We only accept direct
applications from candidates. We do NOT consider applications through
recruiters or work with any recruitment agencies.
Overall Objective:
You
will work closely with our other developers to help meet the day to day
business needs of Echobox. This includes fixing technical problems,
responding to customer questions and providing software development
assistance to the Data Science team. As the technical team grows you
will also become part of a product specific team, with a view to move
into a senior developer role in the future.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work with our other developers to help meet the day to day business needs of Echobox.
- Be jointly responsible for the maintenance and quality of codebases and infrastructure.
- Help transition prototypes developed by the Data Science team into highly available, scalable and performant end user products.
About Echobox:
We
are a fast-growing, research-driven startup building an artificial
intelligence that helps online publishers overcome the challenges they
face with their digital strategies.
Using novel maths, data
science and machine learning techniques, we are revolutionising the
publishing industry and have a track record of building things that
others have ruled out as impossible.
Our AI is currently being
used by online publishers to automate and optimise their presence on
Social Media. Leading names from around the world rely on our product
every day, including Le Monde, VICE, Vogue and Cosmopolitan. On average,
we double their traffic coming from Social.
Our Culture:
We
like to think that our team is our best asset. When we’re not working
hard at building things that others have ruled out as impossible, we go
to weekly team lunches and monthly team dinners, grab a (soft) drink
from our fully-stocked bar fridge or take a break in our awesome office
lounge. We work with extremely smart and talented individuals, who all
enjoy a high degree of responsibility and independence in structuring
their work, provided they ultimately get the job done.
Requirements
Academic Qualifications:
- Minimum 2.1 degree in a STEM subject from a top tier university such as Cambridge, Oxford, MIT, Harvard or equivalent.
- Fluent written and spoken English.
Required Skills and Experience:
- Strong background in an OO language (e.g. Java, C#, C++).
- A familiarity with Java (SE7+) and a desire to become an expert.
- Knowledge of agile development (scrum, kanban, peer reviews etc)
- Knowledge of TDD & Continuous Integration
- DVCS
- An ability and desire to learn new skills quickly
- Genuine passion for technology
Preferred Skills:
- Experience developing software as part of a team, e.g. open source software projects.
- NoSQL and RDBMS
- Experience working with JS frameworks (AngularJS, Backbone.js, etc), CSS and HTML5
- An understanding of software security.
Unfortunately,
due to large volumes of email, we are unable to respond to every
application. If we have not been in contact within a week we will not be
progressing with your application.
