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Experienced Backend Engineer - Demand

Budapest, Hungary

Realize your potential by joining the leading performance-driven advertising company!  

As an Experienced Backend Engineer on the Demand team in our Budapest Office, you’ll play a vital role in developing one of the largest real time big data operations in the world to support over 40TB of new data every day.

To thrive in this role, you'll need: 

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 4+ years of professional software development experience.
  • Proven experience with Python and FastAPI for backend development and/or experience with Java and Spring for backend development.
  • Experience with database systems and data modeling (e.g., SQL, MongoDB).
  • Extensive understanding of software development principles, including object-oriented programming, design patterns, and clean code practices.
  • Strong knowledge of version control systems (e.g., Git) and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Analytical, logical thinker with a problem-solving mindset-  proactive in identifying and resolving issues
  • Willingness to learn new technologies.
  • Technical level of English language proficiency.
  • Reliable, open, flexible, and proactive personality.
  • Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment, participating in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.

Bonus points if you have:

  • Experience with frontend development.
  • Experience with deploying applications using containerization tools like Docker.
  • Experience with deploying and managing applications in a Kubernetes environment.
  • Knowledge of performance optimization techniques for both frontend and backend systems.

How you’ll make an impact:

  • Contribute to the development of end-to-end solutions, working on both the backend and frontend of our applications. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software that meets user needs.
  • Problem Solving: Leveraging your knowledge of our products and technologies, you analyze and enhance our systems and services, proactively identifying and resolving issues and anomalies.
  • Backend Development: Lead the development and maintenance of RESTful APIs using Python/FastAPI or Java/Spring, ensuring high performance, security, and scalability to handle millions of requests.
  • Software Architecture: Architect robust, scalable, and maintainable software systems. Design microservices architectures, evaluate technology trade-offs, and create technical roadmaps.
  • Collaboration: Effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Participate in architectural discussions and influence technical direction.
  • Technical Ownership: Take ownership of features from conception to deployment, making technical decisions and ensuring quality delivery.
  • Mentorship & Leadership: Actively mentor junior engineers, conduct code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and foster a culture of knowledge sharing within the team.

Why Taboola?

If you ask Taboolars what they love about working here, they’ll tell you that they’ve been empowered to realize their full potential while growing and learning from and with smart and talented people. They’ll also share more about:

  • Adam Singolda, Taboola Founder and CEO says; “You can copy anything from another business but you can’t copy a company’s culture.
  • Flexibility: We offer a hybrid work schedule with 3 days in-office with an option to come in more often if desired.
  • Work with some of the biggest names: Our publisher partners include Yahoo, Conde Nast, Fox Sports, NBCU, ESPN, CBS, and E! Online. Our advertiser clients include Wells Fargo, Honda, Pinterest, Expedia and Honda.

Ready to realize your potential?

Taboola is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity in all forms. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and believe such an environment is critical for success. Employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

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About Taboola

Taboola empowers businesses to grow through performance advertising technology that goes beyond search and social and delivers measurable outcomes at scale.

Taboola works with thousands of businesses who advertise directly on Realize, Taboola’s powerful ad platform, reaching approximately 600M daily active users across some of the best publishers in the world. Publishers like NBC News, Yahoo, and OEMs such as Samsung, Xiaomi and others use Taboola’s technology to grow audience and revenue, enabling Realize to offer unique data, specialized algorithms, and unmatched scale.

By submitting your application/CV, any personal information you provide will be subject to Taboola’s Employee Data Policy. Please review our policy carefully before submitting any of your personal information. You may contact us at privacy@taboola.com with any questions about how we collect or use your personal information, or your applicable rights.

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