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Backend Systems Engineer CommentSold Remote (United States) $125,000 to $155,000 a year
November 2020
1 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
This job posting is no longer available
Job Description
Backend Systems Engineer
At CommentSold we are building multiple complex systems to support our core e-commerce and mobile technology stacks, we have systems doing video transcoding, push and SMS messaging, mobile build pipelines and a few other interesting problems.
We're looking for an experienced backend systems engineer with a strong general software engineering skillset to help build and grow our new systems development. In this role you’ll be driving forward our new backend systems, helping designing and maintaining our existing systems.
Right now the majority of our backend systems which live outside our main web stack are written in Go and/or built on AWS technologies like ECS and beanstalkd. If you have experience with and interest in helping solve some interesting problems where scaling is a real factor this might be the right role for you.
NOTE: At this time, we are only considering candidates located in the USA.
In this role, you will
Work on a wide range of problems within our core application
Focus on solving problems from both the customer facing and backend perspectives
Gain a deep understanding of our product and become involved in driving out product implementation
Join a rapidly growing technical team with the opportunity to take on both product and technical problems
Our pipeline uses libraries and tooling along with scripts/tools written in languages including python, bash and Go (Golang).
If you’re right for this role, you
Have a strong understanding of core computer science principles
2-3+ years backend systems development experience utilizing Go
2-3+ years experience with AWS technologies like ECS and beanstalkd
Are organized and have strong time management skills
Love solving problems and finding solutions
Are self-motivated and self-directing
Are comfortable in a fast paced, pragmatic work environment
Have worked on a remote team
Perks & Benefits
We are a remote focused team so the majority of your time will be remote. We also provide remote specific benefits: * Coworking space reimbursement budget * Home internet reimbursement budget
Base salary plus annual bonus
Interview Process
Culture fit with People Operations
30 minute intro call with CTO
45-60 minute technical call with CTO
Take home coding challenge
Review of your coding challenge with the CTO and our current Pipeline Engineer
Bison Trails is the leading blockchain infrastructure provider, and we are looking for an exceptional Blockchain Network Engineer to join our highly-skilled and passionate team in New York City. The ideal candidate is an experienced, motivated, self-starting engineer with a love for building containerized applications in a cloud native development environment.
We believe in the power of blockchain technology and building a decentralized future that enables greater participation in global financial networks. Our mission is to provide superior infrastructure on multiple blockchains, strengthen the entire ecosystem, and enable the pioneers of tomorrow.
What does it mean to be a Blockchain Network Engineer at Bison Trails?
You have 3-5 years of infrastructure or full-stack engineering experience under your belt
You are a self-starter with a proven track record of shipping quality product
You are an autonomous worker with the ability to proactively manage the needs of a growing company with minimal oversight
You possess an analytical mindset and feel comfortable using qualitative and quantitative data to inform your decision making
You are proficient in a modern programming language such as Go, Python, or Rust
You are experienced in containerizing modern applications, particularly blockchain networks.
You have familiarity with Go and the Kubernetes ecosystem, but are not necessarily an expert
You take pride in having excellent written and verbal communication skills
You enjoy entrepreneurial environments and want to help build something meaningful
You preferably work in the greater NYC area, but if not, you are US-based with previous remote experience
Day to day, you will…
Work to support new and existing blockchain networks on our platform. This means dockerizing, YAML templating, and otherwise writing code that facilitates different networks running on our Kubernetes based platform every day
Research complex topics around specific blockchain networks including consensus algorithms, economic models, and node/network topology.
Interact and collaborate with other engineers and team members; we have a highly focused and collaborative team. Our team prioritizes creating a shared understanding of our systems/supported networks, and we are dedicated to supporting each other on a daily basis.
Contribute to blockchain network support discussions. We are looking for a strong technical leader that can help drive and own support for multiple networks.
Participate in the overall blockchain network community. Join third party discussions and become a contributor to the development of new and existing networks.
Build services and infrastructure that help to automate the deployment of blockchain network infrastructure
Incorporate monitoring, alerting, and observability to support blockchain networks that allow us to maintain the highest standards of health, reliability and uptime.
Write integration tests and contribute to maintaining a healthy CI/CD pipeline.
We are conveniently located in Tribeca, NYC. We provide competitive industry salaries along with:
- Company-paid health, dental, vision, life & disability insurance
- 401(k) plan, FSA & commuter benefits
- Flexible PTO
- Training, mentorship, and coaching from industry leaders and company leadership
- The opportunity to grow alongside a company that is helping create the decentralized future
- Work in tandem with fun, diverse and open-minded colleagues
Senior Software Engineer Deliveroo New York City, United States $120,000 to $160,000 a year
May 2020
1 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
This job posting is no longer available
Job Description
About the job
About the role
-- Work in any number of our Product Teams, utilizing AGILE best practice
-- Build products and improve existing ones (tech products that is...not meals)
-- Take part in decisions related to how we undertake new projects
-- Gather requirements and scope out projects with the rest of the team
-- Work closely with other developers, designers, QA and others
What we're looking for
-- 5+ years of software engineering experience building web applications at scale
-- 2+ years experience with at least one of the following languages: Ruby, Python, Go, Java, Scala
-- Working experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and key-value stores (Memcache, Redis)
-- You take pride in writing readable, well-designed software. You prefer simple solutions over complex ones.
-- You’re interested in new technologies and tools, but understand the rationale for choosing Boring Technology. You believe in using the right tool for the job.
-- You’re comfortable building and scaling systems in a growing services infrastructure. You are driven to improve performance, enhance code quality, and establish best practices for your team.
-- You have a proven ability to get up to speed quickly. You are a team player and will learn whatever new skills or tools needed to get the job done.
-- You have the initiative and communication skills to build relationships with colleagues on different teams to solve fundamental business problems.
-- Bonus points for experience with front-end technologies (we use React)
Benefits & Diversity
We know that people are the heart of the business and we prioritize their welfare. We offer a wide range of competitive benefits in areas including health, family, finance, community, convenience, growth, time away and relocation.
In 2018 we announced our decision to give every employee equity in the company. We did this because we wanted all of our employees, regardless of location, level or role to be owners and because we believe that this is the right thing to do. We believe this helps build a culture where everyone is committed and able to share in the company’s success.
At Deliveroo, we believe a great workplace is one that represents the world we live in and how beautifully diverse it can be. That means we have no judgement when it comes to any one of the things that make you who you are - your gender, race, sexuality, religion or a secret aversion to pizza. All you need is a passion for (most) food and a desire to be part of one of the fastest growing start-up’s around.
Back-End Software Engineer Conductor New York, United States $100,000 to $150,000 a year
October 2019
7 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
Job Description
We are looking for an experienced backend software engineer to join our exceptional team of distributed systems engineers. We have embarked on a mission to create highly-scalable and performant micro-services that handle tera-bytes of data and analytics that feed into beautifully designed custom data visualizations. You will be responsible for architecting, implementing and testing new and existing systems that power our flagship product and help humanize the way content marketers interact with customers. Most importantly, your leadership as a senior and experienced member of the team will become an example for others to follow, and you will help shape and define our engineering practices and craftsmanship.
Our Engineering Values
Collaboration: We believe that engineers do their best work when working together in cohesive teams.
Excellence: We believe in doing things the "right way" rather than the "fast way", and holding ourselves to a high standard of excellence.
Growth: We believe engineers do their best work when they are constantly growing, learning, and changing.
Communication: We believe in combining empathy with openness and honesty to set clear expectations and hold each other accountable.
Impact: We believe we're making the world a better place by empowering marketers to really help their customers rather than just sell stuff.
What you'll be doing
Writing beautiful API documentation for all the services you and the team builds for consumption by other developers (we use Swagger).
Design and architect scalable services that are both highly available and performant.
Breaking down product requirements into manageable stories and delegating work to team members.
Refactoring and evolving existing distributed systems to make legacy systems anew.
Collaborating with other functions of the business and engineering department to ensure successful delivery of software.
Who you are:
A bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related field
8+ years working in backend technologies in addition to Java such as Scala, Python, Golang or a combination of
8+ years working in databases such as MySQL, Postgres or other RDBMS systems
8+ years working with cloud-hosting and deep understanding of AWS, Google Cloud or Azure
3-5+ years working with Docker containers and deep understanding of the internals of how containers work
3-5+ years working with non-relational databases such as Cassandra or Dynamo
3-5+ years building and deploying containers into managed clusters with Kubernetes or equivalent
Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
Proven professional experience working with non-technical business functions
You enjoy collaborating with product management teams to ensure the best quality product is shipped out the door
You have a keen appreciation for usability and understand your users come first when designing systems
Why You Should Join
At Conductor, we are looking for engaged and passionate engineers that can raise the bar. There is a tremendous opportunity here to have immediate impact in the day-to-day and affect the company's success and growth. We all share in the same values and push each other to meet these standards.
We are made up of a diverse group of people from all backgrounds and include a team of exceptional engineers in Kyiv as well. Wherever you are from, you will find a common ground here for continuing to push forward your career and make a difference in this industry.
Conductor, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
About Conductor
Conductor’s search and content intelligence platform helps marketers create and optimize content to improve visibility online.
The technology generates customer intent insights that lead to compelling content, increased traffic, and higher organic marketing ROI. Customizable dashboards and workflows guide marketers through the content creation process, empowering them to measure, refine, and demonstrate the effectiveness of their SEO and content marketing efforts.
In addition to its SaaS platform, Conductor offers a suite of services and support including site audits, site migrations, and managed services that empower in-house marketing teams and digital marketing agencies to drive results and put their customers' needs first.
Conductor's forward-thinking customers include global and emerging enterprise brands like Citibank, Salesforce, ClassPass, and WeWork.
Software Engineer, Security Team Lob San Francisco, United States $115,000 to $165,000 a year
October 2019
4 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
This job posting is no longer available
Job Description
Lob is building a suite of APIs to simplify and automate enterprise workflows. Our most popular product is our print and mail API that enables companies to send physical mail as effortlessly as sending emails. This API helps individuals and enterprise customers programmatically send physical mail at scale. Our second API focuses on address verification. It is officially CASS-certified by the USPS. Our long-term goal is to provide the building blocks for developers to automate the offline world through APIs (lob.com/blog/vision-mission) . We’re looking for great problem-solvers to help us figure out how.
As a member of our security team, you’ll protect the data of hundreds of millions of mail recipients, ensure new products and designs are architected safe by default, build monitoring and detection systems, work collaboratively with developers to educate them about security and squash vulnerabilities, and help us achieve our compliance and regulatory goals.
We take a systemic approach to security, and strive to ensure we provide low friction high-impact wins across everything we do. The role includes significant autonomy towards defining problem spaces and a mandate to build viable tools which are both internally- and externally-facing. A significant part of this job is meant to attract a multidisciplinary engineer. This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to have a large sense of ownership, grow extraordinarily in their career, and develop cross-functional technical & soft skills, not just related to application/infrastructure security but securing all aspects of a fast-moving hypergrowth startup.
Our engineering team values agility, collaboration, and autonomy (lob.com/blog/engineering-agility-collaboration-autonomy) . We’re building a team of not just strong problem-solvers, but great collaborators—engineers who are excited to teach and learn from each other, share decisions and information freely, and work together on new problems that no other companies have solved before. Come join the best people in the business.
As a Senior Security Engineer, you’ll...
Be a security subject matter expert and respond to any internal and external customer security engineering questions/requests
Support and advise software engineering teams in the design of secure software. Coach and mentor other engineers
Develop, implement, and communicate vulnerability mitigation strategies to development teams
Threat model and pentest our internal and external applications
Design, evangelize and implement security processes, technical controls, and architecture design patterns to enhance Lob's ability to prevent, detect, and analyze malicious activity
Participate in defining security-related end user features in the Lob product
Recommend and deploy tooling to manage security in the deployment pipeline as well as production systems
Balance security risk with business goals and agility
For this role, we’re looking for...
Proven interpersonal skills: Ability to explain complex technical issues to both technical and non-technical audiences. Collaborative approach to mentoring software engineers on the development of secure code
Broad exposure to various security disciplines (at least 2 of application security, infrastructure security, incident response, account security, and risk & compliance), and understanding of the core principles behind security concepts
Strong knowledge of web architecture, cloud and application architectures, and related security principles
Systematic problem solving approach, coupled with a strong sense of ownership and drive
Experience securing AWS based environments a plus, including security of different AWS Services, design of VPC architectures, best practices for IAM configuration and security of data within and across AWS accounts
Experience with NodeJS and Golang a plus: having opinionated approaches to preventing and detecting vulnerable code patterns at scale
Experience with Kubernetes and service mesh deployments a plus: CVE scanning, RBAC, mTLS, network security policies, pod security contexts, etc.
About Lob
Lob was built by technical co-founders with a vision to make the world programmable. We offer two flagship APIs (print & mail and address verification) that enable companies to send postal mail as effortlessly as sending emails. Lob is venture-backed by the most reputable investors in tech, and we are rapidly growing our team to shape the future of our company and meet the demands of a quickly growing customer base and dynamic product offerings.
We give our employees a lot of responsibility and ownership of their work. You will have fun at work while engaging in challenging projects with the best and brightest.
Perks
Health benefits for you and your dependent(s)
Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Wellness program (includes monthly stipend or free Barry’s Bootcamp classes!)
Paid parental leave
Free lunch, dinner, and snacks
401K
Dog-friendly office
Ground floor opportunity as an early member of the Lob team; you’ll directly shape the direction of our company
Our Commitment to Diversity
Lob is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity (lob.com/blog/power-diversity-starts-data) of backgrounds and perspectives (lob.com/blog/a-commitment-to-diversity) to cultivate an environment of understanding to have greater impact on our business and customers. We encourage under-represented groups to apply and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Forbes 30 Under 30 - Enterprise Technology 2017
#61 on Y Combinator's Top Companies List 2018
#26 2018 Fastest-Growing Private Companies, The Business Journals
Hallmark Labs is the digital arm of Hallmark Cards, Inc., based in Santa Monica, California.
We currently operate two digital subscription services, Hallmark Movies Now and
Hallmark eCards, as well as ongoing initiatives in personalized, print-on-demand
greeting cards. We are a diverse team of innovators, creators and influencers
leveraging Hallmark’s deep experience in creating meaningful connections and
progressing it into the digital age with cutting-edge technology.
You're a seasoned polyglot engineer that is driven, takes ownership and is solution oriented and ready to join a stellar new team working on cross product foundational platform, shared by all our products written in Go. You'll be building robust and scalable software in multiple modern object oriented and functional languages. And making the company transitions to microservices using Go and Kafka.
As a part of this role, you will:
Implement reactive design patterns, microservices, and REST APIs
Work on integrations with other internal and external teams
Participate in creating and clarifying User Stories, and in planning Sprints
Dive into hard problems and successfully deliver great results on schedule
Design and implement asynchronous, multi-processor solutions
Learn new languages and choose the right language to solve the problems at hand, and work in Go
Think in multi-threaded, asynchronous, and multi-processor solutions
Required Qualifications:
5 or more years professional programming experience
2 or more years experience with two or more object oriented or functional languages (each), OR any substantial experience with Go, professionally or on-the-side
Experience with AWS or other cloud services
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with Service-oriented architecture (SOA), microservices, and REST APIs
Experience in scaling applications
Experience with Test Driven Development (TDD)
Experience with Ruby, Python, or Go
Experience with Apache Kafka
Comfortable working on small, cross-functional, fast paced teams
Excellent communication skills
Perks & Benefits
Excellent medical benefits
401(k) match up to 5%
Life insurance policy for every employee, at no cost
Fitness reimbursement
Cell phone and home internet reimbursement
Carpool and parking pass cash-out program
Generous maternity/paternity leave
Employee assistance programs
Fully stocked kitchen with fresh fruit and delicious snacks and beverages
Monthly catered lunches
Soft serve machine 24/7
Great eateries close by, oh, and we’re near the beach!
Software Engineer (Generalist) StackRox Mountain View, United States $140,000 to $180,000 a year
July 2019
4 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
This job posting is no longer available
Job Description
Are you passionate about building high performant products or using cutting edge technologies? Are you interested in defining our products, working closely with Product Management, in a fast-paced Agile environment? Are you looking to be impactful and contribute to engineering initiatives to achieve product goals with excellence? StackRox has an opportunity for you where you can contribute your skills, expertise, ingenuity and passion to help us succeed in our mission!
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We are looking for a software engineer who is skilled in building large scale distributed software systems that are highly performant while reducing the cost of deployment in cloud infrastructures. The ideal candidate cares deeply about performance, resource footprint, elegant coding with a great understanding of data structures and algorithms for enterprise-grade products, and is a fearless experimenter with a willingness to try new things. You'll fit right in if you like solving challenging problems by architecting elegant solutions, designing algorithms and writing code.
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field (or equivalent experience)
1+ years of experience in software engineering, algorithm design and systems development
Experience developing in Golang, C/C++, Java, or Python, with a language agnostic attitude toward development
Strong ability to define problems, formulate solutions, effectively collaborate and communicate, plan and execute
Ability to work boldly with a sense of urgency: embrace mistakes, learn from them, and help drive the team toward success
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Master's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field (or equivalent experience)
Experience with Docker or Kubernetes, and Linux containerization technology
Experience with private and public cloud design considerations in the areas of virtualization, distributed systems, load balancing and networking, large scale data storage, and/or security
Experience with distributed system orchestrators, scalable messaging systems, and large throughput data processing systems
Experience with low level Linux containerization subsystems (cgroups, namespaces), other containerization/virtualization systems, or related subsystems like scheduling or networking
Expertise with a broad range of data structures, algorithms, and software design, with strong debugging skills
ABOUT US
StackRox helps enterprises secure their cloud-native applications at scale from container build and deployment through runtime. Founded in 2014 by Sameer Bhalotra (former White House senior director for cybersecurity) and Ali Golshan (former co-founder and CTO of Cyphort), StackRox has assembled a team of experts in security, infrastructure, and machine learning. StackRox enables security teams to centralize container deployment governance, visualize the container attack surface, expose malicious activity, and stop attacker activity. It combines a new security architecture, machine learning, and protective actions to disrupt attacks in real time and limit their impact. Partnered with Docker, Amazon, Google, IBM and Red Hat, StackRox is the choice of both Global 2000 and emerging cloud-native enterprise companies.
Distributed System Engineer Paradigm Oakland, CA, United States / Remote $120,000 to $160,000 a year
November 2018
2 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
This job posting is no longer available
Job Description
COMPANY
At Paradigm you’ll have the opportunity to work with a young, passionate and talented team pioneering open-source decentralized exchange infrastructure that will redefine global financial markets. We are looking for engineers with deep interest in distributed systems and exchange technology.
New team members will be involved in making fundamental decisions and encouraged to be creative and independent; owning projects from conception to launch. Engineers will be involved in many layers of the emerging dApp stack, working with emerging web3 technologies to create both developer and consumer facing products.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Help develop software for our current Tendermint-based relay network system.
Work on production deployment/distributable version of node software.
Help architect custom decentralized order-relay implementation (based on existing specification)
Develop a custom decentralized order book implementation based on our current system.
Adapt existing Node.js Tendermint state machine to Golang (prefered) or C++
Write developer-facing documentation.
REQUIREMENTS
3+ years of software development experience.
1+ years of experience with consensus-based systems (Tendermint prefered).
2+ years of experience with distributed/shared database systems.
2+ years of Asynchronous programming experience (Golang/C++/Rust).
Proficiency in Golang, JavaScript/TypeScript.
Linux VM experience (potential transition to containerized deployment).
Ability to adapt to our rapidly evolving tech stack.
Passion for Paradigm’s vision and goal.
PREFERRED
BS, MS, or PhD from top university in a related field (CS, Math, Physics, etc.).
Knowledge of market structures and exchange related concepts.
Knowledge of the emerging decentralized financial primitive space.
Knowledge of Ethereum and Solidity.
Familiarity/understanding of web3 systems
Principal Software Engineer SendGrid Denver, Colorado, United States $130,000 to $170,000 a year
October 2018
3 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
This job posting is no longer available
Job Description
The Principal Software Engineer opening is an exciting opportunity to join SendGrid’s Customer Growth Engineering team, developing features and software that impact all points of the customer lifecycle.  You’ll make a tremendous impact with the team that spearheads microservice development and operability at SendGrid, using the latest distributed systems programming techniques and technologies like rate limiting, circuit breakers and multi-datacenter (including AWS). You’ll bring the ability and experience to write complex backend services, communicate effectively with cross functional teams, and have a tremendous drive to hone your craft.
Denver is our global headquarters and home to the Customer Growth Engineering team, our revenue growth engine - which your efforts will directly impact.
What You’ll Do
Live by and champion our cultural values of Happy, Hungry, Honest, and Humble
Design entire systems from scratch, end-to-end, that can fit into the SendGrid architecture
Develop solutions for complex problems both independently and with team members
Work with other teams to troubleshoot/determine resolution for complex issues across team domains
Focus on designing and implementing systems for scalability, testability, supportability and maintainability
Use your foresight and experience to keep our systems effectively running now and in the future through profiling, load testing, failure testing, monitoring and much more to have confidence in the robustness of the systems we deploy
Lead team initiatives and implementations from conception to completion
Recommend and champion improvements to our software and product development process
Drive improvements in quality of team's work output
Live Planet, Inc. develops infrastructural technologies to enable next-generation video applications. Live Planet was founded by serial entrepreneur Halsey Minor, who to date has founded or co-founded technology companies that have created over $100 billion in cumulative value, including: CNET, Uphold, Salesforce, Google Voice, OpenDNS, and Vignette.
Live Planet's solutions include:
The Live Planet VR System: the only end-to-end capture, distribution, and monetization system for immersive video. The Live Planet System makes it easy, practical, and affordable to create and deliver stereoscopic VR and 360° video, whether live or recorded, allowing creators to focus on their productions and applications. (www.LivePlanet.net)
The VideoCoin Network: video infrastructure for a blockchain-enabled Internet. The VideoCoin Network is a decentralized video encoding, storage, and content distribution system that turns all cloud-based video services into an efficient algorithmic market running on a new blockchain with a native protocol token, the VideoCoin. (www.VideoCoin.io)
Position Overview
We are looking for a GoLang backend engineer to support our camera and cloud services. This position provides the unique opportunity to work on Live Planet camera software infrastructure and distributed cloud.
Candidate Profile
An ideal candidate shall have the following experience/credentials/experience:
B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or related field.
4+ Years GoLang experience
4+ years Python experience
Google Cloud Platform administration
Containers (docker) and container orchestration (kubernetes)
Infrastructure deployment automation (ansible, terraform, packer)
Monitoring and alerting tools (consul, telegraf, grafana, elk, fluentd)
Experience working in a dynamic start up environment
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Outstanding attention to detail.
Location: San Francisco Bay Area.
Live Planet is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.