Senior Software Engineer

Skimlinks, a Connexity and Taboola company, drives e-commerce success for 50% of the Internet’s largest online retailers. We deliver $2B in annual sales by connecting retailers to shoppers on the most desirable retail content channels. As a pioneer in online advertising and campaign technology, Connexity is constantly iterating on products, solving problems for retailers, and building interest in new solutions.

Connexity has recently been acquired by Taboola to make the first Open-Web Source for Publishers connecting editorial content to product recommendations, where readers can easily buy products related to stories they are reading.

We are actively seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer for our Skimlinks brand, to help us advance our technology stack and product development endeavours. The Senior Backend Engineer reports to the Senior Director, Engineering at Skimlinks and is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining the server-side logic and infrastructure that powers Skimlinks' platform. This role involves working with various programming languages and frameworks to build robust, scalable, and efficient systems. The engineer ensures data integrity, implements APIs, and integrates with third-party services to support front-end functionalities and business operations. They also focus on optimizing performance, enhancing security, and managing databases. Additionally, a Senior Backend Engineer collaborates with cross-functional teams, mentors junior developers, and contributes to architectural decisions and strategic planning to drive the company's technological growth and innovation.

About the role

• You will design, build and implement systems across all parts of our complex platform; from high-volume data collection, enrichment and automated analysis, through to backend services and RESTful APIs
• You will work with our great team of Product Delivery Managers and our commercial teams to understand the needs of the market and our customers; and how they can be translated into solutions
• You will focus on crafting innovative solutions to complex technical problems and making design decisions in line with our technical strategy and high engineering standards
• You will help define our development environment, and communicate the best development practices within the organisation (i.e. code reviews, testing, etc).
• You will share your knowledge across the business and mentor others in your areas of deep technical expertise

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or an equivalent field
• Deep experience building enterprise-grade software working in languages such as: Python, Go, Java, Scala.
• Passion for evolving projects and innovating new products, in an environment with lightweight agile processes
• Familiarity with building systems that efficiently scale with very large data volumes
• Experience writing clean, maintainable code; attention to details and edge cases
• Knowledge of SQL and how to integrate with and use a range of data technologies
• Experience with using container platforms (such as Docker)
• Experience with unit testing and TDD
• Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle; end to end
• Ability to understand and create software architectures that span multiple technologies/platforms

Technology stack

• Python
• Flask
• JavaScript
• BigQuery
• Redis
• ElasticSearch
• Airflow
• Google Cloud Platform
• Kubernetes
• Docker

Benefits

Voted “Best Places to Work,” our culture is driven by self-starters, team players, and visionaries. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, the company operates sites and business services in the US, UK, and EU. We offer top benefits including Annual Leave Entitlement, paid holidays, competitive comp, team events and more!

• Healthcare insurance & cash plans
• Pension
• Parental Leave Policies
• Learning & Development Program (educational tool)
• Flexible work schedules
• Wellness Resources
• Equity

We are committed to providing a culture at Skimlinks that supports the diversity, equity and inclusion of our most valuable asset, our people. We encourage individuality, and are driven to represent a workplace that celebrates our differences, and provides opportunities equally across gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, and all other demographics. Our actions across Education, Recruitment, Retention, and Volunteering reflect our core company values and remind us that we’re all in this together to drive positive change in our industry.

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This position is hybrid (1-2 days / week) and based in our London office.

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