BrightScope is looking for exceptional full-time software engineers/developers to expand our dev team. Are you someone who is tired of working for big technology companies where you are buried in layers of bureaucracy, wait months or years between product releases or don’t have a say in what you build? Do you want to get in on the ground floor of a rising data and analytics company?
If you can figure out the toughest problems, love learning new things, and want to play a major role in the success of a growing startup, join us in building something great.
BrightScope is full of passionate, smart people that want to change the world for the better. As our products and services gain in popularity, we need more developers to help build our platform.
BrightScope is full of passionate, smart people that want to change the world for the better.
Responsibilities to include:
Developing new features and improving core business software assets and applications
Helping develop critical parts of our analytics platform and client-facing applications, delivered via a SaaS model over the web
Coordinating with the project team
Requirements:
Solid command of your favorite programming language
SQL experience (MySQL preferred), with a strong grasp of data modeling in large applications
Understanding of MVC frameworks
Experience with unit and functional testing, and preferably test-driven-development
A self-starter attitude and an ability to break large problems down quickly
Extreme attention to detail
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience working with any of the following is desired:
Amazon's Web Services: EC2, S3, Route53, RDS, etc.
Knowledge of *nix is a huge plus (we use Ubuntu on our servers)
Distributed applications
Designing for scale: algorithmic and efficiency concerns, etc.
MVC frameworks (we use Django)
Web services (SOAP, REST)
Agile development processes
JIRA or other bug tracking systems
Knowledge of source control
Experience working with automated testing tools in Python or another language (Python unittest, nosetest, etc))
You will:
Improve the efficiency and stability of the systems and applications that power our solutions
Start with ideas, design products and features, help architect a technical solution, then build, test and launch it
Be an integral member of the development team and shape our future
We will:
Make sure you have what you need to be happy and productive
Compensate you with a mixture of cash and equity
Make great teammates united around the company mission
Interested and qualified candidates should send their resumes directly to jobs@brightscope.com with "Software Engineer" in the subject line. Local candidates are a bonus.