Thumbtack needs to optimize its pricing systems to improve user experience, provide better control to professionals, and profitably grow their businesses by leveraging marketplace data and developing analytical and statistical models.
Requirements
- 5+ years of industry experience in software engineering, working on backend development
- Strong understanding of data structures and algorithms
- Fluent in at least one major programming language and would be able to switch between multiple languages. In our stack, we use Go, Scala & Python.
- Experience building software using databases (e.g. Postgres, DynamoDB, etc.)
- Experience with backend development
- Experience with Go, Scala or Python
- Experience with databases such as Postgres or DynamoDB
Responsibilities
- Drive engineering projects to completion, with a tenacious focus on the business impact of those projects.
- Solve tough technical problems and stay up-to-date with the latest advances in this constantly evolving problem space
- Collaborate with engineers, analysts, data scientists and product managers to identify and improve the Pricing and Budget systems on Thumbtack platform
- Help maintain the operational stability of Thumbtack’s marketplace and the underlying microservices, and help fix any bugs that may cause deterioration in performance or functionality
- Building new product features to improve the experience of our users
- Architecting software components to support a fast-growing user base
- Optimize our pricing systems and provide better control to professionals on our platform to profitably grow their businesses.
Other
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience
- You can break down complex problems rigorously and understand the tradeoffs necessary to deliver great, impactful products.
- You’re curious, you’re data-driven, you love to ask questions, and you think critically about problems.
- LI-Remote
- Thumbtack embraces diversity. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and do not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial, state, or local law. We also will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, consistent with applicable law.
- Thumbtack is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation for a medical condition or disability during any part of the application process, please contact: recruitingops@thumbtack.com.
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