Requirements: English
Company: Muck Rack
Region: Gwoznica Grna , Podkarpackie Voivodeship
Muck Rack is the leading SaaS platform for public relations and communications professionals. Our mission is to enable organizations to build trust, tell their stories, and demonstrate the unique value of earned media. Muck Racks AI-powered, comprehensive, and integrated platform streamlines the PR workflow to help businesses generate positive media coverage, monitor mentions to manage brand reputation, and analyze PRs impact on business outcomes. By combining media database, monitoring, and reporting into one dynamic platform, we empower teams to collaborate seamlessly, pitch effectively, and analyze results faster and more efficiently. Founder-controlled, fully distributed, and growing sustainably, Muck Rack has received several awards for its unparalleled culture and product from organizations like Inc., Quartz, G2, and BuiltIn. We value resilience, transparency, ownership, and customer devotion, and infuse these values into everything we do. We are seeking a collaborative and self-driven Engineer, Search to join our rapidly growing team and make a significant impact. As an Engineer, Search on the Search Monitoring Team, you will collaborate closely with software engineers, product managers, and designers to ensure our customers have access to high-quality content that meets their expectations. You'll contribute to large-scale technical projects involving extensive data volumes, support data pipelines and features leveraging ElasticSearch and Kafka, and play a key role in shaping our engineering culture and processes. Our tech stack includes Python, Django, Celery, MySQL, ElasticSearch, Vue, and Webpack. Our technology team prioritizes scalability, quality, efficient delivery, and an intuitive customer experience. We release updates frequently while maintaining a strong work-life balance. To be set up for success in this role, youll need to have: 3 years total professional experience as a software engineer Proficiency with Python or a similar language Proficiency with Django or a similar framework Experience with ElasticSearch or an equivalent search engine If any of the below also describe you, this could be an exciting opportunity: Experience with Kafka or other stream-processing technologies Experience with MySQL or Postgres Experience with Celery Worked on a complex, high-traffic site at a startup or software-as-a-service company, ideally with large amounts of data Interest in journalism, news, media or social media In addition, were always looking for candidates who: Have excellent communication skills, with an ability to explain ideas clearly, give and receive feedback, and work well with team members Exhibit a willingness to learn in areas where they have less experience with our tech stack Take pride in the quality of their code. (Your code should be readable, testable, and understandable years later. You adhere to the Zen of Python.) Work well in a fast-paced development environment with testing, continuous integration and multiple daily deploys Have the ability to manage complexity in a large project, and incur technical debt only after considering the tradeoffs Take a logical approach to problem solving that combines analytical thinking and intuition Interview Overview Below you'll find an outline of the interview plan for this role. Please note that this is what we expect the process to look like; we may ask you for supplemental information or require an additional step before making a final decision. 30 min interview with a member of our Talent Team A one hour zoom interview with the hiring manager Take-home coding assignment (2-4 hours max) Peer interviews, including a 30 min code review discussion Final call(s) with executive team member(s) Salary The starting salary for this role is between $140,000 - $165,000 CAD, depending on skills and experience. We take a geo-neutral approach to compensation within the US, meaning that we pay based on job function and level, not location. For all other countries, we have competitive pay bands based on market standards. Why Muck Rack? Remote Work, Forever. Were a fully distributed team and have pledged to remain that way forever. We offer employees a full home office setup, phone internet reimbursement, and a monthly coworking membership. We build culture through virtual and in-person team bonding opportunities including team lunches, friendly competitions, and celebratory events Transparent Compensation. We offer competitive geo-neutral pay in the U.S. and review compensation at least once annually to ensure internal equity and alignment with the external market. Depending on the role, we offer either a standardized bonus program or attainable commission structure and an opportunity to earn equity in the company. All employees are eligible for our 401(k) plan with employer contributions. Health Wellness. Muck Rack provides comprehensive health, dental, vision, disability and life insurance for employees and their famil