Junior Software Engineer, Demand (Eyal)

Curious about what it’s like to work at the world’s number 1 discovery platform as a Junior Software Engineer in the User Data team at Taboola? We’re glad you asked!

At Taboola, we currently work in a hybrid work model giving employees the flexibility to work from home a few days a week. We have offices in Ramat Gan and Beer Sheva and are looking to grow to additional locations such as Jerusalem, where our Taboolars have the opportunity to meet their teammates, connect with other teams and socialize with friends.

What are some of the things you do on a day-to-day basis?

• Develop one of the largest real time big data operation in the world to support over 40TB of new data every day
• Have end to end ownership: Design, build, ship, measure and maintain our frontend and backend services
• Collaborate with the brightest software engineers team members
• Influence directly on the way billions of people discover the internet
• Develop at unimaginable scale, serving hundreds of requests per second
• Work on innovative projects that are the next growth engines for Taboola
  
  

Our Tech Stack

Java, JS, React, Python, Spark, Kafka, Hadoop, Cassandra, Vertica, MySQL, HDFS, BigQuery, ES, Memcached, Docker, Linux, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Metrictank, Grafana, Airflow

What are the skills a good Software Engineer needs to have?

• 1+ years programming experience in Java/C#/Python/C++/JS
• BSc in computer science or equivalent – graduation with honors
• Production systems understanding (system architecture of web products)
• Experience with SQL and No-SQL – advantage
• Strong analytical skills
• Fearlessness to dive into what you don’t know
• Passion for solving problems, and working very close to the business
• Willing to work intensively to gain fast results in an unknown field
• Product driven
• A pragmatic attitude toward decision-making (avoiding analysis paralysis)
  
  

It Would Be Great If You Also Have

• Experience developing large scale distributed systems
• Experienced with Kafka/docker/k8s
• Deep understanding with web systems (API / REST / NGINX)
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL (MySql / Vertica / Cassandra)
• Experience in Big Data tools (Spark / BQ / zeppelin etc)
• React /Web/JS experience
  
  

Why Taboola?

• Taboola is the world’s leading recommendation platform reaching over 500 million daily active users. We’re growing rapidly, and have recently gone public on the NASDAQ.
• Adam Singolda, Taboola Founder and CEO says; “You can copy anything from another business but you can’t copy a company’s culture.” If you ask our employees what they love about Taboola they will tell you that here, they are able to discover their best professional selves, explore where they can grow to, and learn from and together with smart and talented people.
• At Taboola, we pride ourselves in making an impact on how people consume content across the world, a culture of transparency, passion, and a diverse, inclusive and friendly work environment.
• You can get to know us more by visiting our company website, careers site, Taboola Life blog and social media channels; Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn
  
  

Want to learn more about us, you’re welcome to watch the latest News article about Taboola

Sounds good, how do I apply?

It’s easy, submit your CV by clicking the “Apply” button below.

Taboola is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity in all forms. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and believe such an environment is critical for success. Employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.