Sr. Backend Engineer

Description

• Help develop the next-generation of Shutterfly product creation services
• Analyze, design and develop scalable services and components in the AWS Cloud
• Debug, maintain and improve the backend infrastructure running on AWS, enhancing its ability to process millions of images per day
• Design and build flexible pipelines that can rapidly evolve to handle new technologies and modeling approaches 
• Turn requirements into simple, elegant, optimal solutions
• Work with team members and other groups to achieve company goals

• B.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Wealth of experience (Five or more years) as a backend engineer, writing in Python, Node.js or the like
• Experience designing and implementing distributed and scalable systems
• Experience developing and working with RESTful web services and client-server architectures
• Experience with working over Linux OS
• Self-direction, ambition, and an eagerness to learn new things
• Ability to take high-level project concepts and turn them into well thought out system designs
• Listens / curious / adaptable / collaborative
• Must have a positive, Can Do! Attitude and willing to have fun while working

• Experience in cloud computing and/or AWS services
• Participated in an end-to-end big data and/or large-scale performance challenge
• Experience with big data technologies (ideally Spark)