FARFETCH exists for the love of fashion. Our mission is to be the global platform for luxury fashion, connecting creators, curators and consumers.
We're a positive platform for good, bringing together an incredible creative community made up by our people, our partners and our customers. This community is at the heart of our business success. We welcome differences, empower individuality and celebrate diverse skills and perspectives, creating an inclusive environment for everyone. We are FARFETCH for All.
TECHNOLOGY
The mission of the business platform is to build and operate the Farfetch Platform on a global scale, empowering our sellers and other business units. As a backend software engineer, your responsibilities will include designing, building, and operating components capable of handling thousands of events per second with low latency, and creating a real impact on our partners and different business units.
PORTO
Our Porto office is located in Portugal's vibrant second city, known for its history and its creative yet cosy environment. From Account Management to Technology and Product, whatever your skills are, you'll find your fit here. You can have an informal meeting in the treehouse or play the piano in your lunch break!
THE ROLE
We are looking for a Software Engineer who is motivated to build outstanding applications using top-notch technology. You will work in a relaxed environment and be part of a well-motivated, and growing team, working towards delivering the best software components for one of the business platform domains.
The mission of the business platform is to build and operate the Farfetch Platform on a global scale, empowering our sellers and other business units. As a backend software engineer, your responsibilities will include designing, building, and operating components capable of handling thousands of events per second with low latency, and creating a real impact on our partners and different business units.
If you love to learn and collaborate alongside talented colleagues, if you are willing to share knowledge, and would love to be part of the building process to reach the top, using the latest technology stack and having fun doing it, this is an opportunity you can't miss. You'll report to the Engineering Lead.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Develop and improve our frameworks, and services and improve the development environment and life cycle. Work with a product development team evolving the platform capabilities and ensuring performance and scalability.
- Evolve your technical capabilities to the next level while using technologies like .NET Core, Mongo, SQL, Kafka, Elastic, Redis, Docker, and Kubernetes.
WHO YOU ARE
- Knowledgeable in object-oriented languages (e.g., C#.NET or Java);
- Advocate for unit tests and integration tests;
- A person who is passionate about code quality, performance, scalability, and resilience;
- A person that stays on top of the latest practices of modern software development and enjoys discussing insights with teammates;
- Experienced with SQL and relational databases;
- Non-relational database experience is a plus;
- Knowledgeable of REST APIs Design and best practices, with experience in microservices architectures;
- A professional with experience working on collaborative teams with AGILE methodologies is also a plus;
- Someone who is autonomous and able to make technical decisions to have a positive impact on our platform;
- Someone interested in large-scale systems;
- Proficient in written and spoken English.
REWARDS & BENEFITS
- Health insurance for the whole family, a flexible working environment, and well-being support and tool
- Extra days off, a sabbatical program, and days for you to give back to the community
- Training opportunities and free access to Udemy
- Flexible benefits program
- FARFETCH Equity plan
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES STATEMENT
- FARFETCH is an equal opportunities employer ensuring that all applicants are treated equally and fairly throughout our recruitment process. We are determined that no applicant experiences discrimination on the basis of sex, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, disability, age, gender identity, ancestry, sexual orientation, veteran status, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy, and maternity, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. We continue to build our consciously inclusive culture as part of our Positively FARFETCH strategy throughout our business, partnerships, and communities.
If you want to evolve, if you are willing to share knowledge and be part of the growing process to reach the top, using the latest technology stack and having fun doing it, this is an opportunity you can't miss.
