We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer working as a part of the team responsible for development of the contextual product that is used to derive meaning from web pages and link that meaning to search data.
Search on its own is a highly complex data-set. Captify’s technologies have been built to extract maximum value from search for brands, partners and businesses all over the world and also to innovate & improve the consumer experience.
Captify’s world-class engineers, semantic specialists and product teams are building the future of Search and as part of our Engineering Team you will play a key part in developing our offering.
We work in small cross-functional pods of developers who focus on a particular product area and we encourage people to rotate across teams.
Our engineering guide will give you a good feel for how we work together. Our company values are important to us and influence how we work together.
With exciting projects, technologies and services in the pipeline now is a great time to be part of our journey.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
What you’ll be doing:
Developing, designing and maintaining a reliable, distributed, scalable web page analysis solution
Integrating that solution with our data partners via various API endpoints
Working closely with ML engineers to improve and facilitate the deployment of ML models
Working with cutting edge technologies in a fast-paced, start-up like environment
Setting up monitoring for performance metrics and overall system behaviour to have alerts for any anomaly detected
Ensuring the quality of the product you deliver as a part of the team
Experimenting with new tools and technologies, producing POC to address business needs
Be a part of self-organizing, result-oriented agile team
REQUIREMENTS:
What you need to be successful:
At least 5 years of experience in software development.
Have practical experience with developing and maintaining distributed systems.
Experience with Scala and Python, or deep knowledge of one of the above with desire to learn the other.
Experience with asynchronous network I/O.
Experience with Kafka, Spark.
Proactive self-starter who takes ownership and is able to drive the project and mentor team members, good team player.
B.Sc. in Computer Science or related field;
Excellent communication skills and ability to work directly with English native speakers.
CAPTIFY EXPLAINED
Captify is the largest holder of consumer search data outside of Google, and its unique technology understands the intent of consumers across all channels, including voice Search, desktop on-site search and in-app search. Captify’s privacy centric Search Intelligence technology powers programmatic advertising and unique audience insights for the world’s biggest brands, such as Apple, Disney, Adidas, American Express and Microsoft.
Enjoy our flexible/core hours and home working as per company policy
Work from any Captify office in the world - giving every employee the opportunity to experience life at Captify in another city
A pet friendly office based in Covent Garden, London’s Media Hub!
Time off to recharge - 25 days holidays + bank holidays + your birthday
Giving something back to the community - Give A Day Away for volunteering
We care about Wellbeing - from financial wellbeing, mental health first aiders, yoga, sports, meditation and so much more
Parent friendly policies
The normal stuff; Pension, Cycle Scheme, Eyecare Vouchers and retail discounts
Beer, bubbles and non-alcoholic alternatives every Thursday and Friday at the Captify Bar
Legendary Summer and Christmas parties
