Senior Software Engineer - Must be located in Hungary
ABOUT WORLD OF BOOKS
At World of Books, we’re on a mission to become the Planet’s Bookstore.
Our business was founded in 2002 with the purpose of encouraging recycling, minimising
waste and fostering sustainability by giving books a second life. Since then, we’ve grown into
the world’s largest seller of used books, providing millions of customers with an affordable
way to discover, purchase and enjoy books sustainably.
With 60+ engineers based in Hungary and product and leadership teams across the UK and
US, we build technology that scales globally while doing good for the planet.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Over the next few years, World of Books plans to accelerate growth as a direct-to-consumer
(D2C) eCommerce business. It’s our most customer-facing engineering domain covering
worldofbooks.com, our iOS and Android apps, and the platforms behind catalogue, inventory,
pricing and orders.
As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll be one of the most senior individual contributors in your
squad, trusted to design systems rather than just implement tickets, and to help shape how
the team works, including how it adopts AI-native, agent-first development.
You'll own architecture for your team's area, run unattended AI coding agents for real feature
delivery (not just autocomplete), lead reliability reviews and incident response, and mentor
engineers earlier in their careers. You'll work closely with your Senior Engineering Manager,
Staff Engineers, the VP of Engineering, and the Director of Architecture, translating business
goals into sound technical calls.
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a track record of
- owning significant work end-to-end
- Deep proficiency in Java/Spring Boot, Next.js/React, or Kotlin/Swift
- Demonstrated system-level and architectural thinking, not just feature-level
- Confident, daily use of AI coding tools such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or Cursor
- Strong testing discipline and working knowledge of database design
- Effective communication in English and Hungarian across cross-functional and cross-
- border teams
- Experience with eCommerce platforms, event-driven architectures, native mobile delivery, or
- mentoring and interviewing is a plus, as is a track record of helping a team (not just yourself)
- adopt AI-assisted development.
WHY JOIN WORLD OF BOOKS?
We believe in building great things with great people. As a values-driven organisation, we:
- Work as one team, fostering collaboration across all functions.
- Are customer-obsessed, ensuring everything we build delivers value.
- Simplify, move fast, and deliver results, embracing agility and innovation.
- Protect the environment, making sustainability the core of everything we do.
In this role, you’ll get a senior technical seat in one of our most commercially important
engineering domains, a clear path for career growth, and real investment in AI-assisted
engineering, including modern tooling and support to build your skills.
We offer remote-friendly working with occasional team meet-ups at our Pécs HQ. Also on
offer is a competitive salary, flexible hours, 2 extra holiday days, a health fund
(Egészségpénztári kártya), and 15 days of sick leave topped up to 100%.
