Software Engineer (Python) Demand Media
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Software Engineer (Python)
Engineering | Santa Monica, CA, United States
Overview:
The eHow stack is built using PHP, Python, MongoDB and the latest HTML5 technologies. It is hosted in multiple datacenters and tightly integrated with CDN's to ensure 99.99% uptime. eHow.com serves millions of page views per day and our servers process thousands of requests per second. Our team of 25+ developers ship code when ready and utilize agile development methodologies. Code is always changing and while we rely heavily on engineers to test their own code we utilize a combination of black box testing and heavy automation to minimize negative impact to the business.
We are looking for a Software Engineer, Automation to assist with our engineering teams and practices.
Responsibilities:
- Test Framework â€" Design and implement key components for a large-scale next generation webcrawler and test automation tool, using Python, Redis, Django, and Java
- Automation - develop test automation code to support black-box test efforts
- Engineering - Interface with engineering teams to develop tools and processes to support a transition to continuous deployment
- Operations â€" Review error alerts and configuration changes across a wide range of production and development systems, and improve monitoring efficiency with automation
Requirements:
- 5+ years software development experience
- 2+ years Python experience in systems or application development (not just simple scripts)
- Strong working experience with web UI technologies including JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Ajax
- Fluency with a wide range of tools for debugging, profiling, and testing web applications
- Proficiency working with NOSQL and SQL databases
- Comfortable and productive in a UNIX, Mac, and Windows environment
- BS degree in Computer Science, related field, or relevant experience
Pluses:
- Experience writing and developing APIs for Software as a Service
- Experience with Data Analytics, Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence
- Experience with Mongo DB, Redis, and other No SQL data stores
- Experience writing commercial code in Java, C++, C#, PHP, Perl
About Us: Founded in 2006, Demand Media is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA with offices in Kirkland, WA, Austin, TX, New York, NY and London, UK. For more information visit
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