Senior Software Engineer
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer who thrives on the challenge of building scalable software in a high-volume, big-data world. If you're a polyglot and can parachute (safely) into any project, join Red Spark in delivering intelligent advertising experiences to millions of consumers around the globe!
What You’ll Do:
- Master the overall platform architecture, and not just specific product areas.
- Act as a “commando team” to assist the other engineers who are constantly moving forward on feature requests.
- Lead the adoption of the latest technologies for scaling our data-driven platforms.
- Deploy and monitor AWS infrastructure.
- Jump in and help our product development teams engineer, improve or fix any ongoing projects.
- Architect solutions to leverage the best of cloud infrastructure.
What You’ll Need:
Languages:
- GoLang (understanding / basic)
- Python (advanced)
- Java (advanced)
- Javascript (frontend and nodejs) (advanced)
- PHP (basic)
- Bash scripting (basic)
Platforms:
- AWS
- Akamai (not required, can be taught)
Misc (important):
- Docker
- Fabric
- Ansible
- Hadoop
- Spark ML
- Kafka
- Aerospike
- Redis
- MySQL
- Postgres
- HTML + CSS
Other requirements:
- 5+ years of experience as a software engineer in a fast-paced, web-centric environment.
- Experience with Python, Java, and Linux or similar Unix environments.
- Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms.
- Experience with architecting high-volume web applications, services, and infrastructure in a startup type setting.
- Knowledge of Docker (or a strong interest in learning).
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Solid communication skills with both product management and engineering teams.
What You’ll Get:
Good work should never go unrewarded. In return for your hard work, we offer all full-time employees 25 days PTO from the get-go, competitive base salaries and dynamic bonus plans, health, dental and vision benefits. Additional perks include music subscriptions, gym membership, and an amazing culture that you’ll have to experience to believe.