Junior Software Development Engineer Full Stack Ads Team at OfferUp

About the role: 

As a Junior Software Development Engineer - Full Stack on the Advertising team, you will be responsible for developing and deploying features spanning our front and back end architecture with high operational excellence. Your responsibilities will include everything from design (working with our Product team, Business Analysts, and engineering peers), writing well-architected and thoroughly tested code to rolling out the feature by analyzing metrics. You will also get to take ownership beyond your technical area by working with cross-functional team members as well as define and deliver excellent coding patterns.

This role is only available outside the US and not available to any individual based within the US or any US territory.

Here’s more of what you will get to do:

• You will help create and deliver new advertising experiences for OfferUp using both front-end technologies (such as NodeJS, React, and React Native) and back end technologies (Java)
• Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams across OfferUp to design and implement new features
• Help maintain code quality in existing applications (mobile and web)
• Create solutions and/or frameworks that make other team members better and faster

You’ll thrive in this role if you have:

• 2+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Proficiency in Javascript or Typescript
• Experience developing mobile applications in a professional setting
• Experience with native development
• Demonstrate strong coding skills in Front-end focused Software Development (React Native, ReactJS, HTML, CSS)
• Experience with Apollo GraphQL
• Experience with any one of the following – Java, Python, C/C++, Golang, Scala, PHP (or equivalent programming language)
• Excellent knowledge of Data Structures and Object Oriented Design
• An insatiable desire and ability to learn
• You desire 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 AWS Cloud infrastructure
• Experience with building highly scalable web services

Helpful, but not required:

• Experience with Agile development
• Experience around any of the following: web package managers, bundler system, NodeJS, Python, webpack
• Github repo with your own code we can view