Software Engineer - Full-time / Part-time

Marktplaats Senior Back End Software Engineer Location: Amsterdam, NL Ask any Dutch internet user about their favourite Marktplaats story. Observe their excitement about the great deal they found or the interesting people they met. They have made Marktplaats the most popular site and the most downloaded app made in the Netherlands. We are an international team (26 countries!) of passionate people who share a common interest in solving problems using software and data. We invite you to join us. This is a big responsibility; you will work on high-availability servers, improve customer experience through innovation, impact revenues and advance our team and technologies. In turn, we will work with you to grow your career in Marktplaats and eBay. Your growth will involve our highly-performant and high-traffic systems. During peak hours, our site's per-second throughput is OVER 1000 searches (which makes us the second most-used search engine in NL), 25K images and 4GB of data; Marktplaats handles over 1 million unique visitors, 350K new advertisements and 155K transactions daily. On an average month, we get 140 million visits, which translates into 2.5 billion page views. But our users demand more, so we are constantly changing our platform to deliver the experience our customers love. What you can expect from us: A collaborative, informal, international and playful work environment with self-organised, multi-disciplinary agile/lean teams Managers and teammates who are invested in your growth as a technologist and as a person Work with cool modern technologies such as Scala, Java, Kotlin, Node.js, Apache Kafka, Elasticsearch, Cassandra and more in a fast-evolving Microservices architecture Access to tools and resources to do your job (best-in-class laptop, IDEs, Safari Online subscription, conferences and meetups, all the coffee and soda you can drink, and much more) Ability to join and participate in multiple internal interest groups in Marktplaats and across eBay Classifieds Group in trending topics like Machine Learning, AI, DevOps, BigData, mobile development, and others Continuous Deployment through multiple environments to get rapid feedback about your work Work on one of the most beloved brands in the Netherlands The person we are looking for has extensive experience in on-line or related areas, with at least 6+ years of full-time employment. We expect the right person to be an expert in software engineering and have good knowledge of what it means to work with large and/or distributed systems. We also believe that to be a well-rounded developer, one needs experience with more than just one programming language. Furthermore, we need someone who lives and breathes Agile development, can focus on delivering, and wants to take a leading role in improving how we work. What we expect from you: Java and Scala development Some exposure to mobile application development (iOS/Android/HTML5) Unix / Linux Test driven development Agile methodologies Affinity for e-Commerce A degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience Building great products Your responsibilities will include: Be a key team member in development and design of new projects Coaching of junior and medior developers (guide them through architecture and procedures, be a mentor helping with skills development) Think with your colleagues about architecture decisions and help work them out Help to continuously improve development work in all areas (coding, processes, tools, testing, etc.) Be a technical sparring partner for the organisation to help the business create efficient and effective requirements Work with international counterparts across the worldwide eBay Classifieds Group Preferred Qualifications: Native mobile application development (iOS/Android/Windows) Knowledge of alternative languages like Python Processing big data Preferably you have a degree in Computer Sciences or comparable topic. Background checks are part of the hiring process. Acquisition is not appreciated. Marktplaats is a Subsidiary of eBay. This website uses cookies to enhance your experience. By continuing to browse the site, you agree to our use of cookies View our privacy policy View our accessibility info eBay Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, and disability, or other legally protected status. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talent@ebay.com. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible. For more information see: EEO is the Law Poster EEO is the Law Poster Supplement