Search Engineer, Muck Rack

• 3+ years total professional experience as a software engineer
• Proficiency with Python or a similar language
• Proficiency with Django or a similar framework
• Experience with ElasticSearch or an equivalent search engine
• Have excellent communication skills, with an ability to explain ideas clearly, give and receive feedback, and work well with team members
• Exhibit a willingness to learn in areas where they have less experience with our tech stack
• Take pride in the quality of their code. (Your code should be readable, testable, and understandable years later. You adhere to the Zen of Python.)
• Work well in a fast-paced development environment with testing, continuous integration and multiple daily deploys
• Have the ability to manage complexity in a large project, and incur technical debt only after considering the tradeoffs
• Take a logical approach to problem solving that combines analytical thinking and intuition

Desirable

• We are seeking a collaborative and self-driven Engineer, Search to join our rapidly growing team and make a significant impact
• As an Engineer, Search on the Search & Monitoring Team, you will collaborate closely with software engineers, product managers, and designers to ensure our customers have access to high-quality content that meets their expectations
• You'll contribute to large-scale technical projects involving extensive data volumes, support data pipelines and features leveraging ElasticSearch and Kafka, and play a key role in shaping our engineering culture and processes
• Our tech stack includes Python, Django, Celery, MySQL, ElasticSearch, Vue, and Webpack. Our technology team prioritizes scalability, quality, efficient delivery, and an intuitive customer experience. We release updates frequently while maintaining a strong work-life balance

• 30 min interview with a member of our Talent Team
• A one hour zoom interview with the hiring manager
• Take-home coding assignment (2-4 hours max)
• Peer interviews, including a 30 min code review discussion
• Final call(s) with executive team member(s)