Backend Engineer

Budapest

Gawker Media is seeking a Backend Engineer to help building out our microservice-based APIs to provide the best possible experience for our users and readers. This experienced and innovative builder will partner with others in Product, Ops and Business to work on the largest collaborative publishing system on the web: Kinja. Following a “vertically integrated” approach to our platform the Backend Engineer will work closely with frontend engineers and product owners to build the Scala and Play Framework based microservices and other server-side components for Kinja's new features. We're looking for engineers who like to work in small teams and eager to take part in the creative parts of planning new features as well as in the execution of the project.

About the Company

The Gawker Media Group is the publisher of some of the web's best-loved brands and communities, including the eponymous Gawker and gadget sensation Gizmodo as well as Deadspin, Kotaku, Jalopnik, Lifehacker, and Jezebel. Founded in 2002, Gawker Media now reaches over 100 million people around the world each month.  Gawker Media is one of the largest independently owned and operated digital media companies in the world.

Minimum Required Skills

  • Server side web programming in Scala or a mainstream OO programming language (Java, Python or Ruby)
  • Core knowledge of basic data structures and algorithms
  • Extensive experience with SQL and NoSQL solutions
  • Experience with building and consuming HTTP/JSON services

Additionally, if you have experience with or interest in at least one of the following areas, you will fit right in:

  • Functional programming (Haskell, Scala, Clojure, OCaml etc.)
  • Scala
  • Play! Framework
  • JVM

How to Apply

This is a full time position at Gawker Media's Budapest office with full benefits.

To apply, please fill out the form below. In the cover letter, be sure to tell us why you're perfect for this job.

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