Lyst is a technology platform that revolutionises the way people shop
for fashion. We connect millions of consumers globally with the world’s
leading fashion designers and stores, giving them a simpler, more
engaging and more effective shopping experience. Lyst has grown over
300% every year since launch in 2011 and has raised over $60M from
top-tier investors including Accel, DFJ, Balderton and the teams behind
LVMH, Michael Kors and Oscar de la Renta.
Lyst are looking to engage full stack python and javascript
developers to work on our Retailer Integrations team. You’ll work on our
web scraping architecture; building spiders and maintaining
integrations with our partners across the world. This is a contract
role, we are looking for people that can commit a minimum of 40 hours a
week and the rate is €15 an hour.
Our remote web crawling team is one of Lyst’s best kept secrets, this
remote team supports and assists the onboarding of our new partners
across the globe. Working closely with our Partner Integrations team and
large engineering team here in London, you will be building the
scrapers (spiders) that push new products, stock availability and price
changes automatically on to Lyst's platform.
Our spiders are written in Python using the Scrapy framework, with
javascript on the front-end. We are working on projects that improve
infrastructure, automate common tasks, improve our understanding of the
data, system vital signs and the fashion world. The team communicates on
Slack and we use Jira to help us manage the tasks and deliver work on
time. You can find out a lot more about how we work and more of the
projects we work on here: developers.lyst.com
We’re looking for engineers who are excited by the technical problems
that Lyst faces as we grow and are interested in working on the huge
challenges we are facing.
Experience
Using Python in a production environment
Working as part of a remote team
Working on large web applications
Working in an English speaking environment
Ideal experience
Experience writing web scrapers, (Ideally in Scrapy)
Understanding of front end architecture
Working with productivity tools like Jira, Confluence, and Slack
You will be challenged, supported and have the opportunity to learn a
lot. You will work in a fast paced, autonomous environment with like
minded people who are passionate about what they do. Your willingness to
learn and your ability to suggest improvements will allow you to grow
as Lyst does and become a key member of our team.
We care deeply about helping the tech industry become a more
inclusive and diverse place and we work hard to lead by example. Our
workplace is dynamic, diverse and highly collaborative. You will join a
huge multinational team of engineers based across multiple time zones
that love to work with each other and meet up from time to time.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.