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OLX is hiring a Staff Backend Engineer

About the Role

Design and implement robust backend solutions to support a large-scale online marketplace. Lead architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and ensure high availability and performance across distributed systems.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain scalable server-side applications and APIs
  • Collaborate with product and frontend teams to deliver end-to-end features
  • Lead the design of resilient and maintainable system architectures
  • Optimize backend performance and reduce latency across services
  • Ensure data consistency and integrity in distributed environments
  • Drive best practices in code quality, testing, and deployment
  • Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews and guidance
  • Troubleshoot and resolve production issues in real time
  • Participate in incident response and on-call rotations
  • Evaluate and integrate new technologies and frameworks
  • Work closely with DevOps to improve CI/CD pipelines
  • Enforce security standards across backend systems
  • Support database design and query optimization
  • Contribute to technical documentation and system diagrams
  • Promote observability and monitoring across microservices

Nice to Have

  • Experience with high-traffic, high-availability systems
  • Background in marketplace or e-commerce platforms
  • Familiarity with GraphQL
  • Knowledge of service mesh technologies
  • Contributions to open-source projects
  • Experience with large-scale data processing
  • Understanding of SRE principles
  • Previous role in a global engineering organization

Compensation

Competitive salary with performance-based incentives

Work Arrangement

Hybrid work model available

Team

Part of a cross-functional product engineering team delivering core platform services

What We Offer

  • Opportunity to work on a globally used platform with millions of users
  • Support for professional growth and conference participation
  • Modern tech stack and infrastructure
  • Collaborative and inclusive team culture
  • Flexible working hours and remote-friendly policies

Technology Stack

  • Primary languages: Python, Go
  • Cloud infrastructure: AWS
  • Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes
  • Databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis
  • Messaging: Apache Kafka
  • Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana
  • CI/CD: Jenkins, GitLab CI

Available for qualified candidates

About company
OLX
NinjaOne unifies IT to simplify work for more than 35,000 customers in 140+ countries. The NinjaOne Unified IT Operations Platform delivers endpoint management, autonomous patching, backup, and remote access in a single console to improve efficiency, increase resilience, and reduce spend. By automating IT and managing all endpoints, organizations give employees a great technology experience at work.
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Job Details
Department GenAI Engineering
Category backend
Posted 3 months ago