Software Engineer - Back End

Farfetch is a leading global marketplace for the luxury fashion industry. The Farfetch Marketplace connects customers in over 190 countries and territories with items from more than 50 countries and over 1,400 of the world’s best brands, boutiques, and department stores, delivering a truly unique shopping experience and access to the most extensive selection of luxury on a global marketplace.

We're on a mission to build end-to-end products and technology that powers the an incredible e-commerce experience for luxury customers everywhere, understanding the motivations and needs of our customers and partners, to designing and testing hypotheses, to creating industry-leading experiences for luxury customers.

Our office is near Porto, in the north of Portugal, and is located in a vibrant business hub. It offers a dynamic and welcoming environment where our employees can connect and network with a large community of tech professionals.

We are looking for a Software Engineer who is motivated to build world-class applications using top notch technology. You will be working in a very friendly and relaxed environment and be part of a well-motivated, talented and growing team. If you love to learn, 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.

Evolve our e-commerce platform, defining its future

Work with a product development team evolving the platform capabilities and ensuring performance and scalability;

Expand our microservices architecture, creating new services

Evolve your technical capabilities to the next level while using state-of-the-art technologies (.Net, SQL Server, MongoDB, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes etc).

Mentor and support the growth of other team members

Cooperate with other teams to assure the technical feasibility of the scope of the projects.

An expert in object oriented languages (C# or Java)

Knowledgeable of unit tests and/or integration tests

Passionate about code quality

Stay on top of all of all best practices of modern software development

Knowledgeable of SQL and experience using relational databases

Knowledgeable of REST APIs

Experienced in NoSQL databases and SOA architecture is a plus

A professional with experience working with agile methodologies is also a plus

Autonomous and able to make important technical decisions that will have a positive impact on our platform

Interested in large-scale systems

Passionate about solving complex problems.