Hybrid Senior Backend Engineer – Scala

at commercetools

• Job title: Senior Backend Engineer – Scala
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: ElasticSearch, Kubernetes, Rust, Scala
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Valencia, Spain

About the role

• Senior Search Engineer supporting the Search Team at commercetools by building integrated search experiences using scalable architectures. Focus on search API for product discovery and analysis of user needs.

Responsibilities

• Support the Search Team by building a modern, integrated search experience for our customers.
• Provide them with a search API for product discovery and the foundations of search capabilities across domains.
• Design and implement search functionalities in a PaaS ecommerce Scala backend.
• Develop in a scalable and multi-tenant architecture.
• Analyze user needs and discuss technical approaches.
• Test software components regarding usability, functionality, and performance and work closely with Product, Management and DevOps.
• Take part in on-call rotations with a worldwide distributed team for production systems.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer working in search.
• Experience with Elasticsearch (preferred), Solr, OpenSearch, or Lucene.
• Background developing REST APIs and knowledge of scalable architectures (incl. sharding, replication, load balancing, and failover).
• Aspiration to constantly improve yourself and learn new technologies, concepts, etc.
• Fluent English communication skills to work in international teams.
• AI Aptitude: A genuine curiosity for using AI tools to work smarter and more effectively, paired with a drive to learn and put them into practice in your role.
• Nice to Have: Experience working with Scala or other functional programming languages.
• Nice to Have: Experience with infrastructure work and other technologies like Helm, Kubernetes and Rust.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits for you and your dependents, including access to OpenUp for personalized mental health support
• Learning and development opportunities including an annual learning budget, access to self-paced learning platforms and language training, personalized coaching, mentorship, and leadership programs
• Family Leave Plus gives you additional fully paid weeks of parental leave on top of government-provided leave, so you can spend more time with your new addition
• Our equity participation program allows you to share in our success