Wattpad’s vision is to entertain and connect the world through webnovel stories.
Since 2006, we’ve been on a mission to use the power of community and technology
to unleash the full potential of stories to the world. Representing a tapestry
of cultures and languages, people around the world come to Wattpad every month
to share and discover stories they can’t find anywhere else. Come build the
future of entertainment and storytelling with our global team, and write your
next chapter with us!
Wattpad is part of the WEBTOON family of brands, the largest storytelling
platform in the world that enables creators and users to discover, create, and
share stories. With over 24 million creators and ~170 million active users per
month, we are truly empowering creation by anyone, for everyone. To read more
about our family of Brands, check out our website here
[https://about.webtoon.com/].
You will be joining the Core Platforms team. You'll get the opportunity to
create and work on the backend platform and systems that power Wattpad. The
purpose of the team is to establish a robust set of centralized tools that
backend developers can use to implement secure, performant, consistent code
quickly to increase the productivity and happiness of Wattpad engineers. You
will be creating new tools, defining architectural best practices and creating
frameworks for engineers to follow. Our technology creates capabilities to
understand stories and users and accelerates our ability to innovate at Wattpad.
Wattpad runs on a large distributed system that handles 45k requests every
second. You’ll be assisting in modernizing our backend platform and systems
which currently include our monolith, microservices and backend infrastructure.
Our monolith is written in PHP and backed by S3, Redis, Memcache, MySQL and
Cloudflare. Our microservices are written in Go and are backed by S3, DynamoDB
and MySQL. At this scale, caching is paramount so we have multiple terabytes of
data across memcached, redis and groupcache.
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What you’ll be doing:
- Designing, building, and maintaining functionality on a large-scale
distributed system serving millions of people per day.
- Writing new features, tools and services in Go and PHP.
- Improving reliability and performance of core components and existing
systems.
- Writing unit and service tests for all your code.
- Defining best practices and providing mentorship and support to other
engineers.
- Researching and implementing new technology to solve tomorrow’s scaling
issues.
- Advocating for the adoption of tools across the engineering org.
What we're looking for:
- 5-7+ years of experience in a prior software development role
- You have experience with monitoring distributed systems at scale
- You develop scalable, robust, and maintainable code and fault-tolerant
services/systems
- You are skilled in Go and PHP
- You’ve worked with cloud platforms as a service (AWS, GCP, etc.) for at least
3 years
- You know how to use Docker
- You’ve used container orchestration tools like Kubernetes or ECS
- You have experience in comprehending complex, custom-built codebases, and a
history of thorough feature testing and migration
- You’re comfortable debugging systems at different layers of the stack
- You are comfortable in both static and dynamic languages and don’t mind
switching between them
- You enjoy working with a team but have no problem working independently
- Nothing makes you happier than a hard problem solved well (and has “just the
right” amount of documentation)
- You have or are currently mentoring other developers
- You have provided technical leadership on initiative(s) involving 2+ other
engineers
Bonus Points For:
- You have exposure to Infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform & Ansible
- Hands-on experience with CI systems such as TravisCI
- Passionate about security and privacy
What we offer:
- Career development; we believe in mentorship and investing in your learning,
supporting you to achieve your goals
- Top industry health benefits, including vision and dental
- Your own health/wellness account to spend each year
- RRSP Contributions (Canada), 401K Contributions (USA)
- Generous vacation and Maternity/Parental leave top-up program
- Corporate discount for gym memberships for you and your family
- Work from almost anywhere in the world for part of the year
- Winter break shutdown and a whole lot more!
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$120,000 - $160,000 a year
Please note, this range is listed in CAD.
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Wattpad is conducting all interviews in a distributed manner using applicable
third party software where needed and using visual interface tools such as
Google Meet and Zoom.
About Wattpad
Who are we? Entrepreneurs and Do-ers. Our vision is to entertain and connect the
world through stories, and our mission is to use the power of community and
technology to unleash the full potential of stories to the world.
What does that mean? We are visionaries, community builders, passionate problem
solvers, storytellers, coffee snobs (tea drinkers, too!), curious by nature, and
culturally diverse.
What are we obsessed with? Our users. Solving complex problems and maximizing
flow. Learning constantly. Building the next great storytelling product. Finding
the greatest stories ever told. Dogs (and cats), coffee, and good snacks.
How do we work? Autonomously, collaboratively, respectfully. Balancing with
work, family, and play...and all while having a great time.
Wattpad is a remote friendly company and encourages remote candidates to apply
as long as they are located and authorized to work in either the US or Canada
(excluding Quebec) as a precondition of employment. We are not able to sponsor
applicants for work permits.
Unlock the best of both worlds with a remote role that keeps you connected!
We're looking for passionate individuals in the Greater Toronto Area to join our
team. While you'll enjoy the flexibility of working from home, you can take
advantage of periodically coming to our vibrant downtown Toronto office to
connect with colleagues, collaborate on exciting projects, and take part in
company events. This is your opportunity to be a part of our thriving workplace
culture.
Culture and Diversity
Wattpad is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate. Period.
Wattpad welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities.
Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all
aspects of the selection process. We have taken a leadership position on
creating a culture and an organization that truly values diversity. We are
committed to fostering a global team that reflects the diversity of the Wattpad
community. At Wattpad, we believe cultural fit doesn’t mean culturally
identical, and diversity of thought helps us to challenge one another to think
big and think differently. We consider employment applicants without regard to
age, race, colour, national origin, citizenship, religion, creed, sex, sexual
orientation, veteran status, marital status, disability status or any other
protected status.
If you have any special needs or accessibility requirements, please let us know.
We will do our utmost to accommodate, in accordance with applicable local
legislation.
Don’t meet all the requirements? Studies show women and people of colour are
less likely to apply to jobs if they do not meet all the qualifications.
Therefore, in an effort to build a more diverse workplace, we encourage you to
apply anyways. You might actually be the right person or you may be a good fit
for a number of other openings we currently have.
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