Back End Engineer
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Saatchi Artis the world’s leading online art gallery, established with the goal of helping people all over the world connect with art and artists they love. We offer an unparalleled selection of paintings, drawings, sculpture, and photography in a wide range of prices, and provide artists worldwide with an expertly curated environment in which to exhibit and sell their work. Based in Los Angeles, Saatchi Art is redefining the experience of buying and selling art, making it welcoming and accessible for artists and collectors alike.
We are looking for aBack End Engineerwho is dedicated, results-oriented, and a tenacious problem-solver to join our Saatchi Art engineering team at our Santa Monica, CA office.
A big vision calls for a big job. As we grow, our need for a Back End Engineer grows with us.
A typical day as a Back End Engineer might include:
Utilizing back-end technologies to bolster our social networking platform, single page artist tools, and mobile-optimized site
Working with a team of experienced developers in the creation and maintenance of next generation artist tools, and enhancing the e-Commerce experience
Designing and coding new application features and functionality, working closely with product, marketing, operations, and QA teams
You’ll be successful if you are a results-oriented, hardworking, ambitious, and driven self-starter.
What You Have:
Production experience working with scalable/distributed systems.
3+ years’ experience working with a scripting language (PHP/Python/Ruby). Laravel/Symfony experience strongly desired.
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work independently and proactively
Strong knowledge of OO concepts and design patterns
Experience with continuous integration tools (e.g. Github, Travis CI, Jenkins)
Experience designing REST APIs and implementing oAuth2 security protocol
Experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases
Experience using Git
Basic fluency with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
Excellent verbal and written communication.
Not afraid to wear multiple hats – no job being too small or too large.
We’re casual and informal but we work hard and work responsibly. A pleasant and supportive demeanor goes a long way.
Huge Pluses:
Experience with virtualization technologies like Vagrant/Docker
Experience with Puppet/Chef/Ansible for provisioning servers and deploying applications/services
One additional language and web framework (Ruby/Rails, JavaScript/Node.js/React.js)
Asynchronous programming
Strong experience using Search Engine technologies (Solr/Elasticsearch)
AWS (EC2, Route53, SNS, SQS)
CDNs (Cloudfront, Akamai)
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