Junior Software Development Engineer - Backend, Catalog (@Remote, Chile and Colombia)

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Salary: Not specified

The OfferUp Catalog team is responsible for the key infrastructure that allows users to efficiently post items on our platform and make them available for potential buyers. Our team leverages various technologies and workflows to provide a meaningful user experience to our sellers and manages the core foundation and data used by the rest of the application. The team manages some of the highest TPS services within OfferUp. We have barely scratched the surface in terms of what we want to do, and the possibilities are endless.

At many organizations, your role begins and ends with the code. On our team, we’re different. As a Software Development Engineer in our team, you will own and execute delivery of sub features, participate in architecture discussions and do regular code reviews. You’ll be responsible for working with our Product, Client Developers, backend peers and Biz ops experts to come up with new efficient, scalable solutions and iterate on existing ones.

This role is only available outside the US and not available to any individual based within the US or any US territory.

Requirements

• 2+ years of professional software development experience
• Highly motivated with a history of delivering quality code.
• Strong coding skills in Java (Required) and any other modern programming language like Kotlin, Python, Golang, Scala
• Strong knowledge of Data Structures and Algorithms
• Exceptional self-management skills during the execution of complex problems and tasks
• Desire a fast-moving, continuous flow development environment
• BS or MS in Computer Science or related discipline
• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken (fluency in English required)

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features and/or iterations of existing features.
• Contributes to developing the technical strategy for Catalog platform/features.
• Develops, tests, releases, and documents code using best software engineering practices to ensure timely service delivery and ease of maintenance.
• Helps maintain code quality, organization, and automation.
• Collaborates if needed with third-party providers, and evaluates/debugs/implements 3rd party SDKs.
• Identifies, tracks, and finds solutions to software defects identified both internally and externally.

Helpful (But Not Required)

• Experienced with Agile development
• Experience with building highly scalable web services
• Comfortable designing services on top of cloud infrastructure like AWS
• Github repo with your own code we can view
• Hands-on experience with real-time messaging systems

About OfferUp

OfferUp is dedicated to creating the simplest and most trusted way for people to buy, sell, and connect in their local communities. One of the top local marketplace apps for local buyers and sellers in the area.