Sr. Software Engineer Python

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Overview:   Demand Media’s largest media properties (eHow, Cracked, LIVESTRONG, Society6) are built on PHP, Python, MongoDB, MySQL, Redis, AngularJS, and the latest HTML5 technologies.  These sites are hosted in multiple datacenters and tightly integrated with CDNs to ensure 99.99% uptime.  eHow.com serves millions of page views per day and our servers process thousands of requests per second. Our development teams ship code as soon as it’s ready, using lean & agile development methodologies.  Code is always changing and while we rely heavily on engineers to test their own code we utilize extensive automation to minimize negative impacts to the business. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help build the core monitoring systems that support these sites. Responsibilities:

Test Framework - Design and implement key components for a large-scale next generation web crawler / test automation / monitoring tool, using Python, Redis, Django
Engineering - Interface with engineering teams to develop tools and processes to support a transition to continuous deployment
Infrastructure – Develop and deploy tools to support cloud-native, resilient service-oriented architecture
Operations - Review error alerts and configuration changes across a wide range of production and development systems, and improve monitoring coverage with custom monitors and integration with various APIs

 Requirements:

5 years software development experience
2 years Python experience in systems or application development (not just simple scripts)
Strong working experience in web application development
Fluency with a wide range of tools for debugging, profiling, and testing web applications
Proficiency working with NOSQL and SQL databases
Comfortable and productive in a UNIX environment
BS degree in Computer Science, related field, or relevant experience

 Pluses:  

Experience leading a development team
Experience with configuration management tools such as Puppet or Chef
Experience writing and developing APIs for Software as a Service
Experience with Data Analytics, Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence
Experience with Mongo DB, Redis, and other No SQL data stores
Experience writing commercial code in Java, C, Ruby, C , C#, PHP, Perl
Contributions to open source projects, meetups, hackathons, programming competitions, etc…

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