Do you want to influence the lives of millions of people every day?
Do you want to be part of a growing digital publishing company that will become one of the largest disseminators of knowledge in the world?
If you answered yes to those questions, you may be the person we're searching for.
We create original infotainment content published online to multiple digital assets in multiple languages. In a few years, we've accrued over a billion views and 25 million+ subscribers. We're perfectly positioned to become largest disseminator of knowledge in the world. In fact, we're probably one of the largest already. Our platforms can be viewed here: www.beamazed.media
We need a software engineer to work in our growing, dynamic team. We are building internal products to help our team perform, execute and excel at their job. These tools integrate with various social media APIs to help us track and extract data from our content which help to inform our future content pipeline as well as optimise our current library.
We are looking for an entrepreneurial mindset to optimise our company’s internal and external performance through building internal products. This will span from building internal products for our teams’ workflows to implementing OpenAI and image generation web APIs.
We pride ourselves on bringing innovation, creativity and experience to everything that we do.
You must be organised to ensure deadlines are met, and willing to take on new challenges. Our work is seen by millions of people each day all around the world, so your work will have a massive impact. You should be looking for more than just a job. You should aspire to lead and own a media company one day as this position holds massive future potential for growth.
Your role will involve:
- Developing our web application written in Javascript and NextJS;
- Implementing backend machine learning and data services, and integrating them with our web application.
- Suggesting and leading internal tools for our team to use that will aid them in performing their job efficiently;
- Problem solving, liaising and communicating with the team ways in which technology can be applied intelligently to our work pipeline
- Fixing any errors that arise with our Contentful CMS
Ideal candidates should demonstrate:
- Creative problem solving skills, be open-minded and willing to collaborate with developers and other members of staff.
- Communication skills to explain complicated solutions to all levels within a business.
- A self-starter attitude with a diverse array of interests and a thirst for knowledge
- A creative spark with a proven ability to think outside of the box
- You have the experience and ability to document requirements and specifications.
You MUST have the following skills:
- Production level Python, including building web-based backends and APIs
- Building and architecting web-apps using suitable frameworks
- Designing, implementing, and deploying full-stack web applications
- Quantitative degree from a top university
The following is DESIRABLE, not essential:
- Experience with Node.JS to a production level
- Familiarity with various machine learning APIs
- An understanding of machine learning techniques
Benefits:
- Making a serious impact from day one. We're an agile company at the forefront of digital content consumption, and your work will impact millions of people per day.
- Competitive salary based on skills and experience
- A great office located in Shoreditch right by Old Street Roundabout.
- 5 days per week, 9am-6pm with performance-related bonuses
- Social office environment located right by silicon roundabout. Dog friendly, with free coffee/tea and regularly scheduled events with other companies sharing our building.
- Significant opportunities for growth. We are looking for a senior developer to become a key and pivotal part of our team, ample to grow this segment of our company and lead others in the future.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science or related field
- Development experience with programming languages
- SQL database or relational database skills
