Kijiji is the #1 online classifieds site in Canada and one of Canada’s top 10 most-visited digital sites. We reach nearly half of Canadian internet users monthly. We’re a leader in helping users find and trade goods and services in their communities, including Autos, Real Estate and Jobs. We’re proud of our engaged, results-oriented and collaborative team and were recently named one of the top Toronto Tech Employer Brands. 

Kijiji is part of Adevinta: a global online classifieds specialist and sustainability leader with 40+ products in 14 countries.

What you’ll do ​& Who you are

As a senior software engineer in the data team, you will build and run production-grade data and machine learning pipelines and products at scale in an agile setup. Reporting to our Head of Engineering for Search and Data, you will work with our data engineers, architects, and product managers to create the technology that generates and transforms data into applications, insights, and experiences for our users. This is a hybrid role and you will have a chance to come to our modern office in downtown Toronto 1-2 times per week.

What you'll do:

• Design and produce end-to-end solutions that solve our customer's problems
• Define, plan, and implement large-scale projects
• Collaborate with peers and cross functional teams
• Pick the right balance between quality and speed of delivery
• Steer the target architecture by identifying areas of critical need based on future growth
• Be the team's go-to expert on several technologies and technical areas
• Participate in department-wide tech projects
• Mentor less experienced engineers for success

Who you are:

• 10+ years of relevant industry experience with 3+ years of data and machine learning related work or research is a must for this position
• Expertise in Java/Scala and Python programming languages
• Experience designing and producing large-scale distributed systems built around machine-learned models and big data
• Experience with batch and streaming technologies: e.g Apache Flink, Apache Spark, Apache Beam, Google DataFlow
• Expertise with distributed data stores (Cassandra, Google BigTable, Redis, ClickHouse, Elasticsearch) and messaging systems (Kafka, Google PubSub) at scale
• You have experience with Linux, Docker, and public cloud (GCP, AWS, Azure)

Benefits

Life at Adevinta comes with its perks! Our Adevintans enjoy the following benefits: 

• An attractive Base Salary 💸

• Participation in our Short-Term Incentive plan (annual bonus) 🏆

• Work From Anywhere: Enjoy up to 20 days a year of working from anywhere! Maybe not from the moon🌛well why not! just make sure you have internet connection! 🌍

• A 24/7 Employee Assistance Program for you and your family, because we care ❤️‍

• Win together, lose together is one of our key behaviours. At Adevinta you will find a collaborative environment with an opportunity to explore your potential and grow 🌱 

On top of these, we also provide a range of locally relevant benefits. Wanna know more? Apply and ask our recruiters! ✨

Adevinta is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.

If you feel like you don’t meet all of the requirements for this role but are interested, please consider applying anyway. Research suggests that women and individuals from underrepresented groups may self-select out of opportunities if they don’t meet 100% of the job requirements. We strongly encourage people from historically excluded groups to apply and look forward to speaking with you.