Staff Engineer, OLX Group
Data Platform, Tracking
+ Annual bonus of up to 20% of your annual salary
More information about location
Global online marketplace aggregator
Open for applications
Global online marketplace aggregator
1001+ employees
Open for applications
+ Annual bonus of up to 20% of your annual salary
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To shape the future of trade to unlock the hidden value in everything.
Role
Who you are
- Experience with Tracking Systems: Proficiency with tools like Google Analytics (GA4), Adobe Analytics, or Segment. Focus on GA4 is a plus, especially for auditing and improving its use
- Event-Based Tracking Frameworks: Solid understanding of event-based tracking frameworks (e.g., how to implement and monitor user behavior events, troubleshoot issues, and audit event data)
- User Behavior Analysis: Experience in defining and interpreting metrics related to user flows, product usage, and customer journeys to improve product insights and tracking accuracy
- Backend Experience: Strong foundation in a JVM-based language (Java, Scala) or Python for implementing server-side tracking
- Frontend Proficiency: Experience with React or other modern front-end frameworks for implementing tracking on web applications. Familiarity withNext.js is a plus but not required
- Cloud Data Management: Working knowledge of the AWS ecosystem with a focus on services relevant to data and tracking (e.g., S3, Lambda, Kinesis)
- Data Pipeline Experience (nice to have): Understanding of streaming data processing (e.g., Kafka or Kinesis), which would be helpful in real-time tracking scenarios
- Data Quality & Governance: Experience in data governance for tracking compliance with GDPR and ensuring data integrity in analytics
- Metrics Definition and Auditing: Ability to define key metrics, audit data accuracy, and develop dashboards for tracking data quality and product analytics
- Implementation Support: Proven experience working with cross-functional teams (product, engineering, analytics) to coordinate tracking implementations and resolve technical dependencies
- Tracking Documentation: Ability to create clear documentation for the tracking framework to guide product teams in implementation and adoption
What the job involves
- A Staff Engineer position is available in the EU Data Engineering team, Data Platform
- Reporting to the Head of Data Engineering, you will be able to lead shaping the future of our Data Stack
- You will work alongside a Principal Data Engineer, two Lead Software Engineers (Frontend and Backend), a Data Engineering Manager (with a team of six Data Engineers), and a Software Engineering Manager (with a team of seven Software Engineers)
- As a Staff Engineer, you will be expected to take ownership of key components of our Data Stack and drive technical decisions aligned with our overall data platform architecture
- Although you do not own the architecture vision of our Data Stack, you will have the opportunity to influence its direction by partnering with other Leads and the Principal Data Engineer
- You will serve as a role model to more junior team members, perform peer code reviews, help them grow their skills, and act as a technical guide. You will help the team execute and set technical standards
- Gain a comprehensive understanding of the architecture of our web platforms across different CUs (OLX, Real Estate, Motors) and identify pain points where tracking is inconsistent or challenging. Interview engineering managers and individual contributors to achieve this
- Develop an implementation framework that aligns with the technical realities of all CUs and addresses identified pain points to enhance the accuracy of user behavior measurement. You will have support from the Chief Data Officer and Engineering Managers. Existing pain points have been outlined
- Design the framework to automatically push metadata from the code to our central metadata repository, reducing manual work on event and property creation
- Collaborate with product analytics and data service teams to coordinate necessary implementation changes to improve tracking accuracy. These changes include modifying event types, fixing implementation errors, and ensuring seamless information transmission across codebases
- Audit the implementation of GA4 and guide on maximizing its potential. Currently, GA4 is underutilized (20-30% of its capacity) and may not be correctly implemented according to GA recommendations. Ensure proper implementation in our internal tracking solution and follow best practices for GA4
Our take
OLX group started as an alternative to Craigslist outside the US and has since ridden the wave of classifieds, e-commerce and marketplaces to become one the most prominent web platforms in the world.
Over 300 million people use an OLX group website every month. The company has managed to reach this level primarily through the acquisition and integration of emerging marketplaces that typically delight customers with their easy-use and quality range.
The company is now deepening its M&A strategy by integrating further marketplaces and inventories on behalf of its largest platforms, like OLX Autos. The business has already done $1B of revenue since operation.
While some brands have been flying high, others like the Russian-based Avito have become liabilities. Navigating these fluctuations in the fortunes of its ever growing portfolio of brands will continue to pose the biggest challenge for the group.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
May 2009
$5m
SERIES C
Apr 2008
$13.5m
SERIES B
Total funding: $28.5m
Company values
- Start With The Customer: We continuously seek to deliver exceptional customer experience, from start to finish
- Think Big and Be Bold: We constantly reinvent ourselves, our products and OLX
- Act As Owners: We take ownership as individuals, and as teams, to drive results and solve problems
- Act As One Team: We build each other to succeed faster
- Act With Care And Integrity: We always strive to do the right thing for our people, our communities and our planet
Company HQ
Zuidas, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Articles
Leadership
Christian Gisy
(CEO, not founder)Previously Non-Exec Director at Takko Fashion, Chairman and Non-Exec Director at atHomeGroup and was Co-Founder at playSports GmbH.
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