Junior Software Engineer (1-2 years of experience)
Yotpo
If you're into online shopping (who isn't these days?), chances are you've crossed paths with Yotpo. We're all about eCommerce retention—helping brands of every size turn one-time shoppers into lifelong customers.
Think loyalty programs and reviews—it's what we do best. Plus, we've got more tricks up our sleeve.
With teams spread across the globe—from the US and Canada to the UK, Israel, Bulgaria, and Australia—we're growing fast. Our main mission? Delivering cutting-edge technology that sets new standards in the industry.
Sounds exciting? Then read on, because we’re looking for curious professional talents to be a part of building the future of the e-commerce industry.
Yotpo builds leading Reviews & Loyalty products for eCommerce, powered by AI and deep ecosystem integrations. We help brands turn customer voices and loyalty into measurable growth across every channel. As a Junior Software Engineer (1–2 years), you’ll be an integral, equal member of a cross‑functional engineering squad, partnering with engineers at every level and collaborating with product managers, designers, and more to ship features that deliver AI‑driven insights, multilingual experiences, and next‑gen loyalty capabilities for thousands of merchants.
Why Join Us
- Quality‑first culture: Work within an engineering community that champions consistent standards, result-based decisions, and continuous improvement.
- Learn from builders: Pair with Tech Leads and senior engineers who model engineering excellence and share knowledge through reviews, forums, and workshops.
- Modern toolkit: Use current development tools (including AI‑assisted coding) and shipping practices: clean code, testing, CI/CD, and observability.
- Clear growth path: Structured feedback and mentorship to help you master fundamentals and take on more ownership quickly.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, implement, test, and ship user-facing features and backend services with guidance, owning tasks from planning to deployment and monitoring.
- Write clean, maintainable, and well‑tested code; add meaningful logs/metrics and concise docs.
- Participate in code/design reviews, giving and receiving constructive feedback to raise the bar.
- Collaborate with product, design, and data to refine scope, break work into iterations, and deliver measurable customer value.
- Improve system health: fix bugs, reduce tech debt, and contribute to performance, reliability, security, and maintainability.
- Leverage modern dev tools (e.g., Git, CI/CD, observability, AI assistants) thoughtfully, critiquing and iterating rather than accepting output blindly.
Required Skills
- Experience: 1–2 years of professional software development (internships/co‑ops count), building web apps or cloud services.
- Languages/Stack: Proficiency in at least one of: TypeScript/Node.js, Java/Kotlin/C#, Python, Ruby, or Go—and/or React with TypeScript. Willingness to learn our stack.
- Foundations: Solid grasp of data structures, algorithms, HTTP, REST/GraphQL, and relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL/MySQL).
- Quality & Delivery: Experience with Git, unit/integration testing, debugging with logs/metrics, and incremental, value‑first delivery.
- Mindset: Customer‑centric, collaborative, takes ownership for outcomes, and seeks feedback.
Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have)
- Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP), containers (Docker), and CI/CD (GitHub Actions/Jenkins/CircleCI).
- Event‑driven systems and messaging (Kafka/RabbitMQ/Pub/Sub); caching and NoSQL (Redis/Elasticsearch).
- Observability/monitoring (Datadog, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry) and basic SRE practices.
- Experience in eCommerce, marketing tech, or SaaS at scale; familiarity with AI‑assisted development tools.
We’re building a team of curious builders who care about customers and craft. If you’re early in your career and excited to learn fast, ship quality software, and grow with mentors who lead by example, we’d love to hear from you. We’re an equal‑opportunity employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If you’re on the fence - apply anyway; potential and mindset matter.
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