Software Engineer 1 (Java / Kotlin)

About the job:

A listing is not just an ordinary product list - it's a command center and a crucial stage of the shopping journey. This is where, in a fraction of a second, we have to connect and serve the essence of Allegro to the user. You will be right in the middle of the company's business and technological innovations, directly impacting how we present what matters most to buyers: from Allegro Smart! badges, through price presentation and coins, all the way to express delivery times.

Your Impact and Growth:

• From the very beginning, you become a fully-fledged member of the product team with a real impact on how the main search page evolves.

• You deploy features to production, see their immediate effects, and learn how to optimize a product based on the behavior of millions of real people, rather than textbook theories.

• You enter a true technological proving ground - you create solutions that handle billions of requests and process gigantic data volumes in real-time.

Our Data-Driven Culture:

• In the listing team, we base every change on hard data, not guesswork or intuition.

• Here, you will learn experiment-driven programming.

• You will learn how to design, implement, and analyze A/B tests on a massive sample of users.

• You will see with your own eyes how a minor optimization in your code translates into real customer behaviors and the business metrics of the entire company.

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 11 200 - 15 250

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

• Our team is based in Toruń.

Your main responsibilities:

- Execute well-defined tasks with medium complexity within the scope of team projects.
- Complete tasks based on predefined priority levels.
- Understand the user and their perspective to inform development decisions.
- Use semantic code and learn the basics of accessibility to avoid common barriers for users with disabilities.
- Conduct optional off-hours duty on team products - possible via joint employee's and manager's decision.
- Take responsibility and ownership for developed features.
- Propose and implement solutions to engineering challenges.
- Seek assistance from teammates when needed to overcome technical obstacles.
- Make decisions about code constructs and consult with the team on architectural issues.
- Suggest design process improvements to enhance product quality.
- Identify logical errors in the codebase and propose actionable improvements.
- Define and report technical debt to ensure long-term quality at the code and architecture levels.
- Actively acquire and apply product domain knowledge during development.
- Consider the impact of work on other domains to ensure system-wide consistency.
- Build a solid foundation in the chosen technology stack.
- Learn new technologies and apply the acquired knowledge effectively in projects.
- Meet quality standards including code readability, testing, architecture, stability, and monitoring.
- Focus on mastering and working within a single core technology.
- Occasionally providing constructive feedback.
- Incorporate received feedback into ongoing work and professional development.
- Collaborate and communicate effectively with others using facts and data.
- Engage in self-development and pursue growth within well-defined professional areas.
- Occasionally share knowledge with the team or individual colleagues.

What we offer:

- Flexible working hours in the hybrid model (4/1) - our hours can start between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. We also have 30 days of occasional remote work.
- Annual bonus based on your annual performance and company results.
- 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 (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 sharing knowledge and experience 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!