Software Engineer-1

Summary

Join Wiser Solutions' Extraction Team as a Software Developer to contribute to and maintain a library of web crawling bots used by major brands and retailers. You will design creative solutions to complex problems, enhance your skills, and have a significant impact. This role offers hands-on experience with high visibility. The team utilizes diverse technologies and has extensive cloud and big data experience. You will write, test, and maintain code, troubleshoot platform issues, evaluate technical trade-offs, and contribute to bot technology advancements. The position requires a passion for clean code and a commitment to continuous learning and improvement.

Requirements

• Programming experience in Python
• An eagerness to learn new things, and improve upon existing skills, abilities, and practices
• Familiarity with web technology, such as HTTP, JSON, HTML, XPath, or JavaScript
• Experience with databases, SQL, or NoSQL
• Knowledge in an Agile software development environment
• Experience with REST services and API design
• Experience with version control systems (Git, Subversion, etc..)
• A real passion for clean code and finding elegant solutions to problems
• Eagerness to expand your knowledge and abilities in python and cloud-based technologies
• Motivation to participate in ongoing learning and growth through pair programming, test-driven development, code reviews, and application of modern technologies and best practices
• You look ahead to identify opportunities and foster a culture of innovation
• BS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent work experience

Responsibilities

• Write clean, efficient, thoroughly tested code, back up with pair programming and code reviews
• Maintain the platform that puts reports and visualizations into the hands of our customers
• Troubleshoot, test, and maintain the platform, bots, and databases to ensure strong optimization and functionality
• Evaluate the technical trade-offs of decisions and build things that last and scale
• Maintain and fix existing bot issues
• Create and analyze new bot technologies - figuring out how we can scale up our bots and systems

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of business rules engines
• Experience in UI (User Interface) libraries/frameworks like, React, Ember, Angular
• Programming experience on Unix based infrastructure
• Knowledge of cloud-based systems (EC2, Rack space, etc..)
• Expertise with big data, analytics, machine learning, and personalization