Golang Jobs in Irvine

Job Description

What are we doing: we are a tech company, operating a thriving and growing broadcast platform, Alexa ranked in the top 100 sites internationally, and the top 25 in the United States, with approximately 10 million daily users, and a worldwide community of fans. Independent Broadcasters use our platform to create and share live streaming video, photographs, and similar content, generally adult in nature, (but no adult content is required).

Our sophisticated system has multiple parts, including but not limited to payment gateways, live chats, and video streaming technology. Every contribution here is of high impact and affects the experience of millions of users using the site every day.

We always explore new ways to use cutting-edge tech stack and move toward modern micro-services based architecture.

How we build the product: The platform is built on Python/Django framework with TypeScript on the front-end. Some parts of the platform use Java, Golang, and Rust.

Top-3 reasons to join our team:

• People first culture - many initiatives that support the well-being of our employees.
• Impressive team members who joined us after working at Google, Imgur, etc.
• An inclusive environment that induces a high impact of everyone on a team.

What will you do: Being a part of our infrastructure team, you will be working with Lead backend Engineer on complex migration of our codebase to Python 3 with its further optimization. As a top-notch software engineer in our team, you will be accountable for building comprehensive technical solutions with high-quality standards and practicing clean coding styles.

This includes working on features that are supported across all major web browsers, mobile devices, smart TVs, and video consoles. As a backend engineer, it is expected to work with large data sets and being an expert in designing efficient algorithms, queries, and caching methods.

We value an initiative and are willing to support you in making appropriate technical decisions

Requirements

• A degree in STEM and/or relevant professional experience.
• Solid knowledge of programming fundamentals - algorithms, data structures, design patterns, and paradigms.
• 7+years of professional experience with Python in a high-paced production environment.
• Familiarity with Django or extensive experience with similar Python-based frameworks.
• Expert knowledge of inner workings of Django is highly desirable.
• Expert knowledge of web development with a deep understanding of inner workings of major browsers, including how they render HTML/CSS and their Javascript runtime environment.
• Proven problem-solving and fast-learning skills.

Benefits

• Health&Life insurance with dental and vision plan
• 401k matching
• Paid holidays, vacation and sick days
• Paid lunches

What does the recruiting process look like: we value the sense of urgency and aspire to build a smooth and transparent recruiting process. These are our stages in the recruiting process: phone screen with a recruiter, resume review by our hiring manager, first technical interview with a backend team lead to test your knowledge of Python/Django, 1-hour live coding session with the Head of Engineering, Meet&Greet with your potential team.

We reserve the right to add additional selection stages to the process depending on the specific skills of each candidate.

Job Description

PriceSpider is revolutionizing retail data technology by capturing actionable insights that improve the customer experience. Combining decades of data on consumer shopping behaviors with its proprietary data collection platform, PriceSpider arms brands with intelligence from thousands of ecommerce sites and marketplaces to help them drive sales conversions and protect brand integrity at every possible digital touch point. PriceSpider helps the world’s biggest brands enrich the consumer journey and build long-lasting relationships with their shoppers, resulting in more revenue and higher profit margins.

We are looking for enthusiastic and passionate engineers to join our team. If you would enjoy working to bring real world value to many of the world’s largest companies, we would love to hear from you. Our platform runs thousands of jobs and processes millions of requests each day as we strive to collect the most accurate information about the way our customers products are used and consumed around the globe.

Essential Function & Responsibilities:

• Active involvement in daily stand up meetings
• Timely completion of tasks and projects
• Ability to collaborate with others to fulfill business requirements
• Contribute to the discovery of new software, languages, and technology
• Contribute to design decisions
• Independently develop solutions that fit in the overall business processes developed
• Research solutions and provide recommendations on software and development methodologies
• Develops tests and processes to ensure the quality of delivery
• Integrate pieces of software built by other members or teams into larger projects
• Abstract code redundancy and dynamic data elements out of project
• Mentor other software engineers
• Writing of wiki, help, and stakeholder documentation 
• Other duties that may be assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

• Computer Science degree or equivalent work experience
• Deep understanding of internet-based products and systems
• Experience coding with a variety of languages and paradigms
• Programming knowledge of Node.js, and GO preferred
• Experience with SQL and relational databases
• Understanding of various non-relational data stores
• Experience writing appropriate unit tests
• Adept in working in other people’s code, refactoring when necessary
• Adept in picking up new software, technology, and programming languages
• Intimate knowledge of software development principles and life cycles
• Minimum 6 years working experience as a software engineer or programmer

Location:

We are hiring for this position in Irvine, CA or remote in Southern CA.

PriceSpider is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity.