Back-End Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure

Houzz Palo Alto, CA 94301 March 31, 2018 Information Technology

About Houzz

Join Houzz in revolutionizing the home and remodeling industry and have an impact on over 40 million homeowners and 2 million professionals around the world. Frequently ranked as one of the top 10 most disruptive companies in the world and backed by marquee venture capitalists, Houzz will allow you to drive the future of an industry worth $1.2 trillion in the US and Europe alone.

Our entrepreneurial culture and warm family atmosphere will surround you with a fun and dynamic work environment you will only find at Houzz.

Our engineers play a direct role in the direction of our company and are able to work across multiple groups to implement fresh ideas that allow Houzz to be the industry leader. If you are interested in applying your passion to create products that will transform the lives of millions of users remodeling and decorating their homes, then welcome to Houzz.

Position Overview

We are looking for a world-class software engineer to build systems that will scale with the growth of our site, the most popular home remodeling site in the world. You’ll make data easy to use for our entire team. Your tools will make it easy for our data analysts to find deep insight into user behavior. You will build scalable systems that make it easy for our team of machine learning experts to bring powerful recommendation and personalization models to production.

Position Responsibilities

Build scalable systems that process, store, and serve terabytes of data
Optimize systems from hardware to software level
Gather requirements and build new solutions to solve the pain points of analysts and developers

Desired Skills & Experience

Experience owning complete pipelines or data stores
Production experience with large scale distributed systems including triaging failures and performance tuning
Proficiency in modern compiled and scripting languages such as Java and Python
Experience with modern data technology including Hadoop, NoSQL data stores, key-value stores, MPP warehouse solutions, etc.
Self-directed, independent; amazing ability to get stuff done
Strong understanding of algorithms, web services, and data management
B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science or equivalent
5+ years experience ideally including technical lead roles