Junior Software Engineer - Back End

Team: Consumer Products Platform

Location: Porto

Commitment: Fixed-term

Workplace Type: hybrid

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Work side-by-side with a team of seasoned developers on design and implement new features that directly enhance the customer checkout and payment experience, gaining hands-on mentorship and exposure to industry-standard engineering practices.
• Improve and maintain our existing services, ensuring our code remains clean, efficient, and scalable as we grow.
• Stay up to speed with backend and web technologies, software architecture principles and design patterns.
• Learn about performance, resilience and security.
• Understand the full development lifecycle with an emphasis on software quality processes.
• Work in an Agile environment, focusing on delivery/commitment and continuous improvement.
• Evolve your technical capabilities to the next level while using recent technologies and trends (.NET, Redis, Docker, Kubernetes, Cassandra and Kafka).

WHO YOU ARE

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a closely related STEM field.
• Knowledgeable in object-oriented languages (C#) with an understanding of OOP principles, design patterns and data structures.
• Basic understanding in REST APIs and unit testing frameworks.
• Knowledgeable using source control (Git, TFS).
• Basic understanding of CI/CD methodologies.
• Basic understanding of non-relational databases or search engines.
• Basic understanding of messaging queue systems, i. e. Kafka.
• A person who is passionate about code quality and understands the value of testing strategies to improve the product quality.
• Interested in working with Scrum or Kanban methodologies.
• A person that want to stays on top of all the best practices of modern software development.
• Proficient in both written and spoken English, ensuring effective communication across the team.

REWARDS & BENEFITS

• Health insurance for the whole family, flexible working environment and well-being support and tools
• Extra days off, sabbatical program and days for you to give back for the community
• Training opportunities and free access to Udemy
• Flexible benefits program

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.