The Opportunity:
Shutterstock is looking for top technologists to build new products and services. You will be working with highly motivated and extremely talented back-end engineers with quality, performance and scale in mind at every step of the way. Our core belief is that the customers are our number one priority so we work hard to deliver value back to them with everything we do. We believe strongly in team ownership of systems, which includes defining the vision of the services to prioritization of projects.
The Team:
The search team drives the core functionality behind one of the largest search engines on the web. We ensure that our rich content is efficiently indexed and made discoverable through sophisticated, data-driven algorithms. With millions of searches processed daily, we take pride in managing essential services that directly impact the business.
As part of the team, you'll gain hands-on experience in diverse areas including microservices, data analysis, algorithm design, infrastructure, cloud services, and build pipelines. This is an opportunity to make a real impact while learning the inner workings of a high-performance search engine.
Responsibilities:
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Contributing to all aspects of the services under the team’s ownership, which includes design, implementation, refactoring, automated testing, deployment, and uptime of the services.
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Helping other team members grow as engineers through code review, pairing, and mentoring.
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Improving internal team processes by keeping what's working, throwing away what's not.
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Collaborating on the vision of the services under the team's ownership.
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Building the technology the right way: for us, this means simple, well-tested systems that gradually grow over time, and that provide plenty of insight into production performance.
Requirements:
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BS or MS degree in Computer Science or related experience
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1 + years of relevant experience
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Experience in at least one programming language, preferably Java or Python.
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Solid software development fundamentals (Data Structures, algorithms, problem solving, OO Design, and system architecture).
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Familiarity with at least one RDBMS
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Ability to craft simple and elegant solutions to complex problems.
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Passionate about what you do and care deeply about the things you build.
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Able to clearly communicate to technical and non-technical audiences.
Preferred Qualifications:
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Experience building event-driven architecture using tools like Kafka
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Experience building and designing highly scalable services, RESTful, and GraphQL API’s that power multiple consumers.
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Experience in Spring Boot and/or Dropwizard
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AWS experience
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Good understanding of continuous delivery
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Experience working in an agile environment
Why Shutterstock:
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You have a direct impact on the success of the company. Your team’s work matters and is essential to the evolution of our core business!
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Executive leadership cares personally. They prioritize growth and planning your career path with your goals and passions in mind.
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Flexibility to work between home and office with everything you need to be successful in both.
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A generous and competitive benefits package.
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Shutterstock Values
We are one team collectively focused on creating an unrivaled experience for our Customers and Contributors.
Our Values
represent the mindset of the employee who will thrive at Shutterstock. If you are passionate about what you do, and want to become part of a cutting-edge technology company building industry leading products, please apply.
Shutterstock is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Suitably qualified and eligible candidates are encouraged to apply regardless of age, color, disability, national origin, ancestry, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.
Shutterstock ensures that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Persons with disabilities who anticipate needing accommodations for any part of the application process may contact, in confidence,
accommodation_request@shutterstock.com
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