WAYUP is Hiring a Sr. Back End Engineer Near New York, NY
Company DescriptionWayUp is the go-to platform for early-career professionals to explore opportunities, receive advice, and get discovered by employers.Founded by Liz Wessel and JJ Fliegelman in 2014, WayUp is a mission-driven organization and has rapidly grown to 54 employees, is used by over 3 million recent grads & college students, and partners directly with over 13,000 companies.Job DescriptionWayUp is at a pivotal point in its development. Now experiencing its most rapid growth to date, the company needs a Full Stack Engineer. We're looking for an experienced backend developer to join us to help create new features and manage our infrastructure. As we continue to expand and add new products, you will completely own your product and be empowered to make the major architectural decisions that go with releasing any product. Specifically, you will:Lead the design and development of an end to end a product for launch later this yearCollaborate with the team members on API developmentAddress our growing need for scalable architectures, systems, and patternsMake strategic infrastructure decisions to prepare the site for scaleChampion and spearhead our technical standards throughout our teamWork on some interesting knowledge domains, which include:NLPMachine LearningETL processingQualificationsBachelors and/or Masters in Computer Science/Engineering OR related field4 years in software development or related fieldExperience working on backends that are scalable, fault tolerant, well-documented and most importantly testableExperience with server monitoring/logging and triage toolsStrong object oriented programming skillsExperience with caching tech like NGINXExperience with technologies such as Django, Python, Postgres, Redis, MongoDB, etc.Additional InformationGreat to have:Familiarity with Django Rest FrameworkExperience with multiple ORMsExperience with message brokers and frameworks (i.e. RabbitMQ, Celery)Some front-end development experience, particularly with React/AngularAll your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.