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Voxy
Software Engineer
Original posting
Voxy | Software Engineer | New York, NY | https://boards.greenhouse.io/voxy/jobs/1043878?gh_src=jy1if5...
If you are a software engineer looking use your talent in an endeavour more noble than tricking consumers into buying a new widget or helping traders earn big bonuses, take a look at Voxy. Voxy software engineers will change the way millions of people around the world learn English by using sound science combined with innovative (and patented!) technology.
What You'll Do
- Accelerate Voxy’s ability to automatically transform authentic content into lessons for our learners using NLP and advanced text/video processing
- Build nicely-instrumented code that is testable and deployable without downtime
- Evolve our big data pipeline to use real time feedback for an optimal platform for learners
What We’re Looking For
- 5+ years of experience working as a commercial software developer
- Curiosity and knowledge about technologies and architectural patterns of software engineering across the entire stack
- Pragmatism in understanding when to build the solution that scales to 1 million users or works for 100 users
- Build new data models that reflect the Voxy business using advanced SQL/NoSQL/ORM’s
What Would Be Nice To Have:
- Modern front end javascript frameworks such as vue
- Django
- AWS and devops
- B.S. or higher in computer science, science or engineering discipline or equivalent experience