Senior Backend Developer

WHO WE ARE:

At Transparent, we gather information from major short term rental market places and online travel agents to build a unique and massive amount of data that we crunch to create meaningful information for our users. From our unique and massive database built and refined over time, we deliver analyses, reports and supply data to our customers.

If you enjoy building products, working across the stack, and interested in joining a team solving both technical and business problems ranging from data science, all the way up to sales strategy, this is your gig.

Our team members are based out in Madrid and Los Angeles.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:

Design and maintain the web crawling systems to integrate new platforms or improve the existing crawling mechanismsImplement and improve Transparent's data processing techniques, needed to give meaningful representations of the gathered informationOptimize our existing resources to minimize computation times and system requirementsEnsure the security of the platform in terms of system administration, crawling anonymity and undesired data leaksWork closely with the CTO to support Product Owners in driving and implementing the long-term strategyDrive and promote continuous improvements: encourage and lead the changes, strive for technical excellence

WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

We’re looking for a talented, passionate, and pragmatic Senior Backend Developer, able to work in a rapidly changing environment.

Core skills and experience we are looking for:Backend - proven experience developing large scale backend services in node.js with frameworks like expressDatabase- you have a solid understanding of SQL and have good working knowledge of at least one of the mainline databases (MySql, Postgresql)General - you are comfortable using git or svn and the command line, and have worked in a collaborative environment with a team of developersLanguage - you are proficient in English and/or Spanish

BONUS POINTS IF:

GData science - you have worked with large scale data processing systems like Hadoop or SparkDatabase - from the experiences you have had, you know the pros and cons of SQL vs NoSQL and have worked with both database systemsBackend - you have experience with other server languages like Go, Python or C++

WHAT WE OFFER:

Salary: €28K - €45KResponsibility from day one in a fast growing and global startupA vibrant international teamStock OptionsFlexible working hours and a possibility to work remotely some days of the weekModern and spacious office in the heart of Madrid