Junior Software Development Engineer - Backend, Ads (@Remote, Chile and Colombia)

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Requirements:

• 2+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong coding skills in Java, Python, C/C++, Golang, Scala, PHP, or an equivalent programming language.
• Excellent knowledge of Data Structures and Algorithms.
• An insatiable desire and ability to learn.
• Exceptional self-management skills during the execution of complex problems and tasks.
• Desire for a fast-moving, continuous flow development environment.
• BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken (fluency in English required).
• Experience with building highly scalable web services.
• Comfort designing services on top of cloud infrastructure like AWS.

Responsibilities:

• Help create and deliver new advertising experiences for OfferUp.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features and/or iterations of existing features.
• Contribute to developing the technical strategy for the Ads platform/features.
• Develop, test, release, and document code using best software engineering practices to ensure timely service delivery and ease of maintenance.
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automation.
• Collaborate if needed with third-party providers, and evaluate/debug/implement 3rd party SDKs.
• Identify, track and find solutions to software defects identified both internally and externally.