To Be Set Up for Success in This Role, You'll Need to Have

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience building and maintaining production software
• Strong experience working across frontend and backend systems and independently delivering features throughout the application stack
• Proficiency with Python or a similar programming language and experience with Django or a comparable web framework
• Experience building polished, maintainable user-facing applications with Vue.js or another modern JavaScript framework
• Experience with Elasticsearch or a comparable search technology, or significant experience working with data-intensive systems
• Experience making technical trade-offs within complex production systems while balancing immediate delivery needs with long-term quality
• Experience diagnosing production issues and contributing to the reliability and operational health of the systems you build
• Experience with TypeScript in a large codebase
• Experience with design systems or shared component libraries
• Flexibility to adjust working hours for overlap with teammates in US time zones

If Any of the Below Also Describe You, This Could Be an Exciting Opportunity

• Experience with Kafka or other streaming or event-driven technologies
• Experience with MySQL, Postgres, or other relational databases
• Experience with Celery or other asynchronous task-processing systems
• Experience building search, discovery, indexing, or information-retrieval features
• Experience improving frontend architecture, performance, or complex customer-facing workflows
• Experience working with high-traffic SaaS applications or systems that process large volumes of data
• Experience building customer-facing features backed by LLMs or other AI models
• Experience judging whether an AI-backed feature is actually working, through evaluation, testing, or user feedback
• Interest in journalism, news, media, or social media

In Addition, We're Always Looking for Candidates Who

• Communicate complex technical ideas clearly and collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical partners
• Take ownership of problems and drive work forward independently while knowing when to involve others
• Take pride in building readable, testable, maintainable software while making pragmatic technical trade-offs
• Approach ambiguous or complex problems thoughtfully and use sound judgment to identify effective solutions
• Contribute to a strong engineering culture through thoughtful code reviews, knowledge sharing, feedback, and continuous improvement
• Proactively incorporates AI tools into day-to-day work to improve productivity and accelerate delivery

Interview Overview

Below you'll find an outline of the interview plan for this role. Please note that this is what we expect the process to look like; we may ask you for supplemental information or require an additional step before making a final decision.

• 30 min interview with a member of our Talent Team
• A 1 hour zoom interview with the hiring manager
• Peer interviews with several team members
• 30-minute Bar Raiser

Travel & Team Engagement Expectations

This role requires up to 10% travel for team collaboration, customer engagements, and company events. As part of our commitment to building strong connections across our fully distributed team, attendance at our annual company offsite (typically held in Mexico) is expected.

Salary

• The anticipated salary range for this role in Ireland is €95,000–€110,000 annually, depending on experience.
• The anticipated salary for this role in Bulgaria is €6,000+ gross per month, depending on experience.

Originally posted on Himalayas