Full time
No
Redwood Shores, CA, United States
(94065)
http://www.mywire.com
The Platform Architect's role is to apply state-of-the-art technology to implement solutions for compelling and relevant content delivery.
Responsibilities:
* Designs and implements platform level services and capabilities.
* Drives development from initial concept and requirements through implementation to customer success
* Evaluates and makes build-vs-buy recommendations for key infrastructure and information retrieval technology components
* Works closely with Product Management to understand and drive user requirements.
Key Skills:
* 8+ years hands-on experience building and maintaining complex systems for high performance, availability, and scalability
* MS or BS in computer science.
Expertise applying modern J2EE frameworks, including Spring and Hibernate, across multiple projects
* Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, combined with a passion for teaching and learning
* Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
* Demonstrated ability to understand and master new technologies quickly
* Proven experience delivering, tuning, and scaling multiple production-quality back-end services
Expertise in one or more of the following areas desirable:
* Content Management Systems
* Text Search Engines
* Collaborative filtering
* Content based recommendation engines
* Metadata Frameworks
* OAuth and OpenId integrations
* Design and implementation of public APIs and SDKs for third-party use
About MyWire:
We are a differentiated media destination at the intersection of Content, Community and Commerce. Our goal is to provide users with the best media experience built on our advancements in content categorization and surfacing, personalization and community contributions and filtering. The company's founder and CEO is the dynamic and well-known business leader, Louis Borders, who founded Borders Books, and has more than 30 years of experience as a successful entrepreneur. The senior management team is comprised of seasoned executives from such companies as Booz Allen Hamilton, Oracle, and Webvan.
Please send your resume to careers [at] mywire [dot] com.