Backend Engineer: Retail Media

About this role

Build and maintain backend services for Constructor’s retail media platform, which connects ecommerce retailers and brands through targeted advertising placements. The role focuses on reliable, high-load services, integrations, and service observability.

About the company

Constructor is an AI search and product discovery platform for ecommerce that helps retailers improve conversion through personalized search and recommendations.

The team

Retail Media team, building a platform for ecommerce retailers and brands.

Stack

What you'll do

• Build, deploy, and support services using Python and FastAPI
• Write infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD configurations
• Set up monitoring, observability, and alerting
• Implement CI/CD pipelines and stability testing
• Collaborate with technical and business stakeholders

What we're looking for

• Strong computer science fundamentals and networking knowledge
• Experience designing and maintaining high-load, real-time services
• Proficiency in Python and web service/API design
• Experience with infrastructure as code and CI/CD
• Experience with observability and alerting tools
• Familiarity with service-oriented and distributed systems, databases, and caching
• Experience with a major public cloud provider
• Excellent English communication and cross-functional collaboration skills

Nice to have

• Experience building ad tech solutions
• Knowledge of protobuf

Benefits

• Unlimited vacation; employees are encouraged to take at least three weeks annually
• Work-from-home stipend and company-provided Apple laptop
• Annual training and development budget
• Maternity and paternity leave for eligible employees
• Stock options
• Regular team offsites