Senior Backend Engineer - Ranking Systems

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In this role, you will develop a powerful ranking engine and design batch write pipelines for efficient data transfer, implementing ranking APIs with Node.js/TypeScript, directly impacting product visibility.

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Your role in the team

  • Shaping how millions of users see products by combining ML model results with business logic such as campaign boosts or sponsored products.
  • Development and responsibility for our high-performance ranking engine "Spotsetter" to ensure fast, deterministic, and fair sorting of products.
  • Design and implementation of reliable batch-write pipelines that transfer data directly from BigQuery to high-performance relational databases such as Postgres and MySQL.
  • Development of low-latency APIs for delivering ranking data with Fastify and Node.js/TypeScript.
  • Close collaboration with Data Engineers, Product Managers, and Commercial Teams to make data-driven decisions regarding product sorting.
  • Active participation in shaping the technical architecture together with our Tech Lead, contributing your own ideas, and continuously developing a clean and maintainable codebase.

Our expectations of you

Qualifications

  • You enjoy delving deeply into ranking issues, taking responsibility for a product, and seeing how your changes have measurable impacts on relevant business KPIs.
  • Very good practical SQL skills, especially in developing Postgres/MySQL schemas, query optimization, and batch operations beyond simple ORM usage.
  • Good algorithmic understanding of sorted data, deduplication, latency trade-offs, and the implementation of constraints.
  • You enjoy connecting backend engineering and machine learning by deploying model scores or ranking data in production systems.
  • Clear communication in English as well as a pragmatic and solution-oriented way of working.

Experience

  • 5+ years of experience in developing backend systems, ideally with Node.js/TypeScript – we also welcome experienced developers with Java, Go, or Kotlin backgrounds and quick learning ability.

What we offer

  • € 70,000-85,000 per year.

Benefits

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Job locations

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  • Location Berlin
    Germany
  • Location Hamburg
    Germany

About your employer

As a rapidly growing online fashion retailer in Europe, ABOUT YOU has won multiple awards. As a fashion company and technology company, we work together to make the shopping experience more inspiring and personal for our customers.

Language
English
Company type
Established Company
Work model
Onsite, Hybrid, Full Remote
Industry
Trade · Internet, IT, Telecommunication

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Senior Backend Engineer - Ranking Systems

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