Summary
Yelp engineering culture is driven by our values: we’re a cooperative team that values individual authenticity and encourages creative solutions to problems. All new engineers deploy working code their first week, and we strive to broaden individual impact with support from managers, mentors, and teams. At the end of the day, we’re all about helping our users, growing as engineers, and having fun in a collaborative environment.
What You’ll Do
Build and maintain tools for developing and testing Java services and system packages on the JVM.
Further enrich and streamline the Java developer experience, including debugging, profiling, and code optimization utilities.
Collaborate with team members and engineers across the company to design elegant systems.
Creating and maintaining standards and libraries to facilitate robust communication between services.
Articulate a technical vision and execute it.
Learn from, and work closely with, more experienced engineers, sharing skills and knowledge as you grow in your role.
What It Takes To Succeed
Highly proficient in Java, Scala and/or Kotlin.
Previous hands‑on experience with building and maintaining tools and libraries.
You are able to coordinate and work with multiple teams and stakeholders to execute on high‑impact projects.
You have demonstrated the ability to design, build and roll out future‑proof productivity tools across a medium to large organization.
Great understanding of Linux, databases, Service‑oriented Architecture and Maven/Gradle.
Ability to iterate quickly using Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment principles.
You’re excited about the challenges of scalability, reliability, and performance.
What You’ll Get
Full responsibility for projects from day one, a collaborative team, and a dynamic work environment.
Competitive salary, a pension scheme, and an optional employee stock purchase plan.
25 days paid holiday (rising to 29 with service), plus one floating holiday.
€150 monthly reimbursement to help cover remote working expenses.
€86 caregiver reimbursement to support dependent care for families.
Private health insurance, including dental and vision.
Flexible working hours and meeting‑free Wednesdays.
Regular 3‑day Hackathons, bi‑weekly learning groups, and productivity spending to support and encourage your career growth.
Opportunities to participate in digital events and conferences.
€86 per month to use toward qualifying wellness expenses.
Quarterly team offsites.
Yelp values diversity. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, medical condition, disability, or any other protected status.
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