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

Position Overview

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

As a backend developer, you will build highly scalable systems to detect and prevent fraud and continuously improve our engineering/operational excellence. This role is only available outside the US and not available to any individual based within the US or any US territory.

Here’s more of what you will get to do:

• Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams (risk analysts, data science, and operations) to design and implement new features
• Analyze the latest attacker techniques and apply solutions to detect them holistically and stop them proactively
• Drive engineering and operational excellence across the Trust & Safety engineering team
• Collaborate with OfferUp-wide engineering teams to improve processes, surface common pain points, develop solutions, and evangelize best practices
• Develop highly scalable classifiers and tools leveraging machine learning, data regression, and rules-based models
• Identify when to replace and when to rebuild legacy systems
• Participate in reasonable on-call rotations with the rest of the team
• Support, mentor, and help other engineers on the team

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience, of which at least 1 was devoted to web services
• Experience performing data analysis and translating the results into business recommendations
• Strong coding skills in Java, Python, Scala, Golang or any other modern programming language coupled with strong knowledge in object-oriented design and microservices architecture
• BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer/Software Engineering, Information Systems/Technology, Information Science, or a related discipline
• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken (fluency in English required)

Responsibilities

• Building highly scalable systems to detect and prevent fraud.
• Rolling out features by analyzing metrics.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams (risk analysts, data science, and operations).
• Identifying when to replace and when to rebuild legacy systems.
• Supporting and mentoring other engineers on the team.

Application Instructions

• Not specified

Company Information

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 U.S., OfferUp makes it easy for people to discover more of what they need—from great deals and secondhand goods to jobs, services, home rentals, and more—right in their own communities. Our trusted platform empowers millions to connect, thrive, and move life forward.

Available on iOS and Android.