Job Opening: Search Engine Specialist

Want to be part of the fast-paced Internet industry? Tired of driving down to Point Roberts whenever you want to buy something online from the States? Our dream at Malama.ca is to reinvent the experience of shopping online in Canada until we’re creating real value for more than 10 million users. We can only achieve our goal through our hard work and cooperation, so if you are just seeking a 9-5 job, lack entrepreneurial spirit, or don't have an Internet mindset, please look elsewhere.

Check us out at Malama.ca! If you believe in our cause, and feel you have the skills and experience outlined below, we sincerely invite you to join us in creating a new e-commerce experience north of the border.

About You

• You consistently exceed your expectations
• You are trustworthy
• You are culturally intelligent and know what people here like and dislike
• You know how to communicate clearly
• You are enthusiastic about this industry
• You are adaptable and like wearing many different hats
• You are detail oriented
• You are able to speak intelligently across a broad range of disciplines, from technology to marketing to supply chain management.

At Malama.ca, our evolution has been driven by an obvious and growing need in the market. We excel over our competitors with an unparalleled spirit of innovation. By joining our team you will have multiple opportunities to innovate while solving complex real-world, technical and business challenges. If you want to work in an environment that will challenge your skills to relentlessly improve the experience for our customers, where each day is different from the next, please send us your resume and cover letter.

Main Responsibilities

• Work with our development team to build robust and efficient projects to help us continue evolving our system
• Write dynamic, secure backend code for web-based applications using object-oriented design
• Optimize search algorithms and implement web crawlers
Requirements
• A Master’s degree in Computer Science (focus on data mining and/or computer learning)
• At least 1 years working professionally with PHP and MySQL
• At least 2 years of experience with Object Oriented Design and Implementation
• At least 4 years of experience with web crawler frameworks (eg. Apache Nutch) and NoSQL databases (eg. HBase, Cassandra, MongoDB, etc.)
• At least 4 years working with search/indexing engines (eg. Solr, Lucene, ElasticSearch)
Great to Have
• Experience with .NET technology (C#, ASP.NET)
• Experience with data analysis tools (eg. Hadoop, Spark) is preferred

• Knowledge of unit testing, configuration management and build and deployment methodologies are a plus

To Apply

Send us your CV, with a focus on what you can bring to the team, and relevant links to code you’ve written or projects you’ve worked on. A small testing project might be required. Remuneration will be negotiated based on the successful candidate’s previous work experience.