Senior Software Engineer - Systems

Want to be part of a highly visible, very disruptive and quickly growing Web 2.0 (3.0?) startup? Yapta is looking for a talented Senior Software Engineer to build the technology driving the Yapta.com website and pricing engine. We're looking for software developers with experience building scalable web technologies and enjoy being a core part of small agile teams. Ideal candidates will understand how to effectively manage their time, consistently meet targets and understand solid and concise software design.

Key Responsibilities

  • Designing and building distributed systems and web technologies to collect, process and present huge amounts of data.
  • Developing timelines and goals for your work and managing your time to meet those goals.
  • Working with other talented engineers to provide seamless and reliable integration of Yapta platform components.
  • Quickly responding to unintended surprises in the software.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent.
  • 3+ years of solid consumer website and scalable backend systems development experience, particularly Linux/Apache/MySQL/Python.
  • Deep understanding of scalable web server and database architectures
  • Excellent object-oriented programming skills and an appreciation of high quality, highly reliable software.
  • Can understand and thrive in an environment where time-to-market vs. built-for-the-future trade-offs happen all the time, and be able to clearly communicate your recommendations and solutions.
  • Naturally works well with others in a dynamic and sometimes high-pressure environment.

Contact us at jobs@yapta.com