Kontagent (SF/SOMA) is HIRING for multiple positions
Kontagent (San Francisco/SOMA) (Working remotely is an option for the right person!)<p>Kontagent is HIRING for multiple positions!<p>1. Sr. Software Engineer<p>Role:<p>Your core responsibility here will be to develop cutting-edge technologies to solve big data problems. More specifically, this will include designing and implementing robust, scalable systems for efficiently processing, storing and querying large data sets and the data derived from them. You will build frameworks that others can leverage as well to rapidly add functionality to our products. For success in this role, you will draw upon the following skills and experiences acquired to date.<p>Qualifications:
-BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent degree (PhDs or PhD dropouts are a bonus)
-Senior level experience with back-end services and data processing (5-7 + years)
-Interest in and ability to work on tough scalability/performance challenges for systems that handle terabytes of data
-Extensive experience with data stores (MySQL, Cassandra, MongoDB, etc.)
-C, Python experience (preferred, but not required)
-Solid understanding of Linux systems
-Background in distributed systems, information retrieval, data storage, data processing, and infrastructure scaling a bonus<p>2. Software Engineer<p>Role<p>Your core responsibility here will be to develop cutting-edge technologies to solve big data problems. More specifically, this will include designing and implementing robust, scalable systems for efficiently processing, storing and querying large data sets and the data derived from them. You will build frameworks that others can leverage as well to rapidly add functionality to our products. For success in this role, you will draw upon the following skills and experiences acquired to date. They include:<p>-BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent degree
Senior level experience with back-end services and data processing (2-4 years)
-Interest in and ability to work on tough scalability/performance challenges for systems that handle terabytes of data
-Extensive experience with data stores (MySQL, Cassandra, MongoDB, etc.)
-C, Python experience (preferred, but not required)
-Solid understanding of Linux systems
-Background in distributed systems, information retrieval, data storage, data processing, and infrastructure scaling a bonus<p>3. Front End Python Engineer<p>The Role<p>You will play a lead role in the development of the Python-based user interface framework for Kontagent’s analytics platform, with a very strong emphasis on the server-side component. The key challenge is to build a highly scalable and flexible front-end framework that will enable rapid deployment of new features in the dashboard. You'll develop, maintain, and optimize the performance of our customer facing dashboard in this highly visible role based in our downtown San Francisco (SOMA) office.<p>Responsibilities
-Develop server-side framework and production code using Python
-Develop and integrate with front-end production code using JavaScript and jQuery
-Evaluation and integration of relevant open-source technologies
-Use coding methodologies and architectures that facilitate continuous integration testing
-Heavy interaction with front end designers and developers, and server development team
Iterate using two week development and product release cycles<p>4. Front End Software Engineer<p>Role<p>You will take the lead developing our user interface by turning basic wireframes into production code. The key challenge you will be facing is building an easy-to-use, fast, flexible, front end interface that is able to draw out key insights from visualized data. You'll develop, maintain, and optimize the performance of our customer facing dashboard in this highly visible role. For success, you'll draw on the following skills and experiences acquired to date. We are open to highly talented and motivated individuals that have recently graduated, or may have just a few years' experience working with UI's.<p>-Experience with Javascript and major framework such as jQuery
-HTML and CSS knowledge
-Understanding of web standards and best practices
-Eye for great design and information architecture<p>Although not required, the following qualifications would add to your candidacy:
-Experience with data visualization
-Mathematical inclination and a familiarity with statistics
-Python & Django coding experience
-Flash and AS3 experience a plus<p>5. API Web Engineer<p>Role<p>You will design a REST API and write a set of associated client libraries to interface with it in a number of languages such as PHP, Ruby and Python. In addition, you will be tasked with creating a framework to do automated online client-side user tracking through means such as image pixels, cookies through JavaScript, or server side code. The key challenge is to create a set of tracking methods that is powerful, yet easy for customers to implement. Our Web Tracking Engineer will also assist customers with set up and implementation of these tracking systems. For success in this role, you’ll draw on the following skills and experiences acquired to date.<p>Qualifications:
-BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent degree preferred but not required (PhDs or PhD dropouts are a bonus)
-Extremely deep understanding of web servers, protocols and client side web technologies
-Experience in Javascript, PHP, Ruby, Java, Python
-Ability to write very clean and well-documented publicly-visible open source code
-Ability to pick up new programming languages very quickly<p>Interested?<p>Please submit your resume directly on our Careers page: www.kontagent.com/jobs or send it directly to Sarah Mascardo, Recruiting Manager at sarah.mascardo@kontagent.com<p>About Kontagent:<p>Kontagent measures people, not pages, and is a leading analytics platform for social application developers. The platform has been built to provide deep social behavior analysis and visualization that provides actionable insights via a hosted, on-demand service. It works with many of the world’s largest developers and brands, tracking thousands of social applications and games with over 70 million monthly active users. Kontagent works with developers to gain insights, drive higher revenue through better tools and testing, and lower time-to-market. Kontagent is a Facebook Fund winner backed with financing from Altos Ventures, Maverick Capital, and a large number of angel investors including James Hong (cofounder of Hot Or Not), Larry Braitman (co-founder of FlyCast and Adify) Jameson Hsu (co-founder/CEO of MochiMedia), Mike Sego (CEO of Gaia).