Junior Software Engineer (Back End)

Junior Software Engineer (Backend)

Location : Portugal (Remote)

About Us:

At Ometria, we're dedicated to providing retail marketers with the tools they need to achieve sustainable growth. Our Customer Data and Experience Platform empowers marketers to plan and launch profitable campaigns quickly, enhancing customer loyalty and increasing revenue. Trusted by leading retail brands like Brooklinen, Davines, Steve Madden, and Sephora, Ometria is at the forefront of innovation in retail marketing.

With a team of over 120 Ometrians across North America and Europe, we've raised $75 million from top venture capital funds, including Infravia Capital Partners, Octopus Ventures, and Summit Action.

Your Role:

As a Junior Software Engineer (Backend), you'll play a crucial role in helping us build scalable, reliable, and performant solutions. You'll work closely with our product and engineering teams to design and develop robust services that meet our clients' needs.

We are continuously scaling up our systems to stay ahead of demand, if you thrive on engineering challenges and scaling projects, you'll feel right at home with us.

Challenges you will work on

• Staying ahead of our growth curve:
• Databases and data pipelines - Improving the cost efficiency and query performance of our Postgres fleet as well as reducing end-to-end latency of our data pipelines to ensure we stay ahead of our growth curve.
• Improve efficiency and throughput of our outgoing marketing systems whilst adding new channels.
• Improving or refactoring existing systems to meet required performance within existing constraints.
• Building new features for our clients driven by innovation, including LLM backed AI features.

Our Team:

Our Engineering team consists of 30 Engineers with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We work closely with our product team on various projects, including new features, infrastructure enhancements, and client-specific work. At Ometria, we foster a learning culture, supporting the growth of our engineers through career progression paths, self-development budgets, and soft-skills training.

Tech Stack:

Our clients interact with the Ometria platform through a single-page web app that uses both React and Ampersand.js frameworks.

Most of our backend is written in Python with some Golang for our edge systems that serve highly concurrent traffic.

We love and use Postgres extensively.

Communication between services leverages SQS, RabbitMQ and Kafka.

We run on AWS/Docker/Kubernetes configured with Terraform.

Attributes We're Looking For:

• Enthusiastic Learner: Eager to learn Python and gain experience in backend development.
• Problem Solver: Collaborative team player with a knack for solving complex problems independently.
• Passionate: Committed to delivering robust, performant, and secure solutions.

At Ometria, we prioritize creating an inclusive, respectful, and diverse environment for all Ometrians. We're an equal opportunity employer, and we value applicants from all backgrounds, regardless of ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, neurodiversity status, or disability status.

If you're passionate about backend development and ready to grow your skills in a supportive environment, we'd love to hear from you! Apply now to join our team as a Junior Software Engineer.