Backend Engineer

At OLX, we work together to build a more sustainable world through trade.

We make it safe, smart, and convenient to buy and sell cars, find housing, get jobs, buy and sell household goods, and more. Our colleagues around the world help to serve millions of people around the world every month, through its well-loved consumer brands including OLX, Otodom, Property24.

Join OLX and see how far you can go.

At OLX we enable our customers to buy and sell anything from homes to phones. The person we are looking to hire will help to revamp our current way of managing the core engine of our classified apps and websites: adding, publishing, and modifying ads on our platforms.

Now we are looking for Mid-level Software Engineers to join one of the OLX teams. During the recruitment process, we will discuss your experience and expectations to match you with the team where you will thrive.

Joining OLX as a Software Engineer means collaborating closely with colleague engineers and SREs, the product team, and an engineering manager while building one of the newest distributed systems we have in the company.

Our systems are built with Golang and they run on AWS.

We value engineers who have:

• Worked in a multi-functional teams setup.
• Believe in self-aligned teams and "you build it, you run it" philosophy.
• Passion for architecting, building and scaling cloud-based systems, serving millions of users.
• Ability to debug and optimise code and automate routine tasks.
• Experience with tests.
• Not afraid to challenge the status quo.
• Eager to learn new things.
• Experience in architecting AWS based solutions.
• Solid software development experience with Go.
• Experience with Java/Kotlin, PHP is a plus.
• Proficiency in English, with good verbal and written communication skills.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Contribute technically to projects and take part in the planning, execution, and success of complex technical projects.
• Be part of a team and establish credibility with the quality of your own and your team’s technical execution.
• Encourage the team to innovate, invent, implement and deploy complex software solutions.
• Ask questions, brainstorm and own the product we are building.
• Work closely with the product management team to ensure we’re building the best products for our users.

What we’ll give you:

• Possibility to be mentored by someone of your choice from the OLX community.
• A healthy learning environment that takes your career at heart for both Individual Contributors and Managers.
• We offer an Annual Bonus plus benefits like Health and Life insurance, Food Allowance, Transportation Allowance, English and Portuguese classes, and many other surprising treats.
• Open selection of training e-courses including MyAcademy, Udemy, and specialist AWS training.
• A company committed to building an inclusive environment for all employees and creating equal opportunities.
• Great place to learn within fast-growing, global classifieds platforms.

Why join OLX?

At OLX, we invest in ourselves and each other to reach our full potential. We avoid bureaucracy and empower our teams to innovate; with opportunities, training, and leadership behaviors a key focus for all. Our commitment to inclusion ensures we listen to a diverse range of voices when making decisions. And, we combine the spirit and agility of a startup with our global scale and the backing of Prosus, one of the largest consumer internet groups in the world.