Position: Backend Developer
Company: EX.CO
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

Content is king, as they say, but not all content (or job descriptions) are equally appealing to today’s digitally-savvy, time-strapped audiences. 
For more than a decade, EX.CO has been helping publishers and brands engage their audiences with the most relevant digital experiences that drive measurable results. If you’ve taken a poll, trivia, survey or engaged with any dynamic video content in the past 10 years, chances are you’ve already experienced our industry-leading technology. What you likely haven’t seen is the unparalleled wealth of unique audience insights we can then provide our partners on the backend.
With a growing roster of premium, global clients (think CBS, Netflix, Macy’s, Lego, ESPN, HuffPost, VICE) and backing from great investors like Disney and Saban Ventures, we’re primed to expand our team with more exceptional talent. Are you an innovative & creative self-starter who is amazing to work with? If yes, this job could be for you.  

**Responsibilities:**
 
- Design and implementation of highly available cloud-scale services
- Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability
- Building reusable code and libraries for future use.

**Requirements:**
 - 4+ years of experience developing, configuring and deploying Linux Backend solutions
- Knowledge of Database concepts and strong SQL language skills
- Experience and deep knowledge in at least one of the following: Python, PHP, Golang, Lua.  
- Experience and knowledge in Nodejs - advantage
- Experience with message or event driven architectures (such as Kafka)
- Solid understanding and experience with Redis and Nginx – Advantage
Experience with wide range of Big Data technologies including Hadoop / Spark / HBase / Kudu / Cassandra – Advantage
- Experience managing source in git (GitHub ops, branching, merging, etc)
- Experienced with mission-critical, high volume event-driven environments
- Experience with Kubernetes, Docker - Advantage
- Team player, highly motivated, strong problem-solving skills and results oriented.