Senior Backend Engineer - Ranking (all genders)

United States Digital Space LLC; Berlin; Vor Ort; EUR 70.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

United States Digital Space LLC in Berlin seeks a seasoned API engineer to build scalable APIs with Node.js and TypeScript, manage large data volumes in BigQuery, and integrate with BI systems.

You will collaborate with engineers, product managers, data scientists and analysts to enhance functionalities and launch new features in a fast, English-speaking environment.

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years experience in building scalable APIs using node.js, Python or Go.
• Typed language experience with TypeScript.
• Solid know-how with SQL or No-SQL databases.
• Write well-structured, efficient and maintainable code.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in an English-speaking agile environment.
• Ownership mindset and drive for improvement ideas.
• You raise the bar of the software you work on.

Aufgaben

• Develop smart product-stream sortings using user signals with Node.js and TypeScript.
• Handle large data volumes with Google BigQuery and BI integration.
• Build and improve high-traffic APIs with low latency.
• Collaborate with engineers, PMs, data scientists and analysts.
• Contribute ideas in a flat, fast-moving organization.
• Explore ML and generative AI technologies for new features.

Kenntnisse

API development

TypeScript

SQL/NoSQL databases

Clean code

Analytical thinking

English-speaking environment

Product ownership

Quality focus

Tools

Datadog

AWS

GCP

Dagster

Airflow

Elasticsearch/OpenSearch

dbt

Distributed data processing

Jobbeschreibung

Job Description

• Develop smart product-stream sortings incorporating user signals while utilizing NodeJS 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 engineers, product managers, data scientists, 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.
• Explore new technologies and methodologies, especially in the fields of machine learning and generative AI.

Qualifications

• 5+ 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 being responsible for a product, owning it deeply and as well push for own improvement ideas to work on within the team.

Nice to have

• 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 with Elasticsearch or OpenSearch.
• Experience building Data Models using dbt.
• 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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