Senior Software Engineer, Search
System1 is looking for a software engineer (Python) to help us design, build, operate, debug, and optimize sophisticated distributed systems with a growing team of talented engineers. We work like a startup but have the revenues and profits of an established company - and we are growing rapidly. If you like to develop with cloud services, work with search engines like Elastic Search, process large volumes of data, or work on optimization algorithms, then you will enjoy working with us. Individuals should be self-motivated and interested in doing quality work in a dynamic and collaborative environment. As a software engineer, you will interact with product managers and end users to deliver an end to end experience with quality. We use Python, Spark, and AWS services like DynamoDB, EMR, Kinesis, and many more. Flexibility, a drive to have an impact, ability to solve tough engineering problems, and the ability to collaborate and communicate effectively are keys to success in this position.
The Role You Will Have
- Build, operate, and optimize large distributed systems
- Design and implement product features to efficiently serve search results to millions of users
- Serve as technology leader for a key backend team within the System1 engineering group
- Own tasks end to end, taking projects through the full engineering lifecycle
- Collaborate and problem solve with a tight knit group of engineers and stakeholders
- Drive change with a high degree of autonomy and lightweight planning processes
What You Will Bring
- 3+ years of full-time experience in a Python development environment required
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience
- Experience building scalable and reliable products in the cloud
- Comfortable writing large-scale, high performance code
- Good diagnostic and debugging skills
- Must be familiar with the backend aspect of serving technologies
- Be able to prioritize end to end, debug, be familiar with user tracking, cookie management, web crawling technologies, bug detection, and traffic quality
What We Have To Offer
- Competitive PTO
- 10 Company Holidays
- Untracked sick time
- Medical, Dental, Vision coverage
- 401k w/match
- Professional development reimbursement
- Leadership & growth opportunities
- Commuter benefits