Senior Software Engineer, Python
Job Description
This is a new venture startup. Company equity (stock ownership participation) is the sole current compensation. The company is exploring venture capital discussions.
This position is ultimately what you make it meaning time invested, participation, and contribution. Participation will be vetted thoroughly, and compensation will be based upon talents skillsets.
About bluespeck
Web3.0 is more than virtual headsets and augmented-reality apps. A completely new level of empowerment is coming in a 3D framework. We are introducing the true social matrix in a 3D framework on-the-go. Our life fused with our digital twin that is socially interactive and immersive.
Real time | Anytime Anywhere | 365 24 7
The Role
We are looking for senior backend engineers with strong software and cloud engineering skills. You will be part of an expert team for designing and implementing highly scalable developer-centric APIs and backend systems powered by NLP, ML, and DL models. IPFS/Pinata experience is very helpful.
Your talent:
· Build new API features and endpoints
· Build automated test suites and CI/CD pipelines
· Build highly scalable event-driven and realtime systems
· Instrument systems with metrics, tracing, and logging
· Refactor applications to eliminate tech debt
· Troubleshoot production issues
Youll love this job if you:
· Solving complex technical problems gets you hot and bothered
· Enjoy being empowered with creativity and autonomy. Fail, Learn, Teach is our unofficial motto.
· Thrive in small, cross-functional teams. We share many hats here!
· You're excited to tackle Googleplex size challenges, e.g. like building an unending scalable architecture for the approaching 8 billion people on earth. And zero-downtime.
You bring
· 6+ years of professional experience building backend applications using any popular language such as Python, Java, C#, JavaScript, Go, C/C++
· 4+ years of experience working with Python
· IPFS/Pinata experience is very helpful
· 4+ working with Python backend frameworks like Django, Flask, or Tornado
· 3+ years of working with SQL and NoSQL databases
· 3+ years of production support experience
· 3+ years working with common AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud services
· 2+ years developing REST APIs
· Experience migrating systems to meet increasing traffic/scale
· Startup or FAANG-type experience - Has worked at a startup or high growth company
· Deep AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud knowledge
· Strong Python coding abilities - Can pass difficult programming challenges in a relatively short period of time. Can speak clearly about their thinking throughout these challenges. Can speak to O-notation of algorithms. Has excellent knowledge of common python idioms and libraries.
· High scalability experience - Has been a tech leader on scaling systems to hundreds of millions of requests/events per day. Has experience with hyper-observability, scaling algorithms, and using production data to drive system changes
Preferred Qualifications
Blockchain experience with Decentraland is a big plus
Amazing system design chops - When given a hard problem to solve with a new system, they can quickly shape an effective design and communicate its strengths, weaknesses, and tradeoffs.
Forward progressive thinker - Engages deeply on subjects with a natural habit towards planned approaches.
Extremely creative - Can find both novel and effective solutions within highly constrained time and resources
Fast learner track record
Exceptional gut instincts - Can practically feel when something is right or wrong. Can use these instincts to quickly point themselves in the right direction.
Opinionated - They have convictions in what they believe and can communicate their position clearly without drama.
Work in United States
Employment Options
Base Salary
1 - 3 USD
Required Academic Degree
Professional Experience
Skills
- Python
- Java
- C#
- JavaScript
- GO
- C
- C++
- Django
- Flask
- Tornado
- Pinata
- SQL
- NoSQL
- REST
