Senior Backend Engineer, Wallapop
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4+ days a week in office
Mobile marketplace for secondhand goods
Open for applications
Mobile marketplace for secondhand goods
201-500 employees
Open for applications
More information about location
4+ days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
Wallapop's mission is to enable a connected trade ecosystem, making 2nd-hand the norm through smart use of technology.
Role
Who you are
- Problem solver and critical thinking
- Quality-driven, attention to detail, and pragmatic ̣
- Adaptable and eager to learn
What the job involves
- Writing Java or Kotlin code, depending on the team the stack could change a little bit
- Developing new features following DDD (tactical design and strategical design)
- Tackling legacy parts
- Testing all the things! Testing is a must, especially if you want to avoid those friendly reminders during the code review
- As a Wallapop Backend engineer, we have ownership of the team microservices, so we really embrace the DevOps philosophy (optionally backend staff is who is on duty). Our main parts of our stack are:
- Java & Kotlin
- Spring & Axon Framework
- RabbitMQ
- MySql, DynamoDB, Redis & Memcached
- Docker
- ElasticSearch & Solr
- AWS: S3, ECS, CloudWatch, RDS, CloudFormation, Lambdas & more
Application process
- Intro Call - ran by talent acquisition. It will take 30-45 minutes and will focus on giving you more information about the role and the company as well as going over your experience and expectations
- Technical task - We offer two options: you can either choose to take our test OR you can provide us with a recent piece of work that could be a tech test or a code repository you feel proud of (the provided code should be complex enough to show us evidence about your skills and should be written in a JVM language, self-executable and self-compiled) this is aimed at assessing your technical skills required for the role
- Competency Interview - ran by talent acquisition and hiring manager. We will focus on gaining insights and understanding of how you operate in the workplace and your fit to our values. This usually takes 45 min to 1 hour
- Practical interview - ran by the hiring team and relevant stakeholders across other functions. The focus will be on assessing your ability to apply your skillset to the wallapop context
- Offer - should you be the right candidate, your offer will be discussed over a call with talent acquisition and will then be confirmed in writing
- *Please, note that all interviews take place remotely over hangouts.**
Our take
Wallapop has its sights set on becoming a major player in the second hand goods marketplace sector. The hyper-local marketplace helps connect sellers with buyers, much in the style of craigslist or eBay, but with a cleaner and more intuitive mobile-first approach.
Looking at transaction volume, Wallapop beats both Amazon and Ebay in its native Spain, where it has tapped into an increasingly popular consumer trend of mobile shopping, as well as both economic- and environmental-peaked interest in second hand. After a false start in the US market, the company's steps towards international expansion have been slowed - but it does have a modest UK presence and its eyes on much of the EU.
Focusing on the EU could prove to be a smart strategy. The size and popularity of its fashion resale second hand market is rapidly increasing, powered along by the runaway success of apps like Vinted, Depop, and Vestiaire Collective. Wallapop has secured impressive investment that will support existing operations and expansion in Italy, Spain, and Portugal, as well as funding developments in data science and other R&D.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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back within 2 weeks
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Feb 2024
$21.7m
SERIES G
Jan 2023
$87.4m
SERIES G
Total funding: $448.2m
Company benefits
- Welcome Package with top hardware of your choice (latest Apple or Windows)
- 2k individual learning budget per year
- Competitive phantom shares package for all employees
- English/Spanish lessons as part of our working day
- Team trainings
- Access to our Wallalibrary
- Flexible working hours + intensive Fridays. Flexitime
- Private Health Insurance (Cigna)
- Andjoy Subscription giving access to a variety of fitness & wellness activities
- Flexible remuneration to deduct from gross salary (kindergarten/food/transport check)
- Extended newborn & adoption leave
- Bonus for weddings & newborns
- 26 days of annual leave
- Monthly plan for free Shipping, bumps & home-pick-up on our services
- Referral Program & Charity Donation
- Wallarenta (Tax Income Support)
- Wallanniversary loyalty program
- Team Building activities
- Team Breakfasts/Dinners
- Free office (virtual) sports classes
- Offsite trips
- 30EUR monthly towards your WIFI as part of your monthly payroll transfer
- One-off payment in your first payroll based on compensation package to go towards setting up your wallahome office
- Modern and inspirational office space with stunning views and a sunny terrace. All built with sustainable and recyclable materials!
- Free Happy Lunch from Monday to Thursday delivered directly to the office
- Gaming Room
- Wallaphysio
- Fruit and coffee
Company values
- ONE TEAM (communicative, trust, inclusive) - Collaboration & respect are fundamental to working towards our common goal.
- AIM FOR SIMPLICITY (intentional, uncomplicated, humble) - We focus above all on the essential value we offer to our users.
- LEARN & GROW (constructive, feedback, curious) - We learn from our mistakes & successes and are empowered to evolve as individuals & therefore as a team.
- DREAM & DELIVER (creative, impactful, pragmatic) - We innovate to deliver an outstanding experience and we’re not afraid of taking risks.
Company HQ
El Clot, Barcelona, Spain
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Leadership
Miguel Vicente
(Co-Founder)Chairman and Founder of Tech Barcelona. Chairman and Co-Founder of Antai Ventures. Has also co-founded Glovo and LetsBonus.
Gerard Olivé
(Co-Founder)Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Antai Ventures. Co-founded the INCLIMO Climate Tech Fund. Also founded BeRepublic and Glovo.
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