Junior Software Engineer

About Algolia

Algolia was built to help users deliver an intuitive search-as-you-type experience on their websites and mobile apps. We provide Algolia NeuralSearch, a next-generation vector and keyword search in a single API with powerful, end-to-end AI processing for every query. Our API is used by thousands of customers in more than 100 countries. Billions of search queries are answered every month thanks to the code we push into production every day.

The Role

We are looking for a Back-end Engineer to grow our Optimisation team. The team provides the Analytics and AB testing features, allowing customers to measure the impact of Algolia and optimise their configuration. We are looking for engineers who are comfortable with Golang and databases at scale.

• Be a key contributor to the design, development, and operation of the Optimisation system at scale
• Be responsible of the quality, soundness of the system
• Work with other teams to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve high impact issues

Requirements

• You have recently graduated and have a deep curiosity for Computer Science (data structures, algorithms, software design), 1 year work experience/internships is a plus
• Rigor in high code quality, automated testing, and other engineering best practices
• Want to work on complex codebases + experience working on distributed backends
• Experience in the design of major components
• Professional spoken and written English skills

We are looking for someone who can live our values

GRIT - Problem-solving and perseverance capability in an ever-changing and growing environment TRUST - Willingness to trust our co-workers and to take ownership CANDOR - Ability to receive and give constructive feedback. CARE - Genuine care about other team members, our clients and the decisions we make in the company. HUMILITY- Aptitude for learning from others, putting ego aside.

REMOTE STRATEGY:

Algolia’s flexible workplace model is designed to empower all Algolians to fulfill our mission to power search and discovery with ease. We place an emphasis on an individual’s impact, contribution, and output, over their physical location. Algolia is a high-trust environment and our team members have the autonomy to choose where they want to work and when. We know community comes in many forms and strive to create opportunities for intentional in-person connection in our offices and virtually for our remote colleagues around the world.

We have a global presence with physical offices in San Francisco, NYC, Paris, London, Sydney and Bucharest.