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Expa is a startup studio led by the founders of Uber, StumbleUpon, Foursquare, AddThis, and Metrolyrics. After 10 years designing and building consumer services, the Expa team has identified many techniques that help create successful companies. With $150 million funding to date, the team founds new companies based on internal ideas, and occasionally collaborates with founders of early-stage companies whose missions Expa believes in. We help companies avoid common pitfalls in early-stage ventures, and actively remove roadblocks along the way, specializing in product strategy, system design, and user experience.
Expa has a strong presence in San Francisco and New York City, and has recently expanded operations to Vancouver, Canada. We are actively looking to hire the best talent to be a part of our growing team.
You can read more about Expa on our site. The project you would be involved in is under stealth and more information will be provided at the time of interview.
JOB DESCRIPTION
We are looking for experienced software engineers, with strong backend experience in Cloud based environments excited for the challenge of working with a small team of front-end engineers. The position requires excellent problem solving and engineering skills when working with systems at scale. We are seeking individuals that are motivated to build cutting edge backends for products and manage the underlying infrastructure and deployment processes. The perfect candidate will be comfortable working closely with front-end engineers and can communicate effectively within a small team.
RESPONSIBILITIES - Build scalable, secure, effective and well documented backend systems in alongside well motivated front-end engineers - Collaborate with front-end engineers to ensure on-time and performant solutions - Assess and build test frameworks for backend systems, as well as track metrics and performance over time - Ensure that code written is to a high standard, with excellent reusability - Help develop a service orientated architecture for cutting edge products
SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS - Strong development skills with Go ( golang ), NodeJs or Python for backend development - Ability to write clean, maintainable and well documented code - Strong understanding of front-end development and integration of services and APIs for front-end developers - Experience with Elastic Container Service and Docker is a must - Ability to maintain and manage databases and infrastructure within AWS - Understanding of Highly Available infrastructure environments and systems - Experience with infrastructure management and deployment through Automation tools and systems - Comfortable with OS Internals / Infrastructure on Debian, Redhat and Ubuntu systems - Experience with load balancing and web server technologies (Nginx, HAProxy) - Ability to build scalable infrastructure on Amazon Web Services (EC2, RDS, S3, ES, ECS, ELB etc) - Strong understanding of network communications within Cloud environments - Computer science degree or equivalent experience - Security hardening / experience with SANS or OWASP frameworks
YOUR BENEFITS - A competitive base salary - Stock options - Full medical and dental benefits - A very flexible vacation policy - Custom workstation designed to your needs - A beautiful office in downtown Vancouver and a talented team
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Beeswax, named one of Business Insider’s “hottest pre-IPO ad tech startups of 2016,” is looking for a Software Engineer to build and maintain the REST APIs that our customers rely on. Our goal is to offer the most extensible set of APIs in the world of online advertising. You can read more about our APIs at www.beeswax.com/docs.
Our current REST API runs on AWS ECS and is built using PHP, MySQL, and nginx. Our APIs serve internal clients in our stack written in Python, Java, and C++ in addition to external customers.
Beeswax is an engineering-led company that places high value in building great software. Because advertising is extremely high scale (millions of transactions per second) and our team is still small, Beeswax engineers are involved with difficult scale problems all the time.
This position reports to the CTO, a long-time senior engineer from Google who was a key technical lead in the process of scaling Gmail.
Responsibilities include:
Building new features for customers and internal users Maintaining existing features and fixing issues as they arise Architecting solutions to complex systems tasks Testing, managing and releasing high-quality code Working with other engineers to produce a highly-reliable and easy to use advertising API Requirements:
B.S. in Computer Science Strong familiarity with backend REST APIs and relational databases, SQL knowledge and PHP experience is a plus A desire to be deeply involved in product definition. Our engineers are expected to contribute to the direction of their projects. Working knowledge of Javascript, HTML, and CSS Ability and desire to build great software
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The NewStore mobile retail platform empowers brands to deliver an extraordinary end-to-end shopping experience for consumers. Built entirely from a mobile perspective, it integrates with existing ecommerce platforms such as Demandware, SAP Hybris, Oracle ATG, and Magento. NewStore raises the omnichannel bar with one-touch purchase, scalable clienteling, and on-demand delivery — all optimized for the small screen. Founded by Stephan Schambach, creator of Demandware, NewStore boosts conversion, promotes engagement, unifies online and offline, and modernizes fulfillment. NewStore is headquartered in Boston with a subsidiary in Berlin. For more information, visit www.newstore.com.
We build and maintain a state-of-the-art microservice architecture and use the following technologies: Amazon AWS, RESTful APIs, Node.js, JavaScript 6 & React Native / Eeb (iOS and Android), Python, Golang, Docker, RabbitMQ, nginx, HTML5, PostgreSQL.
Follow Your Passion
NewStore is looking for a Solution Architect to join our growing Field Service Team with a focus on both internal customer advocacy and external expertise. The position reports to the Director Professional Services. The place of work could be in Boston or remote within the US with periodic travel to headquarters and customer locations.
The successful candidate will be involved from the initial customer contact through to the planning and execution of the project involving solution partners, internal software developers and clients. You will be leading all technical aspects of customer implementations from project kickoff to complete delivery.
Responsibilities:
• Meet with clients to define and articulate business requirements and architect complex solutions leveraging NewStore, existing IT landscape and recommend solutions with an eye to future scalability, performance, operations and maintenance • As a subject matter expert, you will be responsible for educating and guiding decisions made by solution partners and customer technical team, including leading by example when necessary • As a seasoned customer-facing professional, you will have skills to influence stakeholders and team members • You will responsible for attaining customer objectives within time and scope with maintaining the quality of the architecture
What we need from you:
• Relevant experience with several of the following subject areas of five (5) years: - eCommerce, OMS, In-Store retail and (m)POS systems and processes, - CRM, ERP and Fulfillment integrations - Technical background on implementing on client- and server-side: RESTful Web services, web technologies, mobile applications (Javascript a plus) • Proven success with delivering projects on time, in scope, and to customer business objectives • Enjoys working with customers - customer focused, experience working with a 3rd Party delivery team • Strong English language written and verbal communication skills • Flexibility in the presence of shifting situations whilst maintaining a cool and dominant posture • A strategic thinker who can anticipate potential challenges related to invisible constraints such as scalability and regional/international differences, etc. • Preferably university qualifications in a technical field such as Engineering or Computer Science • Travel 25%
What we offer:
• Competitive compensation and benefits package • Medical, dental, vision, life & disability coverage, and 401(k) • Personal development budget • Lunches together • Opportunity to travel to other offices • Flexible working hours • Generous paid time off policy
Apply here: http://grnh.se/6f5rwu1
Questions? Email us: jobs@newstore.com
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There's been a massive shift in television over the past several years, both in quality of content and the way we all consume it. TV Time is at the center of this transformation. Our product enables well over two million active users all over the world to track, discover and discuss their favorite shows, no matter what, when or how they’re watching. It has quickly become the go-to product for cord cutters, streamers, bingers and premium subscribers alike to organize and connect around their passion for television.
In addition to providing a valuable service to fans, TV Time is building an immense data business. The behavioral and sentiment information we collect has become invaluable to content producers, networks and advertisers. Our billions of first-party insights allow them to discover insights and trends they can’t from any other source, which is driving strategic decisions across their businesses.
If you’re the sort of person who can discuss your favorite TV shows for hours and have the passion to be a part of small, well-funded team that’s building something monumental, you just might have found what you’re looking for.
DESCRIPTION As our Sr. Full Stack Engineer, you will direct the technology and implementation associated to our various web projects. These projects include a rebuild of our main site tvtime.com, a progressive web app to compliment our iOS and Android app, and the transition to microservices to support the aforementioned three api clients. We need a strong full stack engineer who has done it all and understands how to build reliable and robust systems that integrate seamlessly with one another.
WHAT WILL YOU DO? - Lead the effort to rebuild our site, tvtime.com - Build a new CMS system to support publishing content to our site and apps - Build progressive web app to compliment our native iOS and Android apps - Build microservices for all 3 platforms - Implement best web development practices
WHAT DO YOU NEED? - 3-5 years of full stack development experience with high traffic sites - Backend technologies NodeJS, PHP, Python, or Golang - Frontend technologies React, Angular, or VUE.JS - CSS3, HTML5, Sass, Less, or Gulp experience - JAM Stack or MEAN Stack experience - NO-SQL and MySQL experience - Caching layer using Redis, Memcache, Nginx, or Varnish - AWS/Cloud Experience - Lambda and Serverless Architecture - Microservices Experience - Extensive experience working in unit testing frameworks and proper testing
ADDITIONAL PERKS - Stock Options - Full Health Benefits - Unlimited Vacation time - Fully Stocked Kitchen - Team Lunch Weekly And Special Events - Tuition Reimbursement Program - Free Fitness Classes In The Office - 5-minute Walk From An Expo Line stop