Job Description

The salary range for this position is (contract of employment):

16 100 - 23 200 PLN in gross terms

A hybrid work model that incorporates solutions developed by the leader and the team

About the team 

With the area of Data & AI, we handle projects based on the practical application of data science and artificial intelligence on an unprecedented scale in Poland. Data & AI is made up of over 100 experienced Big Data engineers working in over a dozen teams with different fields of expertise. Some of them develop dedicated tools to create and activate Big Data processing, or to implement ML models for the entire organization. Others tend to work closer to the client, being responsible for the search engine, developing recommendations, building buyers’ profiles or enhancing the experimental platform. There are also research teams whose task is to seek solutions for unconventional problems that require the application of machine learning.

We are looking for Software engineers who want to learn Big Data and build a highly scalable and fault-tolerant data ingestion for millions of Allegro customers. The platform collects 5 billion clickstream events every day (up to 150k / sec) from all Allegro sites and Allegro mobile applications. This is a hybrid solution using a mix on-premise and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services like Spark, Kafka, Beam, BigQuery, Pubsub or Dataflow.

We are looking for people who:

• Have experience in programming languages such as Java, Scala, or Kotlin
• Demonstrate enthusiasm to apply theoretical knowledge of distributed systems in practical scenarios
• Use good practices (clean code, code review, TDD, CI/CD)
• Navigate efficiently within Unix/Linux systems
• Are interested in the application of ML AI
• Possess a positive attitude and team-working skills
• Are eager for personal development and keeping their knowledge up to date
• Know English at B2 level and Polish at minimum C1 level

Additionally, we offer:

• A hybrid work model that you will agree on with your leader and the team. We have well-located offices (with fully equipped kitchens and bicycle parking facilities) and excellent working tools (height-adjustable desks, interactive conference rooms)
• Annual bonus up to 10% of the annual salary gross (depending on your annual assessment and the company's results)
• A wide selection of fringe benefits in a cafeteria plan – you choose what you like (e.g. medical, sports or lunch packages, insurance, purchase vouchers)
• English classes that we pay for related to the specific nature of your job
• A 16" or 14" MacBook Pro with M1 processor and, 32GB RAM or a corresponding Dell with Windows (if you don’t like Macs) and other gadgets that you may need
• Working in a team you can always count on — we have on board top-class specialists and experts in their areas of expertise
• A high degree of autonomy in terms of organizing your team’s work; we encourage you to develop continuously and try out new things
• Wide range of internal and external trainings and time to participate, hackathons, team tourism, training budget and an internal educational platform, MindUp (including training courses on work organization, means of communications, motivation to work and various technologies and subject-matter issues)
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Why is it worth working with us

• At Allegro, you will be responsible for processing petabytes of data and billions of events daily
• You will become a participant in one of the largest projects of building a data platform in GCP
• Your development will align with the latest technological trends based on open source principles (data mesh, data streaming)
• You will have a real impact on the direction of product development and technology choices. We utilize the latest and best available technologies, as we select them according to our own needs
• You will have the opportunity to work within a team of experienced engineers and big data specialists who are eager to share their knowledge, including publicly through allegro.tech
• Once a year, you can take advantage of the opportunity to work in a different team or more often if there’s an internal business need (known as team tourism)

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