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Software Engineer (Systems) Responsibilities

• Research, design, develop, build and test operating systems-level software, compilers, and network distribution software for large distributed components that run applications.


• Build new features and improve existing products.


• Work on problems of diverse scope and design core, backend software components.


• Handle large scale data storage, synchronization and coordination of large server cluster, and provide a runtime environment for front end code.


• Receiving little instruction on day-to-day work, code using primarily C/C++, Java, PHP and Hack.


• Interface with other teams to incorporate their innovations and vice versa.


• Conduct design and code reviews.


• Analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of various system resources.


• Complete medium to large features (each with many tasks) independently without guidance.


• Identify and drive changes as needed for assigned codebase, product area and/or systems.


• Telecommuting is permitted from anywhere in the United States.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires a Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Applied Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field and 36 months of work experience in the job offered or in a computer-related occupation. Must have 36 months of experience in each of the following:


• 1. Coding in one of the following industry-standard languages: C, C++, Java, or C#


• 2. Building large-scale infrastructure applications


• 3. Designing and completing medium to large features independently without guidance


• 4. Experience owning a particular component, feature or system


• 5. Data processing, programming languages, databases, networking, operating systems, computer graphics, or human-computer interaction and


• 6. Distributed systems.

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