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Senior Engineer Data Retrieval at source{d} - Madrid, Spain / Remote

Job Description

At source{d} we are building the technology stack for the next generation of Machine Learning powered developer tools. We are an open-core company built around our Open Source projects.

We have raised over ten million USD so far, and we are currently growing our team.

This is a remote position however can also be based from our Madrid office.

All remote applicants must be based between the San Fransico and Moscow Timezones

Responsibilities

• Writing robust and maintainable backend code.
• Designing new features.
• Maintain our projects and improve its stability.
• Supporting internal stakeholders.
• Supporting our open source community.

Requirements

• Strong backend coding skills in, at least, two languages.
• Good algorithmic problem-solving skills.
• Experience with performance optimization or scaling in volume of data.
• Strong Linux skills.
• Experience creating public APIs (REST, gRPC or equivalent).

Preferred Requirements

• Experience with Linux storage and networking.
• Experience with distributed systems.
• Experience with distributed storage.

Team

The Data Retrieval team is developing source{d}'s data retrieval pipelines that synchronize and provide access to any number of code repositories. Written mostly in Go, it aims to be robust, friendly, flexible and capable of running on large-scale distributed clusters over petabytes of data.

We at source{d} seek to be at the heart of any project related to source code. Thus, this core tool is used both in-house for building source{d}'s unique global scale open dataset of +60M code repositories for cutting-edge Machine Learning research, as well as used by our customers to ingest git repositories to their source code processing clusters.

• Good knowledge of Linux, storage, networking and distributed computing is important.
• You will be expected to have strong backend coding skills in at least two languages, and very good algorithmic problem-solving skills. Skill at programming in Go is not required but will be highly appreciated. We strongly believe it can be learned by any skilled developer, and we care much more about our team's mindset and prior experience than specific language skills.

Culture

• source{d} is a company for developers by developers. We firmly believe in always doing what's best for the individual developer in the community. Our team consists of members who are passionate about programming. To understand our culture better, read more about it here.
• At the moment, we are 35+ people from 10 different countries working closely together from our office in Madrid. We are more than happy to sponsor you a visa and guide you and your family through the whole process if you decide to come to work from our office, but you may also choose to work remotely. Currently, we have remote team members in USA, Portugal, Ireland, France, Belgium, Poland, Estonia and Russia.
• For those wanting to work from one of our offices, we fully support the visa and moving process for you and your family.
• At source{d}, we have a transparent salary policy which we feel strongly about it. Your seniority level will be determined during the last round of on-site interviews.
• At source{d} all of the projects we work on are public on GitHub and the vast majority are open-source under licenses such as Apache 2.0 or GPL3.
• We don't just believe in open-source, we also believe in radical transparency as an organization, there we publish everything about the company at github.com/src-d/guide.

Perks

• We go to conferences and other developer events!
• Open Source Days, every second Monday, you are encouraged to work on any OSS project you choose.
• Flexible hours, set your own schedule that fits you.
• Free books. We will buy any books that help you learn & grow.
• If you choose to work from one of our offices, you will enjoy a comfortable and spacious environment.
• Annual summer and winter Christmas parties and a hackathon retreat are held in Madrid and all team members are flown over for it.
• We also have our own, Open Source craft beers.

Other

• We offer visa and relocation support for those wanting to work in the Madrid office.
• The local timezone of developers who want to work remotely should be between San Francisco and Moscow.