Senior Software Engineer (Java / Kotlin)

About the job

• Massive Scale: Design, build, and optimize systems that handle thousands  of requests per minute. This is high-availability, high-performance engineering in practice.

• Modern Tech Stack: Work with a world-class, cloud-native environment. Our core technologies include Kotlin, Spring, Kafka, and Kubernetes. We're not shy when it comes to ML too :) 

• True Ownership & Autonomy: We live by a "you build it, you run it" philosophy. You'll join an agile, autonomous team with full ownership of your microservices, from design to deployment.

• Complex Challenges: From distributed systems and data streaming to algorithmic optimization, you'll tackle the complex backend problems that power a massive, real-time marketplace.

In our domain, we focus on Listing Channels, the critical entry point for every item sold on Allegro. We build and maintain the ecosystem that allows merchants to list their inventory, ranging from a user-friendly UI and high-performance API to advanced AI-powered solutions. Our goal is to streamline the listing process by intelligently extracting data from merchants and transforming it into structured Allegro offers. We place a strong emphasis on data quality, applying rigorous validation logic to ensure that the information presented to buyers is accurate and trustworthy. You will tackle challenges related to massive data ingestion and automating the seller's journey.

Important things for you:

• Flexible working hours in the hybrid model (4/1) - working hours start between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. We also have 30 days of occasional remote work.

• The salary range for this position depending on the skill set is as follows (contract of employment, tax-deductible cost):

  • PLN 18 400 - 25 450

  • Annual bonus based on your annual performance and company results.

  • Long term discretionary incentive plan based on Allegro.eu shares (restricted stock units).

• Our team is based in Poznań.

We are looking for people who:

• Code in Kotlin or Java;

• Are open to diverse technologies, including Frontend. You don't need to be a React expert, but you are eager to collaborate closely with Frontend engineers, mentoring them on architectural patterns and helping transform the team into a truly multidisciplinary unit;

• Expect work that has a deeper meaning (not only tasks "management has commissioned") and want to enjoy its results;

• Want to be proud of the code they create. They eagerly accept comments and share knowledge during code reviews;

• Can look for effective solutions to the requirements set by users;

• Want to constantly develop and update their knowledge;

• Know English at at least B2 level.

What's in it for you:

• Well-located offices (with e.g. fully equipped kitchens, bicycle parking, terraces full of greenery) and excellent work tools (e.g., raised desks, ergonomic chairs, interactive conference rooms).

• A 16" or 14" MacBook Pro or corresponding Dell with Windows (if you don't like Macs) and all the necessary accessories.

• 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 training budget, inter-team tourism (see more here), hackathons, and an internal learning platform where you will find multiple trainings. 

• An additional day off for volunteering, which you can use alone, with a team, or with a larger group of people connected by a common goal. 

• Social events for Allegro people - Spin Kilometers, Family Day, Fat Thursday, Advent of Code, and many other occasions we enjoy.

And that's just the beginning! You can read more about the benefits here.

#goodtobehere means that:

• You will join a team you can count on - we work with top-class specialists who have knowledge- and experience-sharing in their DNA.

• You will love our level of autonomy in team organization, the space for continuous development, and the opportunity to try new things. You get to choose which technology solves the problem and you are responsible for what you create.

• You will value our Developer Experience and the full platform of tools and technologies that make creating software easier. We rely on an internal ecosystem based on self-service and widely used tools such as Kubernetes, Docker, Consul, GitHub, and GitHub Actions. Thanks to this, you can contribute to Allegro from your very first days on the job. 

• You will be equipped with modern AI tools to automate repetitive tasks, allowing you to focus on developing new services and refining existing ones (also leveraging AI support).

• You will create solutions that will be used (and loved!) by your friends, family and millions of our customers.

• You will meet the Allegro Scale, which starts with over 1000 microservices, an open-source data bus (Hermes) with 300K+ rps, a Service Mesh with 1M+ rps, tens of petabytes of data, and production-used machine learning. 

• You will become part of Allegro Tech - We speak at industry conferences, cooperate with tech communities, run our own blog (it's been over 10 years!), record podcasts, lead guilds, and we organize our own internal conference - the Allegro Tech Meeting. We create solutions we love (and can) to talk about! 

Send us your CV and… see you at Allegro!