Python Developer San Francisco Excellent Salary with Bonus and RelocationAre you interested in the future of news? Do you want to work on software that will be seen and used by millions of people? We are looking for a talented software engineer (individual contributor), based in our San Francisco office, who is passionate about building a scalable social news platform for both internal and external use.
Immediate Responsibilities Build and evolve high-scale search, social, and personalization software Extend core features and functionality based on data and experimentation Leverage cloud infrastructure for service delivery across many applications Qualifications BS or higher in Computer Science or equivalent commercial experience 5 or more years with web-scale engineering Firm grasp of architectural and engineering principles Strong team and communication skills Knowledge & experience across relevant stack:3+ years of Python experience preferredDatabases, both relational (MySQL) and modern NoSQL persistence stores.Modern Web Architecture and OperationAPI design and deploymentModern caching technologies (Memcache, Redis, Elasticache)Interest in online news, social media, and the future of journalismAdditional Skills nice to have Knowledge of open source search servers (SOLR, Lucene) Knowledge of machine learning and scientific libraries (Mahout, SciPy) Experience with Amazon AWS cloud offering