Senior Software Engineer - Web Application Development
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ABOUT UDEMY
Udemy is an online marketplace where anyone in the world can take or teach a course on virtually anything, whenever and wherever they want. Our mission is to empower on-demand learning thats accessible to all by offering instruction in a way thats affordable, simple, and flexible, so individuals can fulfill their limitless potential on their own terms.
Our more than 7 million students can gain skills to launch a new career, advance in their current field, or try something new for their own personal development by choosing from more than 30,000 courses in 80+ languages. Our instructors are passionate experts who want to share their knowledge with a broad audience. Udemy also works with companies to help them develop more effective and engaging skills-based training for their employees.
Founded in 2010, Udemy is privately owned and funded by Stripes Group, Norwest Venture Partners, Insight Venture Partners, Lightbank, MHS Capital, Learn Capital, and 500 Startups, among others. Udemy is headquartered in San Franciscos SOMA neighborhood and has offices in Dublin, Ireland, and Ankara, Turkey. Compensation includes full time salary, equity compensation plan, and competitive benefits (including healthcare, commuter benefits and an unlimited vacation policy).
JOB DESCRIPTION
Build robust and scalable software systems to support high traffic website.
While having expertise in specific areas, the job may require enhancing code up and down the software stack
Involvement in some project planning, and deployment planning in additional to his/her current software engineering responsibilities
We practice agile development methodologies with two week sprints.
Contribute to a team culture that values quality, robustness, and scalability while fostering initiatives and innovation.
Continue to research and evaluate new technologies that may improve performance and elegance of our software implementation
Technologies currently in use:
Python, Django
Javascript, JQuery, AngularJS, RequireJS
MySQL, RedShift (PostgreSQL), Redis, Memcached
ElasticSearch
Mahout
CircleCI, Selenium
Git, Github
Datadog, Newrelic
Akamai, CloudFlare
AWS S3
Apache, Nginx
Qualifications:
Min 4 years of software engineering experience
Shown success as an individual contributor. Have consistently demonstrated ability and commitment to deliver major initiatives from beginning to full deployment in a timely manner.
Embrace good development practices including design specification, coding standards, unit testing, and code reviews.
Exhibited passion for delivering high quality products that meet business requirements
Demonstrated knowledge of well known software technologies and services and curiosity to continue to evaluate new technologies to strengthen our platform.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively within a team and with cross-functional technical and business teams.
Demonstrated ability to solve time-critical problems
Exhibited passion for contributing to the development of others through code reviews and tech talks.
Willingness to "go the extra mile" when needed.
How to Apply:
Join our team! If you're interested, e-mail us with your resume and an explanation of why you'd be a good fit we look forward to hearing from you.
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