Software Engineer - Backend

Zendesk

Lisbon or Krakow

Job Summary

We're looking for a well-rounded Software Engineer to be part of our efforts to use AI in providing the world's best customer service. We have a huge amount of knowledge about how our customers solve issues for their customers. Conversational AI agents can use this knowledge to solve problems better and faster, including taking actions on behalf of customers, supervised by human agents. This is where you come in. We're standing up a new team to increase our capability in this field, and you can have a big impact on how this pans out.

Ultimately, at Zendesk, we geek out about building beautifully simple software that delivers the ultimate customer experience. Your favorite brands leverage our products to build and nurture relationships with their customers. We believe empathy is the greatest virtue for building the best products and the greatest environment for growing together as a team. We adapt quickly and are constantly innovating.

What you’ll be doing

Publish well written and tested code to production.
Actively shape and develop our Ruby and TypeScript services.
Build key components and features for our Knowledge Graph, Web Crawler and Content Import capabilities.
Participate in brainstorming, designing, prototyping, and programming within an agile environment.
Cultivate a customer-centric approach within the team.
Effectively communicate your ideas and plans to other engineers, designers, testers, product managers - with clarity and consideration.

What you bring to the role

Basic Qualifications:

2-3 Years of experience in backend or full-stack application engineering role.
2+ Years of developing web services ideally with Ruby, Java or similar programming languages.
Expertise in relational data stores (MySQL, Postgres).
Sound understanding of architecture and software design patterns for server-side and web domains.
You believe building great software is a team effort and enjoy learning together through pairing, code reviews, tech talks, etc.
Strong communication and time-management skills
Comfortable taking ownership of all phases of software engineering: design, development, testing, deployment, and operational issues.

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science/Information Systems or related field.
Experience with Ruby on Rails or a comparable web stack.
Experience using monitoring/alerting to ensure the reliability of a system.
Experience with implementing systems that serve content at web scale with high availability guarantees.
Contributor or owner of open source projects.
Able to work hybrid from Lisbon or Krakow: 4 days a month at the office