Middle Software Engineer (Python) for Akamai (offline)

We are seeking a passionate, product-focused software engineer who thrives on delivering exceptional quality and functionality to customers.

The person in this role will be working on services/applications for the Akamai’s Customer Identity Access Management (CIAM) Identity Cloud product.

As a Software Engineer you will be working on the development, documentation, testing, and troubleshooting of new and existing AWS cloud-hosted CIAM products.

The candidate is also able to understand the needs of the business, work with highly complex tasks, sometimes loosely defined tasks, and coalesce ambiguous or conflicting requirements. Qualified candidates will be passionate about uptime / availability / automation / security / scalability / cloud-based infrastructure.

Candidates will need to have a mix of experience with a minimum of 2 years in Software Development developing multi-tenant SaaS solutions for highly available distributed data systems.

Responsibilities
Work in a highly collaborative team environment developing and maintaining enterprise SaaS software as part of a Software Development Team.
Develop and integrate services for the Akamai’s multi-tenant SaaS platform
Develop highly available and scalable RESTful APIs for new and existing SaaS services
Develop back-end systems which are responsible for the storage, transformation, and transport of large data sets
Collaborate with a cross-functional team including Engineers, Testers, DevOps Engineers, Product Owners, Project Managers, and Technical Leads
Write and execute unit and integration tests
Provide upper-tier technical support for customer issues
Provide technical and design guidance and direction for more junior team members
Create design specifications and demonstrate solutions with detailed documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, and charts

Requirements
4 years of experience in software development with a focus in object-oriented programming
At least 2 years working with Python 3
Experience working with non-relational databases
Experience working with version control systems, preferably git
Experience with cloud-based architecture
Experience building RESTful web services
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
Excellent communication skills
Familiarity with enterprise-level SaaS software concepts including services-oriented architecture, high availability, scalability, maintainability, concurrency, distributed computing and micro-services
Familiarity with software testing concepts including unit testing, functional testing, regression testing, Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Deployment (CD), and performance testing
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline and/or equivalent combination of education and experience Nice to have (or eager to learn)
Experience with the Flask framework
Experience with and understanding of AWS services (such as Lambda and Elasticsearch)
Experience with terraform as an infrastructure deployment tool
Refactoring experience will be a big plus
Personal skills
Team player;
Proactive, thorough and ambitious person;
Self-motivated, with strong sense of responsibility

What's in it for you
Variety of knowledge sharing, training and self-development opportunities;
Competitive salary protected from local currency deviations;
State of the art, cool, centrally located offices with warm atmosphere which creates really good working conditions.
Opportunity of business trips to USA.

About Moon Active

Moon Active is one of the world’s fastest growing mobile game companies, providing entertainment to millions of active users across the world. We pride ourselves in developing top quality casual games that invite players to connect with one another.

From backend services to data pipelines running at a massive scale, processing terabytes of data per day, serving millions of requests per minute, to optimizing high-end graphics in Unity, we never compromise on quality to deliver the best game experience to our players.

We believe that success comes from setting high standards and always striving to deliver the best results. We’re looking for incredible people who have a desire to create, develop, and deliver an out-of-this-world game experience.

We PLAY to WIN! We PLAY it SMART! We PLAY as a TEAM!

We offer:
- A global data-driven company, with a unique product and strong R&D center;
- Exceptional, innovative and dynamic work environment;
- Full transparency and open employee communication;
- Tremendous growth & career advancement opportunities;
- Influence and build personalized product experiences for millions of users.

More about Moon Active:
— Moon Active acquiring Zen Match for estimated $100-150 million

https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/bjq8i7ffj

— Exclusive Moon Active valuation surges to $5 billion on back of $300 million Insight funding

https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3923217,00.html

— Moon Active acquires Family Island mobile game maker Melsoft

https://venturebeat.com/2020/12/23/moon-active-acquires-family-island-mobile-game-maker-melsoft/

— What 5 billion-dollar games tell us about mobile in 2020

https://venturebeat.com/2020/12/17/what-5-billion-dollar-games-tell-us-about-mobile-in-2020/

— The TOP 20 mobile game makers of 2020
https://www.pocketgamer.biz/list/74284/the-top-50-mobile-game-makers-of-2020/entry/18/

— Top Israeli Startups 2020: Most Promising Entertainment and Media Companies

https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3812290,00.html

— Unicorn company contenders and global tech titans

https://borntobeglobal.com/2020/07/12/unicorn-company/

— Insight Partners Pays $125 Million for a Stake in Gaming Company Moon Active

https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3782433,00.html

— Weekly global mobile games charts: Coin Master overtakes Candy Crush Saga in Great Britain and Ireland for top-grossing

https://www.pocketgamer.biz/asia/news/70042/weekly-global-mobile-games-charts-coin-master-overtakes-candy-crush-saga-in-great-britain-and-ireland-for-top-grossing/

You can find all Moon Active open vacancies here:

https://www.moonactive.com/careers/.

Company website:
https://moonactive.com

DOU company page:
https://jobs.dou.ua/companies/moon-active/

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