Backend Engineer - Recommendation (all genders)

ABOUT YOU is one of Europe’s fastest growing e-commerce companies. Based in Hamburg and Berlin, we operate at the intersection of fashion and technology. Our mission is to rethink online shopping and make it personal and seamless. This takes more than good ideas. It takes people who take initiative and challenge the status quo. We believe in flat hierarchies, direct communication, and pragmatic decisions. No long approval chains. Just ownership, trust, and clear responsibility. We work hard, but we also believe in enjoying the ride together - over team lunches, afterwork drinks, company events, or a quick coffee in between meetings. If this sounds like you, ABOUT YOU could be the right place to bring in your perspective.
Develop next-generation recommendations utilizing NodeJS with TypeScript
Manage extensive data volumes efficiently, employing Google BigQuery and integrating seamlessly with Business Intelligence systems and our data platform
Build and enhance high-traffic APIs, ensuring minimal latencies
Collaborate closely with seasoned engineers, product managers, data scientists, and analysts to enhance current functionalities and launch novel features
Encouragement for innovative ideas and creations, a flat organizational structure, and rapid decision-making processes ensure ample room for contribution and growth
Explore new technologies and methodologies, especially in the fields of machine learning and generative AI
2+ years experience in building scalable APIs (e.g. using node.js, Python or Go)
Practical & recent experience with a typed programming language (e.g. TypeScript)
Solid know how in working with SQL or No-SQL databases
You write well-structured, efficient and maintainable code and actively keep the quality of the code base in check
You have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
You are used to working in an English-speaking and agile environment
You raise the bar of the software you work on
You are curious to take end-to-end responsibility for our recommendation engine
Nice to have
Experience with Elasticsearch or OpenSearch
Experience building Data Models using dbt
Experience in working with a MPP data warehouse (e.g. Redshift, BigQuery)
Experience with centralized logging, monitoring, and alerting solutions (Datadog)
Hands-on experience with a cloud ecosystem (e.g. AWS, GCP) and integration with orchestration services (like Dagster or Airflow)
Experience of running data processing pipelines using distributed data processing frameworks
Hands-on Experience with Machine Learning Models or LLM-based systems is a plus
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A Place Where You Can Be You
We take it as our responsibility to create an environment where everyone feels welcome, exactly as they are.
Different backgrounds and perspectives make us stronger and shape our culture in ways that matter.
What we stand for internally, we stand for as a brand: acceptance, inclusion, and a fairer approach to fashion.