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Full-Stack Software Engineer

Created on 11-08-2016
Location Palo Alto

Description

About Houzz
Houzz is the leading home renovation and design platform in the world. We have a highly engaged community of more than 40 million unique monthly users who leverage our technologies to find inspiration for their next home project, connect with over 2.3 million home design and remodeling professionals and discover products in the Houzz Shop.
About the Role
As a Full-Stack Software Engineer, you will work on all parts of our web application, its libraries, widgets and custom features.  You will work across the entire web stack, working with MySQL, Lucene/Solr, Redis, and React and leveraging a strong understanding of OOP as well as Javascript and CSS.
What You'll Do
  • Take high level ideas and transforming them into live products, used by millions of homeowners and professionals from around the world
  • Build features for all parts of our web application, its libraries, widgets and custom features
  • Work cross-functionally across engineering, product, and design teams
  • At a Minimum, We’d Like You to Have
  • Independence, self-direction and experience owning complete products and features
  • Proficiency in web stack programming, from schema design to building user-facing interfaces
  • An ability to work on fast paced, data-driven projects
  • A desire to build an engaging consumer experience
  • A B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science or equivalent
  • Ideally, You’ll Also Have
  • Experience developing consumer facing features for millions of consumers
  • Familiarity with NoSQL databases and Lucene/Solr a plus
  • 3+ years experience
  • Benefit

    TGIF lunches

    TGIF lunches

    Cake and birthday celebrations every Fridays!

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    Possibility to earn high commissions

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    Access to our flexible benefits program including childcare vouchers, Cycle to Work (bicycle parking and showers available onsite), dental insurance, health screenings and an annual season ticket subsidy and loan program.

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    Gym membership discounts (London)

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