Back-End Platform Developer (Artificial Intelligence/Computer Vision/Deep Learning start-up)

Back-End Platform DeveloperMountain View, California, United StatesDESCRIPTIONWe are looking for a back-end engineer, with excellent systems software experience, to join our startup team and lead our back-end platform development.As platform infrastructure developer, you will work closely to design and develop our end-to-end cloud technology platform for our mass-scale consumer application. The role includes development of data pipelines, application servers, networked services, databases, and APIs to provide real-time support for web clients, mobile clients, and algorithmic services.In addition to production apps and services, you will develop prototypes, algorithms, tools, benchmarks, data sets, and contribute to the design and construction of a continuous integration software development environment.REQUIREMENTS· B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent (advanced degree preferred).· Advanced Java and C++ software engineering skills.· Proficient at modern dynamic languages (e.g. Python, Javascript, Ruby).· Solid grasp of web technologies from front to back-end.· Substantial experience developing networked data/API services.· Solid hands-on database skills, including SQL programming, administration, and database theory.· Solid grasp of Internet networking theory and practice (TCP/IP, DNS, RPC, message queuing).· Experience developing full-stack applications on MVC foundations· Experience developing Linux apps on cloud platform (e.g. Amazon EC2).· Action-oriented builder, who “gets things done”.· Analytical thinker, with excellent scientific method and debugging skills.· Experience using git and continuous-integration for distributed software projects.· Bonus points for experience building successful, high-scale applications.· Bonus points for experience optimizing systems performance and parallel processing.· Bonus points for nosql development experience.· Bonus points for experience developing operational tools & monitoring for highly-available services.· Enthusiastic about seed-stage startups – adventurous, comfortable with risk & uncertainty.