Software Engineer Ii

Promptu Systems Corporation is a leading developer of innovative human language technology-based services and products. Headquartered in Menlo Park, CA, with satellite offices in Gold Coast, Australia, Promptu builds natural language speech interfaces for the streaming media, automotive and other markets. Promptu seeks a talented, energetic Software Engineer to join our Menlo Park team.

Our flagship product "Viewfinder" allows users to easily select movies and television series to watch and find where to stream them. You will work with smart, creative engineers to invent, deploy and maintain the company's next-generation content discovery, speech recognition and natural language understanding technologies. This is a unique opportunity to help build the future of human language technology in a number of emerging markets.

We are seeking a creative, passionate individual with a minimum of two years Software Engineering experience and a demonstrated ability to write and maintain robust commercial-grade software in a production environment.

Required skills and experience:

• Degree in Computer Science or Machine Learning
• Minimum two years experience in commercial software development and maintenance
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain production systems in the cloud
• Experience solving difficult problems at scale
• Strong Python and Java coding skills
• Experience developing and deploying software on a Linux platform
• Ability to write efficient SQL queries
• A drive to ship continuous improvements with production-quality, fully unit-tested code
• Excellent written and oral English communication skills

The ideal candidate will also have experience with some or all of the following:

• Building, testing and deploying software in the AWS ecosystem
• C/C++ coding skills
• Shell scripting
• Experience using Pandas to manipulate large data sets
• Ability to apply machine learning tools to solve real-world problems
• Working knowledge of one or more machine learning frameworks
• Fluency in probability theory

You will report to the Director of Voice Technologies.

Promptu offers competitive salaries and benefits, and a stock option plan. We believe strongly in creating a supportive, flexible working environment so that our employees can learn, excel and grow in their careers.

Only people with the right to work in the USA will be considered for this position. Promptu will not sponsor for any immigration benefits.

To apply please send your resume to: jobs@promptu.com, citing the position "Software Engineer II" in the subject. Recent graduates (< 5 years post-degree), please include your academic record.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $120,000.00 - $190,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Relocation assistance
• Vision insurance

Compensation package:

• Stock options

Experience level:

• 2 years
• 3 years
• 4 years
• 5 years
• 6 years

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• Python: 2 years (Required)
• Java: 1 year (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Menlo Park, CA 94025 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Menlo Park, CA 94025: Relocate with an employer provided relocation package (Required)

Work Location: In person