Senior Cloud Software Engineer

Cloud Software Engineer

We Dream. We Do. We Deliver.

Merkle, a dentsu company, powers the experience economy. For more than 35 years, we have put people at the heart of its approach to digital business transformation. As the only integrated experience consultancy in the world with a heritage in data science and our performance, Merkle delivers holistic, experiences that promote growth, engagement, and loyalty. Merkle's expertise has earned recognition as a "Leader" by top industry analyst firms, in categories such as digital transformation and commerce, experience design, engineering and technology integration, digital marketing, data science, CRM and loyalty, and customer data management. With more than 16,000 employees, Merkle operates in 30+ countries throughout the Americas, EMEA, and APAC.

We are looking for a skilled Cloud Software Engineer to reinforce our team!

We are looking for someone able to:

• Design and develop clean, scalable, and maintainable code, including real-time data processing workflows.
• Architect and build service-oriented and event-driven solutions using message queues, streaming platforms, and pub/sub patterns.
• Integrate applications with enterprise systems through APIs, asynchronous messaging, and real-time event streaming.
• Collaborate with teams to gather requirements, propose solutions, and lead performance optimization efforts.
• Mentor junior developers, promote best practices, and conduct code reviews for both synchronous and asynchronous workloads.
• Deliver prototypes and production-ready software ensuring scalability, robustness, and low-latency response.
• Design and optimize SQL/NoSQL databases for high-performance, real-time workloads.
• Develop RESTful and event-driven APIs, implement automated testing, and monitor system performance with real-time metrics.
• Evaluate and adopt new technologies to enhance real-time system architecture.

Your profile:

• 5+ years Python development experience.
• Strong background in microservices architecture, event-driven design, and scalable systems.
• Proficient with Docker, Kubernetes, and RESTful/event-driven API patterns.
• Skilled with SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (DynamoDB) databases, optimized for real-time workloads.
• Experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ, AWS Kinesis, or similar.
• Knowledge of DevOps (CI/CD, Jenkins, Poetry/Pipenv) and Git best practices.
• Understanding of application and stream processing patterns.
• Agile team experience with strong communication and mentoring skills.
• Degree in computer science or equivalent experience.
• Fluent in English.

Additional information:

We do not sponsor work visa.

For those who don't have Portuguese documents (NIF and NISS), we suggest you to search for more information at local country Social Security entity, for possible roles in Merkle Portugal.

Benefits and perks:

• Work in international environment.
• Modern Technology & Latest IT tools.
• Software-house environment.
• Agile and Flexible working hours.
• Digital nomad policy.
• Focus on career development.
• Health insurance (also included for the household).
• Mental health support.
• Volunteer experiences and sustainable mindset.
• 25 vacation days + 3 wellness days per year.
• Beers (after 6pm), foosball, and ping-pong! #workhardplayhard
• Free breakfast every second Monday of the month.
• Employee discounts.
• Team & Company events

Inclusion & Diversity:

We value the strength diversity brings to our business and are working to build a more inclusive workplace through partnerships with Stonewall, Business Disability Forum and Business in the Community's race and gender equality campaigns. We are happy to discuss all approaches to working for all our roles – we can't promise we will offer you everything you want or need but we do promise to discuss it with you openly and honestly. If you have any reasonable adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with the recruiter who contacts you. #LI-Hybrid #LI-MERKLE

Location: Prague

Brand: Merkle

Time Type: Full time

Contract Type: Permanent