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Swarm is a system of peer-to-peer networked nodes for a decentralised storage and communication service.
Swarm could shape the future towards a self-sovereign global society and permissionless open markets. On Swarm, applications run autonomously yet securely in a planetary-scale deployment and execution environment.
Bee is a Swarm client implemented in Go. It’s the basic building block for the Swarm Network.
Bee provides low-level constructs for file storage, feeds, key-value stores and untraceable communication, through solid, well-tested code delivered in an agile manner.
Key technologies are Go, libp2p, protobuf, leveldb, and go-ethereum, as well as various cryptographic libraries.
Your role:
Development of the reference Swarm implementation in Go aka Bee
Developing domain-specific knowledge and expertise in the Swarm incentive layer implementation
Bringing code up to spec
Delivering well-tested code
Conducting thorough code reviews to your peers
Your profile:
Strong understanding of distributed systems.
Familiarity with blockchain principles and considerations for application design is a plus.
Experience with libp2p
You don’t need to Google SOLID principles
You can express yourself fluently in English, both verbally and in writing
You are available around the CET timezone
You manage your own time effectively and respect time constraints
You like to take the initiative and can work remotely
We appreciate:
Familiarity with Go-Ethereum
Knowledge of Solidity
A passionate open-source contributor
Acquaintance with cryptographic concepts
Knowledge of Kubernetes, Grafana, Jaeger and OpenTracing
Swarm offers/Team perks:
An open, flat and transparent work environment
100% remote-friendly
Flexible working hours
We care about our swarm: Incentives through BZZ, Swarm’s token
Should you be interested in the position, please send your CV and GitHub repo to talent@ethswarm.org.
Sr Go Developer Core Team Swarm Remote $80,000 to $120,000 a year
January 2021
4 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
This job posting is no longer available
Job Description
About Swarm
Swarm is a system of peer-to-peer networked nodes that create a decentralised storage and communication service. The system is economically self-sustaining due to a built-in incentive system enforced through smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain.
Swarm aspires to shape the future towards a self-sovereign global society and permissionless open markets. On Swarm, applications can run autonomously yet securely in a planetary-scale deployment and execution environment.
Bee is a Swarm client implemented in Go. It’s the basic building block for Swarm Network. Bee provides low level constructs for file storage, feeds, key-value stores and untraceable communication.
The Swarm Bee team strives to keep things clear and simple, making reasoning and discussions efficient. In a broader sense, this applies to everything we do.
Solid, well-tested code is delivered in an agile manner.
Key technologies are Go, libp2p, protobuf, leveldb, and go-ethereum, as well as various cryptographic libraries.
Your role
Development of the reference Swarm implementation in Go aka Bee
Bringing code up to spec
Delivering well-tested code
Conducting thorough code reviews to your peers
Your profile
You like to work remotely
You are available in CET timezone
You manage your own time effectively and respect time constraints
You like to use your initiative
You don’t need to google SOLID principles
You can express yourself fluently in English, both verbally and in writing
We appreciate
A passionate open-source contributor
Experience with libp2p
Good grasp of distributed systems
Acquaintance with cryptographic concepts
Knowledge of Kubernetes, Grafana, Jaeger and OpenTracing
Swarm offers
Competitive compensation
An open, flat and transparent work environment
The opportunity to be part of a diverse and ambitious remote team
Swarm is a system of peer-to-peer networked nodes for a decentralised storage and communication service.
Swarm could shape the future towards a self-sovereign global society and permissionless open markets. On Swarm, applications run autonomously yet securely in a planetary-scale deployment and execution environment.
Bee is a Swarm client implemented in Go. It’s the basic building block for the Swarm Network.
Bee provides low level constructs for file storage, feeds, key-value stores and untraceable communication, through solid, well-tested code delivered in an agile manner.
Key technologies are Go, libp2p, protobuf, leveldb, and go-ethereum, as well as various cryptographic libraries.
Your role:
Take architectural decisions for our p2p distributed network
Suggest improvement solutions for our codebase and the testing process
Development of the reference Swarm implementation in Go aka Bee
Developing domain-specific knowledge and expertise in the Swarm incentive layer implementation
Bringing code up to spec
Delivering well-tested code
Conducting thorough code reviews to your peers
Your profile:
You have 5+ years of experience in a similar position & at least 3 years with GoLang
You have experience in working on large-scale distributed systems
Familiarity with infrastructure tools (we use k8s, helm)
You follow SOLID principles
You like to work in a fast paced environment
Strong sense of ownership and responsibility
You manage your own time effectively and respect time constraints
You like to work remotely
You are available around the CET timezone
You can express yourself fluently in English, both verbally and in writing
We appreciate:
You have a solid grasp of blockchain principles and application design considerations
Experience with libp2p
You are familiar with go-ethereum
Acquaintance with cryptographic concepts
Knowledge of monitoring tools (we use Grafana, Prometheus, Jaeger and OpenTracing)
Knowledge of Solidity
A passionate open-source contributor
We offer/Team perks:
An open, flat and transparent work environment
100% remote friendly
Flexible working hours
We care about our swarm: Incentives through BZZ, our token
Should you be interested in the position, please send your CV to talent@ethswarm.org
Swarm is a system of peer-to-peer networked nodes for a decentralized storage and communication service.
Swarm could shape the future towards a self-sovereign global society and permissionless open markets. On Swarm, applications run autonomously yet securely in a planetary-scale deployment and execution environment.
Bee is a Swarm client implemented in Go. It’s the basic building block for the Swarm Network.
Bee provides low level constructs for file storage, feeds, key-value stores and untraceable communication, through solid, well-tested code delivered in an agile manner.
Key technologies are Go, libp2p, protobuf, leveldb, and go-ethereum, as well as various cryptographic libraries.
Your role:
This role expects the candidate to function as a large node operator, conducting testing and immersing themselves in the responsibilities of node operators. This requires experience in a comparable QA position, as well as an interest in DevOps-related areas. However, we consider motivation and initiative-taking to be the most crucial qualities that the ideal candidate should possess.
The responsibilities of the role:
Writing and executing end-to-end test scenarios on testnet and mainnet in order to assure performance and reliability.
Submit detailed bug reports and issues to our developers' team.
Give the green light to the developers' team to proceed with a release.
Be an active part in shaping the way our products are built by analyzing how functionality, user experience and performance could be improved.
This role is an excellent opportunity, as in the future we expect the QA team to grow and therefore this role could open the possibility of becoming the QA team lead.
Your profile:
* You have at least 3 years of hands-on experience in a similar position.
* Solid understanding of distributed systems
* Experience in executing manual and automated tests interacting with the API.
* Be able to set up different environments to perform automated testing on them.
* You are familiar with the blockchain ecosystem.
* Experience in managing panels and dashboards for monitoring,
* Familiarity with Ethereum is a must.
* You can express yourself fluently in English, both verbally and in writing.
* You manage your own time effectively and respect time constraints.
* You like to take initiative.
* You are available around CET timezone.
We appreciate:
* You are familiar with Golang.
* Exposure to infrastructure-related tasks (will be needed to set up environments).
* Familiarity with Grafana, Loki and Prometheus
* General acquaintance with cryptographic concepts.
* Experience with the Javascript ecosystem.
We offer/Team perks:
* An open, flat and transparent work environment
* 100% remote-friendly
* Flexible working hours
* We care about our swarm: Incentives through BZZ, our token
To apply, please send your CV and GitHub repo to talent@ethswarm.org.
Senior Backend Engineer Spread Remote (Europe) €70,000 to €100,000 a year
June 2023
16 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
Job Description
As our Senior Backend Software Engineer (f/m/d), you'll play a critical role in developing our key functionalities and achieving an engineer-like understanding of our cutting-edge software.
Our team is made up of dedicated individuals who are passionate about product development from start to finish. From design to deployment and beyond, we're committed to creating intelligent solutions that will transform the way engineers approach their work.
The ideal candidate for this role isn't just another cog in the machine - they're a creative thinker who's always eager to explore new ideas and challenge the status quo. With the confidence to exchange ideas freely and the tenacity to tackle problems head-on, you'll be an essential part of our team as we continue to push the boundaries of what's possible. So what are you waiting for? Let's revolutionize the world of engineering together!
YOUR MISSION – #SPREADYOURMISSION
Work hand in hand with the Frontend Engineers, Architects, and Product Owner in order to create outstanding services;
Develop high-class Backend code to further enrich our Microservice Architecture;
Further improve our solution and codebase by making implementation decisions and realizing them;
Write clean, maintainable, and scalable code that complies with SOLID principles;
Implement user stories in an agile environment;
Be in charge of medium to large features and tasks from technical design through to release;
Help set goals and technical direction while ensuring that they align with the goals of the business;
Create and maintain tools to interact with the software and data;
Work closely with our product team to understand our customers' needs;
Make sure the product code matches the documentation and testing (including reviews, Unit, integration, and end-to-end testing);
Understand and leverage new backend technology and know-how to empower our product.
YOUR EXPERIENCE – #SPREADYOURKNOWHOW
MUST HAVES:
7+ years of experience working professionally with SQL and NoSQL databases (key/value, graph, and relational databases, transactions) *years of experience is a guideline. Ultimately your work speaks for itself and can be explored in the technical challenge*
Profound experience with Golang or Rust;
Experience working with microservice architecture (JWT, orchestration vs choreography, load balancing, service discovery, REST/gRPC communication protocols);
Affinity and experience with Agile Methodologies (scrum and/or Kanban);
Experience working on complex projects in teams as well as leading teams;
Good communication skills and fluency in English.
NICE TO HAVES:
Affinity and experience with DevOps (Kubernetes or Docker Swarm, load balancing, cloud computing, CI/CD);
Experience working professionally with the latest C++ standards;
Scientific knowledge or interest related to fields we research (3D programming and rendering, statistics, numerical methods, mathematical modeling in physics, etc...);.
*Seniority level is based on performance in the technical interviews and challenges. All employees have the opportunity to elevate at the rate of skill progression*
WHY US?
We care about your future:
Unlimited contract;
Ownership through equity/virtual shares;
Optional Private Pension Scheme
We care about your development:
The annual budget for professional Learning & Development, subsidized Urban Sports membership, bike leasing scheme, and more;
Be part of a competent, ambitious, and fun team that inspires us to perform our best, and grow both professionally and personally.
We care about respect:
Flat organization;
Solution-focused 360-degree communication and feedback.
We care about serious FUN!
Engaging and simply extraordinary events such as #SpreadOut company outings, #SPREADOrigins, where we celebrate SPREAD’s cultural diversity, #SpreadTheNews, #Lunch&Learn and so much more!
30 days of vacation.
We care about innovation:
Monthly time budget of 1 day dedicated to breaking out of daily tasks – facilitated with the Design Thinking Methodology.
All the tech you need (cool tech stack, fully configured Pro laptop, monitors, gadgets, etc.)
A commitment to our Vision to change how products are created and maintained, helping a whole industry to become more sustainable!
Based in France and the United Kingdom, OneStock offers an omnichannel Order Management software suite for retailers wishing to make their order management agile, offer the best customer experience and boost their sales.
The company, co-founded by Romulus, Benoit and Vincent in 2010 has become a benchmark for cross-channel merchants, and has many clients in France, the United Kingdom and more generally in Europe.
The company aims to expand even more internationally. His mission ? Abolish the borders between physical and digital commerce.
About The Role
Within our R&D department, you will supervise part of the team and actively participate in the development of OneStock software, whether on back or front issues. The tools will have to respond to the daily issues facing our customers: big data, real-time, high performance and high availability, cloud, UX for different types of users ...
In direct relation with the Chief Architect and the other Tech Leads of the R&D team, and in close collaboration with the product, onboarding, marketing and sales teams, you will intervene in all phases of the product's life. You will shape the software from the design phase to deployment, including technical and technological choices.
You are committed to project management and team management while having a solid technical background. In short, you will be the tech lead of the “green” R&D team (made up of half a dozen engineers for a total of about 15 people with the other colors).
For the purely technical side, you will have to contribute to our platform built on a micro-services architecture. You will thus have the opportunity to manipulate the different technologies of our stack.
The methods / technologies / tools we are used to using:
Deployment on a private and elastic cloud type environment with Docker (Swarm) and soon Kerbernetes
Continuous integration with GoCD and version management with Git
A graduate of an engineering school, you have a strong technical background, want to contribute to the development of a SaaS tool and know how to guide a team. You also know how to be autonomous and are not afraid to take on complex human and technological challenges.
Your main missions will be:
Guide, coordinate and monitor the work of the team
Lead the design of the features to be developed
Actively participate in software development
Provide training and skills development for newcomers
Ensure compliance with work methodologies
Be responsible for the quality of the team's work
Make technological choices in agreement with the team
Provide support for the implementation and debugging of features developed by the team
Monitor to identify new technologies that could benefit the software
Required Skills:
Development of back-end and front-end applications (minimum 5 years of experience)
Minimum of 2 years of experience in team management and / or project management
Knowledge and experience on micro-services architectures, and their deployment in a high-availability and high-performance environment.
Teamwork, in an agile environment (Scrum or Kanban)
Autonomy, Adaptability, Communication
Fluency in English
Interview Process
HR interview with the Chief Architect (1h)
Technical test and presentation with the team (2h)
Sr Software Engineer CTO.ai Vancouver, BC, Canada C$60,000 to C$100,000 a year
February 2021
8 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
Job Description
About the Opportunity
We’re adding a Senior Level Engineer to our close knit and cross functional team. This is a unique position as you not only need to have experience with DevOps, but also understand the challenges of implementing it across an organization and be passionate about simplifying this in order to achieve maximin velocity. We believe that DevOps is too complicated for most developers and too subjective for most companies. Our Platform allows teams to package up custom automations (Ops) that can be run on your local machine or in Slack, which we strongly believe is at the centre of remote collaboration.
Our mission at CTO.ai is to make DevOps more enjoyable and accessible to the next 50 million developers. Did we also mention that we are also building out an open source library of Ops?
What You’ll Do
Tech stack includes: Golang, Rust, Node.js and Vue.
We offer SDKs for building Ops in: Golang, Python, Node.js, and Bash.
Work to improve the developer experience through Lean DevOps
Work on tickets in Sprints spanning features, bugs, tech debt in API, CLI client, Slack client, or in one of our microservices
Coordinate with Product team to unblock their designs and MVP features
Collaborate with the team to solution minimal viable product offerings within time budgeted
Improve documentation of our system both internally and customer facing
Open tickets for identified bugs or tech debt and communicating this with Project Manager
On support rotation, assist customers with user facing difficulties and tackle critical bugs
Write Ops for our open source library to serve as examples for our community
Help improve our developer experience and environment
Support our community team through various initiatives - the more involved you want to be the better!
About You
You are a pragmatic programmer, you approach the problems of today with a “get it done” attitude while still thinking about how these decisions impact our product tomorrow. You also understand what it's like to work with a business and product in this early stage. We are a user centric company, experience in building products that users can’t live without is an absolute must. We are also very active in the developer community and want those who share our passion in creating bigger conversations around DevOps and the developer experience. Be sure to checkout our social accounts and sign up for the community! Previous startup experience, customer facing and/or team lead experience are highly preferred.
Demonstrated experience in the above area is a MUST to be considered for the position.Please ensure your resume and/or cover letter speaks to this and NOT JUST your technical skills.
Technical Experience
As mentioned we're not JUST looking for a super technical person.
To be considered for this position you must also speak to the above mentioned areas.
5+ years developer experience
Experience in DevOps OR working in a team where DevOps was a priority
Relation and non-relational databases
Microservice oriented architecture
Experience architecting systems
Experience Breakdown
3+ years in Node.js/React/Vue AND 2+ years Golang (or 4+ in other compiled languages)
2+ years container orchestration experience in Kubernetes, Docker Swarm or equivalent
2+ years experience in AWS for configuring and maintaining cloud resources
Assets
2+ years Python or Ruby | 1+ years Rust | 1+ years TypeScript |
1+ years Azure/GCP for configuring and maintaining cloud resources
Full stack Experience
More About Us
We are now a digital by default company! Our staff can choose to work from home or from our office in downtown Vancouver. As we are able to support a more distributed work force we are open to candidates from outside of Vancouver applying
Other Reasons We Love Working Here
We each have a lot of autonomy and the opportunity to make a big impact
We value each other's opinions and voices and work to create a transparent and collaborative environment
We offer competitive salaries and make sure we check these each year against local industry salary surveys
We offer an employer-paid comprehensive benefits plan
We support families and provide employees with Maternity & Parental leave options
We provide a flexible work schedule and environment
We have a flexible vacation policy
We foster a culture of inclusivity and invite all those interested to apply!
I’m In!
If this role sounds interesting, please send us your resume and cover letter ensuring you tell us a bit about you and your interest in the role. Ensure to include links like your GitHub, code samples or social accounts that will help us understand your background.
Cloud Architect Ori London, United Kingdom £70,000 to £90,000 a year
July 2019
1 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
Job Description
Curious about distributed computing? Deploying on top of Kubernetes? Writing in GO? So are we!
Ori provides developers, networks and infrastructure owners with a software-defined edge platform to deploy, onboard & manage edge computing nodes over multiple environments and geographies.
We work with networks, big and small, to build the future of communication. Based in central London, we are searching for a hands on Cloud Architect with experience with cloud-native technologies to join a growing team of driven entrepreneurs. We are looking for candidates interested in driving technology choices, designing core architectures and bringing their experience to support the team and the development of our edge computing platform.
Promises
Support your personal development, prioritising growth in knowledge around technology
Build an environment that encourages individual autonomy within a close-knit team
Provide constant technical challenges or puzzles requiring creative thinking & problem solving
Encourage the proactive use of new technologies and processes
Responsibilities
Set the technical direction for cloud and networking technologies and the implementation of a distributed compute solution
Research and suggest updates to process and technology regularly to stay relevant
Mentor the team, building an environment that supports communication and collaboration aligned with our company values
Perform technical reviews and provide solution designs to the Engineering team
Work directly with partners to translate network integration requirements into product features
Design solutions with network virtualisation tools and cloud-native principles
Ensure software is designed and implemented for quality, robustness and scale
Take ownership and responsibility of production-ready code
Contribute to and ensure the completion of code development so that product releases reach general availability on time
Expectations
Experience and understanding of production-ready services in a Cloud-like environment
Understanding of architectural designs and impacts resulting in real-world implementation
Hands-on experience working building large scale web or cloud architectures
Continued development experience; writing code, tests, and debugging issues
Strong grasp of core architectural, programming principles and networking
Experience with Go or similar languages (Java, C/C++, Rust)
Demonstrable architectural concepts (SOA, Containerization) with coding and handling services through Docker
Experience with Kubernetes or similar systems (Swarm, Nomad)
Track record in multiple configuration management tools like Chef, Ansible, Puppet or Terraform
Exposure to open source networking projects in the realm of cloud, PaaS/IaaS, containerization and distributed computing
Awareness of Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) and Software Defined Networking (SDN)
Experience of modern deployment & associated tooling, integration, technology, patterns and release methodologies including automated configuration to design, build & provision at scale
Evidence of design and delivery of different scales of digital technical architectures resulting in real-world implementation
Passion for good documentation of processes and architectures, alongside open communication
Interested? Ping over your CV, Github profile or any other relevant work you want to share.
We believe diversity and inclusion make us a better company, and we embrace equal employment opportunity. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, opinions and skills.
Golang (Go) Backend Engineer Healum London, United Kingdom £50,000 to £65,000 a year
May 2019
1 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
Job Description
We are Healum - a well funded digital health company on a mission to improve and save 100 million lives across the globe. We believe that everyone should have access to better personalised preventative healthcare and healthcare professionals should be empowered to deliver this experience to their patients. Digital solutions can make this a reality. We build digital products to enable patients to monitor and understand their health, and software that empowers health professionals to achieve better outcomes with their patients. Our single aim is to maximise people’s engagement with their health by delighting them with products that make them feel confident, supported and motivated.
We are looking for a Golang Software Engineer based for a full-time position, to help further build Healum's distributed services platform to enhance our value proposition to our users. Are you excited about building petabyte-scale, business-critical, distributed software that helps people to transform their health outcomes? Do you find a peculiar satisfaction in bringing efficiency through intelligent algorithms? Do you enjoy looking at real-time data and incorporating that in to how you build software? The most important characteristic is that you can wear many hats and you’ll love getting your hands dirty with planning, scaling, security and testing. You’ll have a passion for playing a lead role in envisioning our platform services and preparing Healum for scale and high availability. You will work closely with the founders to build high quality and scalable systems that are integrated with our products that establish Healum as a leader in providing useful and intelligent solutions for clinicians and their patients.
You have
5+ years experience in software development
Extensive knowledge of Golang and at least one other formal software languages (think compiled software languages C/C+, Java, Scala, Erlang, Clojure). **This is really important**. In your application note - please mention ONE feature about Golang that you like in order to qualify your application for consideration.
Experience in building distributed scalable and fault tolerant systems using micro-services, CEP, MQs.
Strong experience in working with data and multiple datastores both SQL / Non- SQL like relational data stores, document data stores, caches and graph Databases
Experience using go-micro or some other microservices framework and other tools like glide, godep, gorilla mux, revel,
Affinity for smart hacking over process and the ability to take complex technical requirements and breaking them down into smaller execution units.
Ruthless capabilities of documenting major technical details outside of the code and minor ones inside the code.
cognitive abilities to choose smart practices over best practices with a keen eye over security and scalability.
experience in continuously shipping and testing through deployment pipelines using CI/CD tools in an agile development environment.
experience in performance tuning your code and scalability thinking while writing it.
You also have
Deep understanding of distributed systems and service mesh concepts
Familiarity in Linux systems (like Centos) and some experience in scripting, automation and tooling.
Experience working with virtualisation systems (like Docker, Vagrant etc.) VMs and hypervisors (like vsphere, xenserver etc.)
Experience working with orchestration tools (like Kubernetes, Mesos, Docker Swarm etc.) and container registeries (GCE, Docker hub etc.)
Crazy attention to detail - sleepless nights because you found a bug that you couldn't resolve at 5:44 pm.
Familiarity with agile development practices (a/b testing, unit testing, continuous deployment,continuous integration,scrums) and worked in a production environment.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills to communicate technical concepts to a wide variety of audience.
Ability to be empathetic and form strong working relations with your team members, customers and partners.
As one of our first team members, a typical day might include some of the following
Write, test, debug and ship code and gather feedback on scale, performance, security to incorporate back into the platform.
Work with the founders to identify complex technical problems and solve them.
Work with the product design and client experience development team to support them with scalable services
Feed into the overall mission and vision of the Healum's platform over the period of coming months and years.
Inspire us with latest technical trends and frameworks especially in programming languages, data stores, security and create some of your own.
Work with the infrastructure team to squeeze every ounce of efficiency from our existing systems.
To land this gig, you need...
Quality experience in building large scale distributed systems, a formal degree in computer science, physics or mathematics. Background and expertise in software development, micro services, API integrations, data analytics, security and huge scale thinking!
Would you like to make a lasting impact in people’s lives and change them for better? Then get in touch.
Absolutely NO recruitment agencies or outsourcing companies as we work with our PSL only.
Interview Process
If you are interested in this role email us at hello@healum.com with your CV, and one feature about Golang that you like and why!
Location:Cambridge, UK
Contact: careers@speechmatics.com
“Speechmatics is on the bleeding edge of speech recognition, and as a Software Engineer, I get to build the infrastructure to deliver this at scale using state-of-the-art technology. As well as that, I work with a wonderful team and there’s a very welcoming and supportive culture in the company. If you’re currently looking for a new opportunity, and are interested in a position in one of the best Machine Learning companies in the UK, look no further.”
Michel Hollands, Software Development Engineer at Speechmatics
Background
Speech technology is one of the most popular discussion items at the moment, yet speech interaction is limited to “Alexa, turn on the light”, or “Siri, where is the nearest coffee shop?” We are taking speech technology to the next level using our expertise in machine learning and speech-to-text technology to enable our customers to use conversational speech recognition. Our solutions power subtitling on TV, content discovery for videos, compliance solutions in banks, improve efficiency of meetings, and many other use-cases. Our mission is to improve human communication with a global speech engine, that works and put speech back at the heart of communication.
At Speechmatics you’ll be working with some of the smartest minds in the industry, working on cutting-edge projects and deploying the latest machine learning techniques to disrupt the market, providing customers with the best speech technology available, all whilst immersed in a progressive and great company culture. You can enjoy benefits including, share options, healthcare, life assurance, Bike Doctor, massages, regular BBQs, Brew Dogs in the fridge, no red tape, a top end laptop and much more. We’re building a company that truly strives to be world-leading and we’re looking for people who wholeheartedly believe they can be additive to our culture, bring new ideas to the table and get stuff done. If that’s you, carry on reading.
The Opportunity
The Speechmatics Engineering team develops and maintains speech-oriented products and services that will be used by businesses worldwide and is responsible for the complete product development cycle for these products. In this role, you’ll help to support fundamental language processing research as well as helping to build our public cloud-based SaaS service and products that will be deployed by our users in their data centres and cloud instances.
You’ll solve and overcome challenges to deliver a rapidly growing product portfolio. In addition to helping deliver features you will help drive the system architecture as well as contribute towards defining and improving the best practices we employ to develop new features and products. Initially, your primary coding language will be Python, however, you’ll be tasked with helping the team adopt Go as our primary coding language when compiled code is preferred.
Because you will be joining a rapidly expanding team, you will need to be a team player who thrives in a fast-paced environment, with a focus on rapidly moving research developments into products. We strongly encourage versatility and knowledge transfer within and across teams.
No prior experience of speech recognition is necessary. Speechmatics has a team of speech recognition engineers who will collaborate on all speech recognition related projects and teach you any specialised knowledge required. This will include opportunities to participate in internal training courses aimed at teaching machine learning theory and practice. If you are a talented, detail-oriented engineer with a solid software development foundation and a commitment to deliver the best possible technology solutions, then we want to hear from you!
Key Responsibilities
Delivering high quality, maintainable and robust code on time, as part of a team
Executing projects and developing against an outlined design
Developing pragmatic solutions and building flexible systems without over-engineering
Involvement at all stages of the software development cycle, including designing and developing new architectural systems and improvements, and QA processes
Participation in estimation and sprint planning in an agile environment
Working closely with other technical teams and the product team to deliver on the company’s technical vision
Requirements
Essential
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
Professional experience in software development
Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis
Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
Analytical with a data-driven approach to making decisions and attention to detail
Excellent Go skills
Good Python skills
Good Linux development skills
Experience of working within a team to create, deliver, and run high quality systems
Desirable
Master's degree in Computer Science or related field
Proficiency in C, C++, or JavaScript
Strong skills and experience in cloud-based software development, preferably Azure:
Working with distributed and/or clustered systems.
Building and running horizontally scaling architectures.
Using cloud-based queueing, messaging, monitoring and storage techniques.
Familiarity with some of Kubernetes, Ansible, Docker, Docker Swarm, Elasticsearch, TeamCity, GitLab, JIRA, Kubernetes, Nginx, Nomad, Terraform
Familiarity with statistical models and data mining algorithms
Familiarity with Natural Language Processing techniques
Comfortable collaborating with teams with very different technical skills, and non-technical teams
Perks & Benefits
Salary
Competitive salary (dependent on experience), flexible working and some awesome benefits & perks.
Interested?
Get in touch! Send your CV and covering letter to careers@speechmatics.com.
More about Speechmatics’ culture
Live for the wow | Build authentic relationships | Be the adventure
Innovation is what we do. We build, we iterate, we develop the next thing that delivers that wow moment. We see value in building long-term, authentic relationships that last and are based on trust and honesty. With our customers, our colleagues, our leaders, our suppliers or within our local community. Our journey should be fun and exciting. We will celebrate our successes and learn from our mistakes together along the way. We embrace learning and change to grow naturally and organically as a company and individuals. We trust, we’re honest, kind and respectful.