fully paid sick days per year, and another 5 days for special occasions
• Lots of team activities and perks
• Great equipment, competitive salary and a variety of fringe benefits like a gym membership and discounts at local stores
• International team and working environment of talented and fun people
• Stimulating work experience that will allow you to grow both professionally and personally
• Yearly budget for your personal development

About Us

SMG Swiss Marketplace Group AG. is a pioneering network of online marketplaces and cutting-edge European digital company that simplifies people’s lives with innovative products.

SMG Swiss Marketplace Group AG. provides customers the best tools to meet their life decision needs. The portfolio includes Real Estate (ImmoScout24, Homegate, Flatfox, alle-immobilien.ch, Immostreet.ch, home.ch, Publimmo, Acheter-Louer.ch, CASASOFT, IAZI), Automotive (AutoScout24, MotoScout24), General Marketplaces (anibis.ch, tutti.ch, Ricardo) and Finance & Insurance (FinanceScout24, moneyland.ch).
The company was founded in November 2021 by TX Group AG, Ringier AG, La Mobilière and General Atlantic.

Disclaimer

SMG Swiss Marketplace Group AG primarily engages directly with candidates. We do not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate profiles from recruitment agencies unless we have specifically requested their assistance for particular roles. Any submissions made without a prior request from our Talent Acquisition team will not be acknowledged or considered. We appreciate the understanding and cooperation of recruitment agencies in respecting this policy.