Wakoopa is a fast growing company from Amsterdam. We have developed a
research tool that meters online behavior on computers, phones and
tablets in a privacy conscious way. Panel members install these tools
voluntarily to help with online research. We are currently active in
over twenty countries, across 5 continents, and have approximately
100,000 panelists active with our software on a daily basis.
Our ambition is to create the best technology for passive metering in
the world. In order to achieve that, we recently joined forces with
Netquest, the online fieldwork provider for the market research sector
leader in Spain, Portugal and Latin America. This partnership will
facilitate researchers information regarding consumers opinions and
behaviors at any time, at any place, on any device and under any
circumstances.
We work with a modern technology stack that is
adapted to the unique engineering problems we aim to solve. Our
applications are written in Ruby and Go. For our infrastructure needs we
try and use as much from Amazon Web Services as is available, or build
it ourselves. The processing of the large amounts of data we receive is
handled by Hadoop and Hive.
Job Description
We are
looking for an experienced backend engineer who can help us bring our
technology to the next level. Are you up for the challenge?
The
amount of data we collect will always be growing and there are a lot of
interesting technical challenges which you can help solve. Some topics
are for example:
- Scalable data processing and storage
- Automated classification and filtering of data
- On-the-fly calculations of metrics
- Flexible REST API to serve client-side applications
Of
course you will also contribute to the continuation of the business by
maintaining existing applications, fixing bugs and assisting with
specific client tasks.
What we offer
Our current team
is a group of passionate all-round engineers. The development method we
use can be described as pragmatic and efficient. We all hang out on
Slack and have daily face-to-face meetings.
Other technologies you would find in our stack are:
- ElasticSearch
- Chef
- MySQL
- Redis
- Passenger
- Git
- Amazon Web Services
You will join our Barcelona office where you will work together with
the development team there and also interact frequently with the team in
Amsterdam.
We are looking for talented & passionate
developers and we offer you not only a challenging and stimulating
professional project, but also a competitive compensation package.
What we ask for
We expect you to take on the challenge of diving into our technology and claim a piece to make it the best in the world.
We want you to be passionate about technology and be able to apply the best tools for the task at hand.
We
are looking for a senior engineer but we will also consider your
application if your motivation or talent can compensate for your
juniority.
Desired Skills and Experience
Mandatory:
- Knowledge about designing and building large systems
- Experience with an AWS infrastructure
- At least 3 years experience working with complex backend systems
- English language proficiency
- Minimum bachelor level of education
Desired:
- Experience or willingness to learn Ruby and Go
- Affinity with automated testing
- Knowledge about data processing in Hadoop/Hive
- Knowledge about ElasticSearch
Application process
If you’re interested in this awesome job, send your cv and application letter to Silvia Cioaca at silvia@wakoopa.com.
We are only hiring candidates directly, so no freelance candidates and no candidates via job agencies please.