{"id":15619,"date":"2014-05-21T10:16:47","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T14:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/?p=15619"},"modified":"2014-05-21T10:16:47","modified_gmt":"2014-05-21T14:16:47","slug":"job-senior-software-engineer-back-end-kandu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2014\/05\/21\/job-senior-software-engineer-back-end-kandu\/","title":{"rendered":"[JOB] Senior Software Engineer (Back-end), Kandu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senior Software Engineer (Back-end)<\/p>\n<div>A New York City-based startup building a creative social platform for kids and teens seeks an outstanding, experienced back-end engineer to architect and help build our system.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>The ideal candidate:<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>Has experience architecting complex social environments from the ground up<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>Is an effective leader who can keep track of and integrate the work of multiple developers<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>Has a desire to build something extraordinary and lasting<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>Takes joy in the sense of meaning that comes from being part of an outstanding team engaged in important work<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Our backend stack is built in Python, using the Tornado framework, and deployed on Amazon Web Services. We use MongoDB to store our data.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>About the company<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Founded in the spring of 2013 by a team of proven technology and media innovators, Kandu is building a unique social environment where kids and teens can build and share mobile experiences without knowing how to code. \u00a0Our mission is to inspire kids to become mobile content creators.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Requirements<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">You\u2019re fluent in Python, but you\u2019re not afraid of other programming languages.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">You\u2019re experienced with Tornado (or a similar Python web framework) and asynchronous programming<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">You have experience with Linux\/Unix systems, particularly on AWS<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">You have extensive experience building applications with MongoDB<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">You\u2019re comfortable with processing and analyzing large data sets<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">You\u2019ve worked with distributed\/scalable systems and high-volume transaction applications<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">You have a good understanding of system design, data structures and algorithms<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">You\u2019re literate in and passionate about contemporary web API design (REST, hypermedia, profiles, relations)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">You love writing unit tests<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Responsibilities<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Code primarily using Python<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Continuously design, develop and deploy backend services with focus on high availability, low latency and scalability<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Measure and evaluate features and system metrics to continuously improve user experience and service performance<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Work with technologies like Tornado, MongoDB, etc.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Work closely with Product Owners, QA, Agile Coaches and other teams in an agile environment to collaborate and influence new products<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>Be proactive, go beyond expectations<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>The job is full-time in New York City with highly competitive salary and equity compensation. \u00a0For additional information, email your resume and an a brief introduction to <span style=\"color: #1155cc;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"mailto:chris@kandu.com\" target=\"_blank\">chris@kandu.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior Software Engineer (Back-end) A New York City-based startup building a creative social platform for kids and teens seeks an outstanding, experienced back-end engineer to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-job","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15619\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}