by Ronald Barron | Jul 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Senior Data Engineer, Big Data
The GitLab DevOps platform empowers 100,000+ organizations to deliver software faster and more efficiently. We are one of the world’s largest all-remote companies with 1,600+ team members and values that guide a culture where people embrace the belief that everyone can contribute.
GitLab is looking to hire a Senior Data Engineer, Big Data, to their team!
This role requires an analytical and business-oriented mindset with the ability to implement rigorous database solutions and best practices in order to produce and influence the adoption of strong quality data insights to drive business decisions in all areas of GitLab. Data Engineers are essentially software engineers who have a particular focus on data movement and orchestration.
Location – This position is 100% remote
Don’t have a ton of knowledge about GitLab yet? Don’t worry. We have an extensive onboarding and training program at GitLab and you will be provided with necessary DevOps and GitLab knowledge to fulfill your role.
What you’ll do in this role…
- Maintain our data warehouse with timely and quality data
- Build and maintain data pipelines from internal databases and SaaS applications
- Create and maintain architecture and systems documentation
- Write maintainable, performant code
- Implement the DataOps philosophy in everything you do
- Plan and execute system expansion as needed to support the company’s growth and analytic needs
- Collaborate with Data Analysts to drive efficiencies for their work
- Collaborate with other functions to ensure data needs are addressed
- This position is always central and reports to the Manager, Data
- Understand and implement data engineering best practices
- Improve, manage, and teach standards for code maintainability and performance in code submitted and reviewed
- Create smaller merge requests and issues by collaborating with stakeholders to reduce scope and focus on iteration
- Ship medium to large features independently
- Generate architecture recommendations and the ability to implement them
- Great communication: Regularly achieve consensus amongst teams
- Perform technical interviews
We’re looking for…
- 5+ years hands-on experience deploying production quality code
- Professional experience using Python, Java, or Scala for data processing (Python preferred)
- Knowledge of and experience with data-related Python packages
- Demonstrably deep understanding of SQL and analytical data warehouses (Snowflake preferred)
- Hands-on experience implementing ETL (or ELT) best practices at scale.
- Hands-on experience with data pipeline tools (Airflow, Luigi, Azkaban, dbt)
- Expertise in designing and developing distributed data pipelines using big data technologies on large scale data sets demonstrated with years of proven experience.
- Has experience with various streaming data concepts, such as Kafka.
- Can lead full scale Data Lake implementations.
- Has good understanding of Lambda Architecture.
- Strong data modeling skills and familiarity with the Kimball methodology.
- Understand and implement data engineering best practices
- Experience with Salesforce, Zuora, Zendesk and Marketo as data sources and consuming data from SaaS application APIs.
- Share and work in accordance with our values
- Constantly improve product quality, security, and performance
- Desire to continually keep up with advancements in data engineering practices
- Catch bugs and style issues in code reviews
- Ship small features independently
- Ability to use GitLab
Also, we know it’s tough, but please try to avoid the confidence gap. You don’t have to match all the listed requirements exactly to be considered for this role.
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by Ronald Barron | Jul 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
Job Description
3D Modeler
KitBash3D is looking for experienced 3D Modelers to join our growing organization. As a 3D Modeler, you will work alongside our talented team of concept artists, modelers, and texture artists to further our mission to enable and inspire the creators of the virtual frontier. We’re increasing the speed and ease of building 3D worlds and getting new people excited to build their own worlds. In order to achieve our goals we are always looking for talented artists to join our team!
While we are not actively hiring for this role, we collect applications on an ongoing basis. If you’re interested in working with us in the future, you can submit an application here to be added to our roster of qualified artists. When we have new projects to hire for, we’ll reach out!
As our ideal candidate, creating amazing 3D assets is your primary area of focus, drawing on your experience working in VFX, Video Games, or Architectural Visualization. You are extremely proficient with 3D software and enjoy the challenge of working on a wide range of genres and projects. You consistently find ways to improve your own skills and help your teammates. You have strong technical skills and a great eye for design, balance, and composition. You communicate effectively with your supervisors, team, and other departments across a company. You are organized, efficient, creative, open-minded, and excited to be a part of an unstoppable team.
We are on a mission to enable and inspire the creators of the virtual frontier and we’re looking for amazing people to join us on this journey.
Location: This role open to remote US applicants as well as global independent contractors. Local candidates have the option to work out of our office located in Portland, Oregon.
What You’ll Contribute:
- 3D modeling: Translate concept art into realistic 3D assets with clean geometry, efficient poly use and a high level of detail.
- UV unwrapping: Unwrap the models you create to be non-overlapping with consistent texel density.
- Rendering: Render beautiful still images of the assets you create for visual approval and marketing use.
- Scene handoffs: Prepare and break apart the assets you create in a logical manner, with standard naming conventions, and clean scene files.
- Evolve the pipeline: Follow our current KitBash3D modeling guidelines and pipeline and contribute feedback regarding how we can make it better
What You Bring to the Team:
- At least 1 year of experience creating high quality 3D models for games/vfx or a related industry
- Proficiency with either 3DS Max, Maya, or Blender
- Portfolio of work demonstrating proficiency in 3D modeling, specifically for environments and props
- A comprehensive understanding of Non-Overlapping UVs for game engines
- Ability to deliver clean, organized work, while still within our technical specifications
- An exceptional understanding of form, shape, structure, and silhouette
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to collaborate and work well on a team
Bonus Points:
- Experience with game engine workflows using Unreal or Unity
- Experience with multiple 3D softwares such as Maya, Blender, Houdini, and C4D
- Experience with Substance Designer / Painter
- Experience with scripting languages such as Python, MaxScript, or C+
What We Offer:
- Competitive salary
- Remote work
- Opportunities for professional development and career growth as KitBash3D grows
- Benefits for full-time employee
About KitBash3D
KitBash3D is a company and community that celebrates taking risks and being on the cutting edge of technology and digital media. Our premium 3D assets cover everything from ancient temples to futuristic utopias that artists use to bring their imaginary worlds to life. Our customers include the largest studios (Disney, Marvel, HBO, Ubisoft, EA, 2K) as well as thousands of independent artists and hobbyists in more than 150 countries.
We are on a mission to enable and inspire the creators of the virtual frontier and we’re looking for amazing people to join us on this journey.
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by Ronald Barron | Jul 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Title: Portuguese / English Technical Support Agent
Location: Remote
Let us start by saying this: Forget everything you know about Customer Support. 5CA is not your conventional company, not only because the vast majority of our employees are true gamers, but also because we operate differently in all areas.
So, why is this position different? Firstly, you will get an insight on how a multinational company with high-tech products operates. Secondly, you will be working with a team composed solely of top-notch techies, from your Trainer to the Operations Manager.
Needless to say, you will get a kick-ass training before you actually start working. You will have a Operations Manager helping you out with your work and a Team Lead making sure you’re comfortable at all times in your position.
The main objective of this position is to help customers troubleshoot technical issues with their PC hardware and networking devices by answering emails, chats, social media comments, and/or phone calls. The collateral goal is that you will be contributing to 5CA being the most awe-inspiring company in tech support!
Job requirements:
- You speak Portuguese and English at a near-native level.
- You are available to work full-time and in a fixed schedule.
- You are able to work evenings, and don’t mind if (part of) your shift falls on weekends
- Experience in a Customer Service environment or an international business setting is a plus!
- You have excellent written communication skills and know how to make customers happy.
- You have a dedicated quiet workspace, located within your own residence.
- You are not currently living in the Netherlands, the United States of America, or Argentina.
- You have a dedicated quiet workspace, located within your own residence.
PC requirements:
- An internet speed minimum of 4,0 Mb/s download and 1,5 Mb/s upload internationally.
- A minimum of 6 GB RAM memory, with a 64-bit windows version or MacOS.
- An i3 2.4Ghz processor or better/ similar, max. 3 years old.
- A smartphone usable for two-factor authentication that runs at least:
- Android 6.0 or newer
- Apple iOS 10.0 or newer
- A USB, noise-canceling headset (a must-have for the job, but not for the application process)
We offer:
- A position at a fast-growing company with ambitious A-level clients.
- A casual, international environment where you’ll work with people from over 40 different nationalities.
- Flexibility; working remotely means being able to work from anywhere in the world.
- No time wasted commuting between home and work.
- Top-notch tools, training, and colleagues.
About us
5CA a remote-first CX company working with passionate agents from all around the world. Founded in 1998, we represent some of the biggest names in gaming and tech and level up their customer and player experience.
Our community is full of digital natives and gamers that troubleshoot with care for the brands they love, from home, in their languages. We work with people from all cultures and backgrounds, and champion diversity and inclusion in all that we do.
As part of this recruitment process, 5CA may conduct a screening activity on your publicly available social media accounts registered on Twitter, Linked-In, Facebook and/or Instagram. For further details, please refer to our privacy policy.
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by Ronald Barron | Jul 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Title: Senior Front-End Engineer
Location: New York or Remote US
Slice is the leading technology and marketing platform made exclusively for local pizzerias, making it super easy to order delicious, authentic local pizza anywhere, anytime. We serve the $45 billion U.S. pizzeria market in two ways: by providing a pizza-centric mobile and web ordering experience for consumers, and by empowering local restaurants with the technology, tools, and marketing to grow their business, while helping them compete with Big Pizza. Can you imagine what a small mom and pop pizza shop could achieve with the resources of Domino’s?
Yes, we have a pizza philosophy
We believe pizza is more than food it’s a slice of life. Across the world, pizza is made by people who care about craft, history, and culture. We created Slice to champion the small mom and pop pizzerias by connecting those proud makers with customers who are just as passionate about their pizza. We celebrate pizza as the ultimate shareable food that brings people together for more than just a bite.
What you’ll do:
We celebrate pizza as the ultimate shareable food: It turns everyday moments into memories and brings together friends, families, and communities. And when you order pizza from a place in your neighbourhood, you support a local business. So whether you call it a pizza parlour, slice joint, or pizzeria, we’re here to help you order authentic local pizza and live your best slice life.
We are on the hunt for a Senior Front-End Engineer to join us at Slice! You will help develop our customer facing web applications using the latest in front end technologies and design patterns, while helping us grow our product offering by making great engineering decisions, mentoring some new blood and more!
What we. love to see:
- 5+ years experience writing JavaScript and building production-ready applications in a modern front-end framework
- Experience with essential JavaScript project build tools: NPM, Yarn, Webpack and Babel (or similar)
- Ability to create clean and organised front-end code that optimally loads
- Fluent verbal and written English skills with strong communication skills
- Positive approach to work, and treat others well.
- Ability and experience in mentoring others
- Excellent problem solving, analytical and organisational skills
- Able to clearly express opinions on product design, while respecting the thoughts and opinions of their peers
- Proven ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with engineers and non-engineering stakeholders alike
- Experience writing production React applications
- Experience with Node.js and writing server-side JavaScript
- Experience setting up and using metrics, monitoring and analytics tools to measure front-end application performance
- Comfort in working on mobile-first web products
- Understanding the vision and goals for a web product, and looking at things from the user’s perspective
- Ability to craft leading-edge front-end interactions
- Experience in implementing front-ends for Rails backed systems is a big bonus
- Understanding of best practices for using libraries, version control, and sticking to a shared software development process
- Experience monitoring and maximising the SEO of a web product
- Experience working with remote team members or offshore teams
- Love for pizza
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by Ronald Barron | Jul 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
Job Description
UI Designer
Location: United States
Remote
Full Time
Facet is a fully remote FinTech company with a mission to empower people to live more enriched lives by delivering a new standard of financial advice that elevates expectations across consumers and the industry.
We believe that unbiased, personalized financial advice that integrates into every facet of life is essential to living well. People’s financial lives are dynamic and ever-evolving, so we cover everything money touches–from starting a business to buying real estate to your investments and much more. Facet believes financial advice should be delivered with a fresh, human-plus-tech approach, that includes a CFP® professional–the highest certification possible.
The Role:
As a UI Designer at Facet, you will own the high-fidelity design phase of our development process. The full scope of these features will bring our user experience to life for consumers & our internal users.
Day-To-Day Responsibilities:
- Work closely with Product Managers & UX Designs to implement our design solutions.
- Review UX direction and provide critical/relevant UI feedback/input.
- Design & prototype buildable UI for our development teams (in various methods) to validate its effectiveness and iterate.
- Present your designs to stakeholders (ranging from C-Suite to Client).
- Perform & observe user tests of your built prototypes.
- Evolve our design system and component driven development.
- Ability to self-start – you dive into or seek out feedback, gather data & feedback to find room for improvement and take it on.
Basic Qualification:
- 3-5+ years of experience of UI design.
- Strong portfolio of beautiful shipped desktop, tablet & mobile designs.
- Creating designs balanced with many requirements such as: business objectives, multi-device usability, accessibility, technical feasibility, branding alignment, and industry best-in-class.
- Professional communication across various teams & external parties, including communication skills pertaining to presenting and collecting feedback on UI prototypes and static designs.
- Strong typography, color theory, and compositional skills.
- Advanced prototyping skills.
- Obsessive attention to design detail.
- Ability to use data to inform design decisions.
- Expert level user of Adobe’s Creative Suite (XD, Photoshop, Illustrator) – we’re open & willing to work with Figma, Sketch or equivalent expertise.
- Ability to build and grow a design system (and manage those complexities across our Product & Engineering teams).
- Desire and ability to work both independently and in a design collaboration setting.
- Team player mentality to assist with design across the organization (sometimes we need to nail a slide deck or provide assets across other business units).
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with creating HTML & dynamic prototypes using a combination of open-source CMSs or hand-coded solutions, or a strong willingness to learn these techniques.
- Experience with Motion/Interaction design.
- Understanding of front-end development and how to utilize that into designing UI grounded in buildable code.
- Understanding of or experience with the financial services industry.
Perks & Benefits:
- $80,000 – $120,000 annual salary + bonus determined based on experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant. Please note, our salary ranges are based on current market data. Should you feel strongly that we are not in line, we highly recommend you to reach out and let us know. We are always looking to improve on building the best place for employees.
- Equity
- Unlimited PTO
- All the benefits: medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) with employer match, short and long term disability coverage (paid by Facet), life insurance options and paid parental leave.
- Certification reimbursement program.
- Work from anywhere in the US.
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by Ronald Barron | Jul 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Title: Sr. Product Manager – Authentication & Authorization Management
Location: Remote
Who We Are
SPINS is the leading provider of retail consumer insights, analytics, and consulting for the Natural, Organic and Specialty Products Industry. We transform raw data into intelligent and actionable business solutions that enable consumers to pursue wellness. At SPINS, we believe data is important, but our people are the real differentiator. That’s why we maintain a culture that is focused on collaboration, flexibility, and open communication.
We are seeking a Sr. Product Manager to lead our teams in building a world class platform authorization and authentication management system. This role is critical to our success by ensuring that our users experience a seamless experience and appropriate access across all of our solutions. We are stewards for the security and management of access to our data for our partners and this role will ensure our platform seamlessly provides our users access unique to their contracts.
You will work as part of a dynamic and highly collaborative team, gaining and sharing insight with other experienced professionals. You will see many aspects of the SPINS business. You will have a direct impact on SPINS growth and delivering major new capabilities for our customers. You will have ownership and be given incredible opportunity for professional growth.
The ideal candidate will be exceptional in communication, analytic problem solving, and navigating ambiguity. The successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment, can operate within periods of limited guidance, and is a creative problem solver. The candidate will be comfortable working with a distributed team, working with diverse stakeholders and helping everyone stay focused on the right priorities. The candidate will have high standards for themselves and others. They will be constantly looking for ways to improve product performance, quality, and cost.
What You Will Do
- Manage the product lifecycle from strategic planning, research, development to full scale delivery for Access and Authorization solutions
- Develop a clear understanding of the supported business domains and how the different aspects of the access and authorization platform support our end customers
- Own and be an advocate for your product roadmap and backlog
- Drive priorities and requirements for our core platform in alignment with SPINS strategic objectives
- Define the business case and justification for new product capabilities
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product, technology, and UX to deliver world class experiences for our internal and partner development teams
- Plan new builds, engage in design discussions, ensure requirements are well understood, create user stories and acceptance criteria, and provide testing guidance to your team
- Understand and articulate the product KPIs, COGS, and profitability of your product
- Collaborate with your peers, teams, and leadership to continuously improve our Product Management practices
What You Bring
- 6+ years of relevant experience in Product Management
- Experience with implementing access and authorization solutions
- Experience translating business and system requirements into user and product permission rules
- Strong problem solving, critical thinking, and analytic skills
- Strong technical background combined with solid business acumen
- Experience with software development tools (Jira, Product Board, etc.)
- Experience with agile development methodologies
- Proven leadership ability in leading a cross functional team of engineers
- Strong planning, organizational, and time management
- Strong communication skills
- Desire to learn and contribute
Preferable Skills
- Prior experience related to access and authorization platform development
- Prior experience with CRM system, such as Salesforce
- Prior experience related to big data and cloud platforms
- Subject matter expertise in retail or brand marketing
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What SPINS Offers
We have enjoyed tremendous growth over the years and, as a leader in a fast-growing industry, we have no plans to slow down! While all that growth brings excitement, it is also an opportunity for SPINS to show it values the health and wellness of its team members. Whether you are based at our Chicago headquarters or remote, we continue to stay true to SPINS:
- We embrace hybrid and remote work options so that you have the flexibility to create a work/life balance that actually works!
- Virtual yoga, HIIT, meditation classes, and team SPINS Peloton rides
- Each employee is allotted paid time to use to volunteer with an organization of their choice and charitable donations are matched.
- CEO Connect, a monthly informal small group Q&A session with our top leader
- Semi-annual company-wide survey that is used to shape company programs, perks, and culture.
The SPINS Way
- Direct We communicate with clarity, honesty and respect in all situations and embrace opportunities to provide solution-oriented feedback.
- Determined We are committed to overcoming all obstacles to achieve results. We adapt to change, seek opportunities to learn and rapidly translate that learning into action.
- Passionate We go above and beyond to help our partners achieve their goals. We challenge assumptions and are comfortable forging new paths.
- Collaborative We leave our egos at the door, believing that working together we will produce an outcome that’s greater than each individual contribution.
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