BackEnd Developer to Team Personalization for Blocket

UA Talents; Sweden; Remote; SEK 500,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

UA Talents is seeking a BackEnd Developer for Blocket in Sweden. As part of a new team, you will engage in innovative projects using machine learning to enhance user experience. This role requires strong backend development skills and offers the opportunity to lead in developing new features while collaborating with a diverse team.

With a focus on relational databases and cloud environments like AWS, the ideal candidate should have a few years of experience, a passion for problem-solving, and a curiosity to learn.

Qualifications

• A few years hands-on experience of backend development.
• Ability to independently lead the development of new features.
• Interest in machine learning and collaborative mindset.

Responsibilities

• Conduct backend development for a new team focusing on ML.
• Collaborate with UX, Data Insight, and Product Management teams.
• Build smart code that proactively suggests products to users.

Skills

Relational databases

Distributed systems and Microservices

Cloud environments (AWS)

Tools

Golang

Python

Elasticsearch

Kafka

Machine Learning technologies

Job description

BackEnd Developer - Team Personalisation

Full-time

Do you like to bring the personal touch on things you build? Personal as in making the user feel at home, welcomed and in the spotlight. And then at the same time you might have an interest in machine learning (ML)? Then listen, we are actually building a whole new team from scratch that will focus on exactly this. With the mission to make Blocket brighter, smarter, cooler and faster this team will learn our systems to think as humans and the data to give an accurate output. We have huge amounts of data to use. We just need some additional brightness in order to help the blocketing in Sweden become more personal. Blocketing that is saving huge amounts of carbon dioxide. So if you’re up to help us sort the ML thing, as well as building some smarter code, we would love to hear from you.

We are Blocket, Sweden’s largest and most popular marketplace with around 12,3M monthly active users generating 100 million sessions. We are proud of being one of Sweden’s first tech companies, that our work to enable the second‑hand trade in Sweden and our contribution to a positive environmental impact.

What you will be up to

A new team and a new task for Blocket. A little futuristic, modern, and innovative at the same time. Like a new costume to a good old friend. Together with a cross functional team consisting of UX, Data Insight, and Product Management, you will bring the tech to team Personalisation. The tech team will initially consist of one frontend, one backend, one Engineering Manager, and one ML engineer. The mission for the team is to bring in ML in order to help our users to find what they are looking (and sometimes what they did not know they are looking) for. You will build smart code that thinks proactively for our users, suggesting adverts and products to them.

Skills & Requirements

We believe you are a backend developer with a few years hands‑on experience of backend development working in a team. You are able to independently lead the development of new features, and enjoy discussing and debating code and solutions with your peers. You like sharing your knowledge with your cross functional team and also more junior developers and above all, you are curious and continuously strive to learn new things. We are often working in pairs so collaboration is another key. And the thinking and problem solving mindset. The goal is what we create as a team, not the techniques we use. As a developer in the team, we do not require you to be an ML expert. However, an interest in the field will of course bring some spice and glam to your days.

Skills

• Relational databases
• Distributed systems and Microservices
• Cloud environments (AWS)

Bonus

• Golang
• Python
• Elasticsearch
• Kafka
• Machine Learning technologies

Blocket services are for everyone and so is our workplace. We have an inclusive culture and we see diversity as a great advantage to create great products and services for our users and clients. We still have a lot more to do and therefore really welcome your perspective.