Amsterdam
3 weeks ago
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Staff Software Engineer - Experimentation & Decisioning Platform

Checkout.com

Staff Software Engineer - Experimentation & Decisioning Platform

Checkout.com is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to provide strategic technical leadership for its Experimentation and Decisioning Platform. The role involves driving technical direction, mentoring teams, and building scalable distributed systems in Go, with a focus on experimentation and optimization. The position is remote and based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Core AIRemoteFull-timePrincipalGoAWS

Salary

Not specified

Work Location

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, NL

Work Model

Remote

Employment Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Staff

Core Qualifications

Technical (Must-have)
GoAWSDistributed SystemsExperimentation SystemsFeature FlaggingData-Intensive Backend SystemsTechnical LeadershipMentoringCoachingCommunicationCollaborationPresentationProblem SolvingData-DrivenLow Latency
Soft Skills
Technical LeadershipMentoringCoachingCommunicationCollaborationPresentationProblem SolvingData-DrivenAccountabilityInitiative

Preferred Qualifications

Technical (Nice-to-have)
Adaptive Experimentation MLContextual BanditsBayesian OptimizationReinforcement Learning

Key Responsibilities

  • Drive the long-term technical direction and strategy for the Experimentation and Optimisation platform.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Data Science, Platform and ML Engineering teams.
  • Act as a coach and mentor to engineering teams, providing technical leadership for complex distributed systems challenges in Go.
  • Proactively identify opportunities to elevate engineering standards within the pillar.
  • Translate requirements and architecture/design initiatives into clear, actionable engineering roadmaps.
  • Serve as a role model for engineering excellence, championing best practices in code, architecture and operational excellence.
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