Senior Backend Developer - Kotlin Specialist

THE OPPORTUNITY IN A NUTSHELL

You? We are looking for an experienced Backend Developer who wants to contribute to shaping the future of car buying by digitalizing the car buying journey alongside a forward-thinking team. We believe that close collaboration within the team, aligned with user needs, is crucial for creating the best products — benefiting our users, business partners, and Schibsted. We are seeking an inclusive Backend developer who can take the lead in addressing development-related queries both internally and externally, ensuring that we stay on the cutting edge. Your expertise will play a pivotal role in defining our future approach to the components we own and maintain. Some of these components will serve as the foundation for other marketplace teams, while others will be directly utilized by our Blocket users.

Role? As a backend developer in our Mobility Retail Tech team, you will play a crucial role in digitalizing the buyer journey for cars in Nordic Marketplaces, starting with Blocket. This position thrives in a fast-paced environment, driving the transition to modern technologies while collaborating cross-functionally to meet marketplaces demands.

Tech stack? Our most important tech choices involve Kotlin and Golang on the backend. Our services are running on AWS, and the frontend is mainly done with React/Next JS using Typescript. We use automated CI/CD pipelines (Github Actions and Travis) and Datadog and Humio for analysing and data logging.

Location? Our hybrid approach encourages you to spend a few days a week at our modern central Stockholm or Oslo office, depending on where you live, promoting team collaboration and connections. If you prefer an office environment, you're welcome to join us daily.

Company?FINN.no recently joined forces with Blocket in Sweden, Bilbasen and DBA in Denmark, and Oikotie and Tori in Finland collectively forming Schibsted Nordic Marketplaces. Together, we serve over 325 million monthly visits. With 1400 dedicated colleagues, we cultivate a friendly and caring work environment. Our technology unit, comprising around 250 developers in Oslo, is instrumental to our success story, deploying new code to production over 1800 times per week.

Why us? The team is located in Oslo and Stockholm and is at the centre of all the exciting changes that are currently happening in our Nordic marketplaces. You will have the opportunity to work closely with a great team on all the great stuff that happens here. At the same time, you will have an important leading role in our backend services, collaborating with other relevant teams, and learning and solving how we make the best marketplace for our users. Developers are highly valued in our teams and are encouraged to pitch in with ideas on how to push the service forward.

Sounds like your cup of tea? Check out the details below!

WHO ARE YOU? You're a proactive and responsible individual who readily takes initiative when the situation demands it. Collaborative teamwork is your strength, and you thrive on the exchange of knowledge and experiences with your colleagues. Committed to continuous professional growth, you take pride in solving challenges with unwavering precision.

In addition, you also:

• Possess +4 years of professional experience working with Backend development in a modern environment
• Hands-on experience in Kotlin with knowledge of Golang is also a plus
• Design, develop, document, test, deploy, and maintain software applications.
• Improve software quality using industry best practices such as code review and unit testing.
• Are comfortable with English as a working language, communicating with colleagues both digitally and physically.
• Have an agile mindset open to changes in a changing environment where we sometimes need to pivot towards new ideas.
• Creative and problem-solving approach
• Experience in mentoring and guiding fellow developers , along with collaboration experience with backend developers and cross-functional teams
• Are eager to stay up to date and try out new technologies

WHAT’S THE JOB LIKE?

Day-to-day work & projects cooking

Our top priority for 2024 is to strengthen our value proposition toward buyers and dealers by digitalizing the B2C journey, also called digital retailing. You will get the opportunity to be a part of Mobility’s new big bet from the beginning and shape how we can make the most seamless, efficient, and flexible digital car buying experience. Moreover, at the start of 2024, we are also launching our new search and filter engine for cars, making it easier and more efficient for buyers to find a car that suits their needs. Finally, since the mobility vertical is entering transition, we are expected to be more involved during the coming year.

Colleagues Our Mobility Retail tech team has been a cross-country team since October, and we are located in Oslo and Stockholm. We are aiming to meet a couple of times every term, and we also have team days at the local office every week. It is a mix of hybrid and on-site collaboration** that we are adjusting as we go!

Not everything is cotton candy clouds, so here’s the main opportunity to improve

Balancing the customer’s needs with harmonizing our services with the Nordic marketplace is a job ahead of us. This task can be challenging but also interesting as we will be able to raise our great ideas and scale our successful services to the Nordics

WHAT WE OFFER

We guarantee an engaging workplace where successes are celebrated and colleagues support each other. Our benefits include several celebrations, great cabins in Trysil, and free subscriptions to Aftenposten+, VG+, PodMe, E24+ and more. We value work-life balance, offering flexible working hours. When you join us at our colourful and vibrant Oslo office, prepare for mouthwatering lunches that'll make your home-cooking game weak. If you want to give your health a little extra love, you can join our own SATS classes , winter ski lessons, weekly padel training, and massage and physiotherapy in the office. And yes, we love cake!

GOT YOUR ATTENTION? Let us hear from you!

If you are looking for a workplace and a role in which you could share your knowledge and expertise, learn and grow, get inspired, be yourself, and make a difference, let us hear from you by Wednesday, January 31. We value diversity and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

QUESTIONS? Engineering Manager Jeanette Nilsson is happy to provide information about the daily work and answer any questions you may have about the role. Please feel free to reach out through Linkedin, if you have any questions about the recruitment process or our company culture, Manisha Kathuria, Talent Acquisition Specialist, (manisha. kathuria(at)schibsted.com) is here for you!

About Schibsted Nordic Marketplaces
Blocket, Bilbasen, DBA, FINN, Oikotie, Rakentaja & Tori. Did you spot any familiar names? Then you already know a bit about Schibsted Nordic Marketplaces! We joined forces in January 2023, collaborating closely at the Nordic level to enhance our user friendliness across our marketplaces. With 1400 colleagues across the region, we share a passion for our work and foster a friendly and caring community. Curiosity, teamwork, problem-solving and continuous learning are the cornerstones of our culture.