{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"5dc0ac00e438f36019391d00","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/5dc0ac00e438f36019391d00","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/5dc0ac00e438f36019391d00","title":"SOFTWARE ENGINEER-PYTHON","description":"Company Description\n\nEmparty is a fast-growing, early-stage startup in Mountain View, CA, that is making the process of planning parties and events (small corporate events, birthdays, graduations, showers, holiday parties, etc.) easier, faster, and a lot more fun. It’s basically a marketplace for venues and vendors, with some twists.\nThe company was founded in February 2018 by former leaders from Avis, eBay, and Oak Labs. We just closed our first round of funding from two top-tier investors, and we already have a long and growing list of customers lined up to use the service. (For real. We’re not kidding. The pressure is on.)\n\nJob Description\n\nWe are looking for a software engineer to join the team, and help build the technology to tie thousands of reservation calendars together in one spot. It’s one of those technical problems is simple at first, but starts to look NP-complete, the more you stare at it.\nYou would be joining a small team of capable engineers to build the back-end systems that power the Emparty Marketplace, such as calendar inventory management, search & discovery, money movement, and the client-facing API.\nResponsibilities\nWork with the engineering team to design back-end architecture\nImplement back-end systems for Emparty’s marketplace\nDevelop black-box and white-box tests for both your own and others’ code\nWork cross-functionally with front-end developers to implement API endpoints\nProactively identify and automate time-intensive business and engineering processes\nHelp to cultivate Emparty’s engineering culture: we are still a young company\n\nQualifications\n\nRequirements\n2+ years as an individual contributor in an engineering role\nProficiency in Python\nWorking knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes\nSignificant experience with Google Cloud Platform\nExperience with software planning systems like Pivotal Tracker\nExperience with git\nExperience with GraphQL\nExperience with RFCs 2445 and 5545 (iCalendar) a plus\n\nAdditional Information\n\nYou must be able to work in our Mountain View, California, office. (Technically it’s Palo Alto, but near 101 and San Antonio.) Remote workers will not be considered, so don’t even ask. 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