Job Title: Software Engineer – Backend
Contract Duration: 6 months, with potential for extension
Location: Remote (UK)
Job Description:
The Indexing Team is a team within ML that focuses on indexing. Indexing refers to processing data and making the processed data available for different purposes, which include, among others, indexing of specific candidate data sets for ranking, for search, etc. Indexing can happen in real-time, as events are processed as they occur, or asynchronously, by fetching the data in batches from a specific data source.
We work closely with different teams, with backend engineers and MLEs, to both connect the Indexing Platform to the different ML services in the client, as well as to provide the right customer experience, so creating new indexes is easy and frictionless.
The indexes supported by our platform power key experiences at the client, from Search to the ranking processes that support the feeds users consume, to Content Understanding to improve different user experiences across the company.
Key responsibilities:
* System design. This requires a good understanding of how the systems work, with particular focus on latency and scalability.
* Development. Indexing Platform works mainly with Go and some Python. Skills in testing, SOLID, and design patterns are a must.
* Systems architecture. Indexing Platform makes extensive use of Kubernetes, Kafka, Redis, and Postgres, and many internal and third-party APIs, with a focus on resilience, monitoring, alerting, and automation.
Hard skills:
* Proficiency in Python and Go, object-oriented programming, and design patterns.
* Proficiency in testing.
* Ability to naturally write clear, unconvoluted, testable code.
* Experience with Kubernetes, Kafka, and Redis (user level).
* Experience with AWS and/or Google Cloud (user level).
Soft skills:
* Strong team player.
* Strong communication skills.
Bonus points:
* Experience with highly scalable systems.
* Experience with Terraform.
* Experience with ML systems or frontend (React) is a big bonus!