Software Engineer, Shutterstock
Royalty-free media library
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Royalty-free media library
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help creative professionals from all backgrounds and businesses of all sizes produce their best work with incredible content and innovative tools, all on one platform.
Role
Who you are
- BS or MS degree in Computer Science or related experience
- 1 + years of relevant experience
- Experience in at least one programming language, preferably Java or Python
- Solid software development fundamentals (Data Structures, algorithms, problem solving, OO Design, and system architecture)
- Familiarity with at least one RDBMS
- Ability to craft simple and elegant solutions to complex problems
- Passionate about what you do and care deeply about the things you build
- Able to clearly communicate to technical and non-technical audiences
Desirable
- Experience building event-driven architecture using tools like Kafka
- Experience building and designing highly scalable services, RESTful, and GraphQL API’s that power multiple consumers
- Experience in Spring Boot and/or Dropwizard
- AWS experience
- Good understanding of continuous delivery
- Experience working in an agile environment
What the job involves
- The search team drives the core functionality behind one of the largest search engines on the web. We ensure that our rich content is efficiently indexed and made discoverable through sophisticated, data-driven algorithms. With millions of searches processed daily, we take pride in managing essential services that directly impact the business
- As part of the team, you'll gain hands-on experience in diverse areas including microservices, data analysis, algorithm design, infrastructure, cloud services, and build pipelines. This is an opportunity to make a real impact while learning the inner workings of a high-performance search engine
- Contributing to all aspects of the services under the team’s ownership, which includes design, implementation, refactoring, automated testing, deployment, and uptime of the services
- Helping other team members grow as engineers through code review, pairing, and mentoring
- Improving internal team processes by keeping what's working, throwing away what's not
- Collaborating on the vision of the services under the team's ownership
- Building the technology the right way: for us, this means simple, well-tested systems that gradually grow over time, and that provide plenty of insight into production performance
Our take
Shutterstock is a global leader in licensed images, videos, and music, serving creative professionals like designers, filmmakers, and marketers. Content creators upload their work, which is then used by businesses and media organizations in various projects. It's a two-sided marketplace that fuels creativity worldwide.
Shutterstock offers a variety of plans for individuals, teams, and enterprise customers as well as creative editing and collaboration capabilities. Their aim is to build sophisticated tools to help the world experience images and videos in a more beautiful way - they believe that the harmonious union of design and technology can influence global communication.
Shutterstock's brand portfolio includes Bigstock, Offset, PremiumBeat, Rex Features, and Shutterstock Custom, adding hundreds of thousands of images weekly. More recently it introduced generative AI and fairly licenses artists' work for their AI-generated content, unlike competitors. This ethical approach bodes well for the company, positioning it well for future growth and innovation.
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Company benefits
- Flexibility: Shutterstock operates in a Hybrid model that is centered around flexibility and enabling collaboration, innovation, and accountability no matter where we are
- Connection: Whether virtual or in person, we make sure there are plenty of opportunities and events to connect and have fun
- Recognition: We never miss an opportunity to celebrate our achievements and recognize great work through our global recognition program
- Empowerment: We offer generous and competitive compensation packages, PTO, wellness initiatives, on-and-off working hours, tuition reimbursement, and an employee referral bonus
- Growth: Your development is top of mind. Our SkillUP Program enables you to take ownership of your personal development through virtual learning offerings, and we are constantly adding to the platform to meet your changing needs
- Belonging: Our goal is to build a workforce that is, at all levels, representative of the diverse global community we serve and where all employees can come to work as their authentic selves
Company values
- Driven by one truth: We live to amaze our customers and contributors. We create magic by listening to them, learning from them, and building innovative experiences they didn’t even know they needed
- Lead the change: We’re not afraid of change because we drive it. We are constantly evolving, pivoting, and adapting quickly to find new solutions and new ways of working to fuel growth
- Be creatively bold: We’re passionate about empowering artists and creatives to tell compelling stories, and motivated to collaborate, challenge tradition and experiment until we find the right answer
- Build community: We create and nurture meaningful experiences by celebrating individuality, valuing inclusivity and investing in our people so they don’t just succeed—they thrive beyond their imagination
- In lockstep together: We’re aligned and fueled by the same fire because we share a collective focus on accomplishing our mission, communicating effectively, and trusting each other to get the job done
Company HQ
Midtown South, New York, NY
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Leadership
Jon Oringer
(Executive Chairman)Previously Board Member at Partnership for New York City for 6 years and Founder, CEO at SurfSecret Software for 5 years.
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