WHO ARE WE
TotallyAwesome is a Youth-first specialist marketing and media platform focused on connecting brands with youth in a safe, relevant and effective way. We are driven to make a positive impact for our Youth in the digital world. At the heart of everything we do is Youth. TotallyAwesome offers Youth-first, Youth-safe engagement across thousands of YouTube channels, apps, games and websites. Our extensive research gives us a deep understanding of Gen Z and Gen Alpha, while our ‘zero- data’, contextual intelligence solutions enable safe digital engagement with a Youth audience. Our Youth-first curated and human moderated technology solutions reach more than 500 million active monthly users across Asia Pacific. From content creation to innovative gaming solutions, we bring excitement to the digital world of our Youth.
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Its headquarter is in Singapore, with offices in Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Philippines and Vietnam.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
How will YOU contribute to the Team?
- Contribute to the team’s success by using Python 3.7, FastAPI and Domain-Driven Design, micro-services to spin up new services and APIs (writing and consumption).
- Collaborate with product, design and other teams to gain sufficient business understanding to serve the needs of customers and colleagues and to support your team members in delivering solutions.
- Balance the trade-offs of delivering sustainable code that provides an excellent customer experience in a fast-paced startup environment.
- Model good leadership behaviour by engaging in peer to peer feedback and code reviews to foster a healthy, collaborative engineering culture as measured by Scrum team health checks.
- Use unit test and agile practices to deliver features continuously to production, measured by feedback and daily releases going smoothly.
- Embrace a fast paced environment and have a keen interest in data / Machine learning tech.
DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Do YOU have what it takes to succeed?
- You have 4+ years of experience in backend development using Python and have worked confidently within teams delivering data driven systems.
- You have knowledge of scaling practices such as in-memory databases, load balancing, caching, etc.
- You’re comfortable with both NoSQL and SQL databases.
- You have 3+ years experience in deploying systems on GCP or AWS and knowledge of containerization (e.g. Docker)
- You can give and take in discussions and make tactical decisions to reduce risk when delivering functionality, which is the primary measure of progress.
- You’re a team player who is solutions oriented.
- Experience in leading a team or mentoring younger developers will be highly regarded
- You have deep exposure to ETL and ELT.
- Having wide exposure to multiple technology stacks is an advantage, we love full-stack engineers.
- You’re proficient in code review, code refactoring, Unit Testing.
- Backend security knowledge is a plus
- Good communication in English is a plus.
OUR ETIQUETTE
At TotallyAwesome, we work together to give everyone the power to share their story, explore what they love, and connect with one another in the process. In our culture, you are encouraged to:
- Commitment to care
- Purposeful curiosity
- Play with integrity
- Human by design is in our DNA
- Empower “Awesome” in everyone
Our people are at the heart of what we do at TotallyAwesome and the driving force behind our growth and success. We value our culture as the lifeblood of our business and work hard every day to maintain this as we continue to grow and scale our team. We believe in offering opportunities to learn and grow every day and we’ve got a strong track record in developing great people.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We review job applications without regard to their race, color, religion, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status.
Finally, we are a team of passionate experts. We are not just leading in this industry, we are defining it.
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
- You are a self-starter, independent and problem solver. You consider yourself a high-performance personality
- Understand what it means to deliver excellence.
- Good sense of humor and ability to stay calm under pressure.
- Well-organized with excellent communication and time management skills.
- You're driven and passionate about “Making The Internet Safer for Kids”.
WHAT CAN WE OFFER YOU
- Our people are at the heart of what we do at TotallyAwesome and the driving force behind our growth and success.
- We value our culture as the lifeblood of our business and work hard every day to maintain this as we continue to grow and scale our team.
- We believe in offering opportunities to learn and grow every day and we’ve got a strong track record in developing great people.
- We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We review job applications without regard to their race, color, religion, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status.
- Birthday days off!
- Finish early Fridays!
- Social work environment
- Flexible working arrangements
- Mentorship programs
- Remote working support across APAC markets
- Finally, we are a team of passionate experts. We are not just leading in this industry, we are defining it.
