Software Engineer - Designer Tools

Job Description

Always dreamed of designing LEGO® Sets, but you are better at software? - Join us in building an outstanding designer tool platform and help us continue to design and develop the outstanding products of tomorrow.

We seek an innovative software engineer to be member of our amazing Atlas team of highly skilled engineers – Brave engineers with a mission to improve designer efficiency in our creative development organization, so we can reach even more kids with a LEGO® experience – and have an upbeat experience ourselves along the path!

Core Responsibilities

We are looking for an energized developer to join our team and contribute to the development of tools that empower LEGO® Designers, transforming creative ideas into tangible products. Who will be instrumental in collaboration with multi-functional teams to design, develop, and maintain backend REST and async services using Python and FastAPI.

This role will implement and optimize database solutions using Neo4j and Postgres to ensure efficient data handling and retrieval. Also, integrate workflow management processes using Temporal to enhance our software reliability.

• Actively own the operations of our systems with Elastic Observability and PagerDuty.
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Play Your Part In Our Team Succeeding

The position is part of the larger Digital Value Chain cluster, providing product designers in the LEGO Group with foundational capabilities for developing, deploying, and operating novelties to the large portfolio already known. As an engineer in Digital Value Chain cluster, you will be part of a area that builds the next generation of our "Designer Development and Productivity platform".

Our team builds software that enables the development of LEGO® Sets: from a Knowledge Graph where all LEGO® Design data is ingested, organized, connected and distributed; to tools that enable Designers to get the first ideas to mass production. We have a great experienced team, and we are looking for someone with the energy needed to learn a lot.

The team is based in the new LEGO® Digital Office in Copenhagen, offering an exciting, inspiring, and flexible work environment – and a little fun play as well!

Do You Have What It Takes?

We are looking for a passionate engineer in the early career that can be challenged with our cool Tech Stack. Preferably applicants for this role have some proficiency in Python, with experience in building backend applications using FastAPI. Preferred candidates hold a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or have equivalent working experience. Have solid understanding of relational databases like Postgres and strong problem-solving skills and a passion for creating efficient, scalable software solutions

• Experience with frontend technologies, particularly React, to understand full-stack development.
• Understanding of Graph databases like Neo4j.
• Experience with cloud tech and infrastructure as code, particularly AWS and CDK.
• Familiarity with workflow management systems, especially Temporal.
• Knowledge of software design patterns and standard methodologies.
• Familiarity with GitHub DevOps practices and tools for CI/CD.

Superb communication skills in written and spoken English, as well as ability to work closely and effectively in a team-oriented environment.

Please note: If you require any reasonable accommodation or adjustments throughout the application process, please let us know. We will work with you to meet your needs.

Relocation support is not offered for this role.

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Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

What’s in it for you?

Here is what you can expect:

Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.

Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

Workplace - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

• Just imagine building your dream career.
• Then make it real.
• Join the LEGO® team today.