Software Developer, API
Company: Spokeo
Location: Pasadena
Posted on: November 6, 2024
Job Description:
About SpokeoJoin our mission to make the world more transparent
with data.Spokeo is a people search engine that helps over 18
million monthly visitors reconnect with friends, reunite with
families, and protect against fraud. Additionally, our 12 billion
records and over 250 million unique profiles help business
professionals locate people and assets, research criminal
investigation subjects, and more.Founded in 2006, we have grown to
a remote-first company of nearly 200 dedicated employees with an
average tenure of 4.5 years. Find out why we were named a "Best
Company" for 2023 by Comparably for Women, Compensation, Happiest
Employees, Company Perks & Benefits, and Work-Life Balance, as well
as "Best CEO" for co-founder Harrison Tang.About this OpportunityAs
an API developer, you will be a core member of one of several
cross-functional teams building software in an agile environment.
As practitioners of Scrum, we empower teams to set and achieve
their sprint goals while continually improving the team dynamic
from sprint to sprint. You will work with our core data and various
3rd-party integrations for the consumer, enterprise, partner, and
affiliate marketplaces. You will work closely with co-founders on
improving our critical infrastructures to drive business growth.
Lastly, we will give you the opportunity to address critical issues
in big data, e-commerce services, and information security. Let's
learn and win together!What you'll do:
- Write clean and performant code for our backend data service
RESTful APIs to ensure data flows from our 3rd party vendors.
- Support data access needs for multiple databases to support our
critical infrastructure.
- Collaborate with product owners, QA, and DevOps across Scrum
teams to deliver #Data4Good to our users.
- Create and maintain API usage documentation and flow
diagrams.The skills you'll have:
- Required - A bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a similar
field.
- Required - A strong background in search-related products or
features using either OpenSearch, ElasticSearch, Lucene, or
Solr.
- Required - 4+ years of development experience in web
applications and/or backend APIs
- Required - 2+ years using SQL and NoSQL technologies
- Required - Experience implementing and troubleshooting
high-usage, high-throughput systems
- Required - Experience optimizing application performance and
database queries.
- Required - Experience developing with cloud services, AWS
recommended.
- Preferred - A good understanding of data integration and ETL
processes, with experience working with APIs and data
ingestion.
- Preferred - Familiarity with big data processing frameworks and
related technologies such as Spark, Hadoop, Airflow, and Data
Lakes.
- Preferred - 2+ years of development experience with Ruby on
Rails, Javascript, or Node.js.Working at SpokeoOur mission is to
advance transparency, and to achieve that goal, we rally around six
core values: listening with empathy, understanding the why,
clarifying with data, innovating to learn, collaborating to
achieve, and insisting on quality.As a remote-first company, we are
able to hire team members residing in the following US states: AZ,
CA, CO, FL, GA, KY, MD, MI, MO, NH, NJ, NV, NC, PA, SC, SD, TX, VA,
or WA.In addition to a highly competitive base salary, our generous
benefits include:
- participation in an individual annual bonus
- stock options
- 401K
- 100% medical/dental/vision coverage
- unlimited PTO
- mental health resources
- paid home office equipment
- fitness reimbursements
- support paying for courses
- and moreWe extend written offers to candidates who successfully
complete their selection process. Offers will depend on several
factors, including, but not limited to, marketplace competition,
job leveling, experience, and skills.Spokeo is an equal-opportunity
employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment
without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin,
sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected
veteran status. Spokeo fosters a business culture where ideas and
decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best
products, and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.Note: You
must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are
unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of one's employment visa
at this time.
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Keywords: Spokeo, Huntington Park , Software Developer, API, IT / Software / Systems , Pasadena, California
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