Job Description

Company Description DICE (DYNAMIC INSTRUMENTATION, CONFIGURATION, AND EVENTS) IS LOOKING FOR AN OUTSTANDING ENGINEER TO WORK ON TWITTER’S CLIENT CONFIGURATION SYSTEM THAT CONTROLS THE EXPOSURE OF NEW FEATURES AND PRODUCTS TO END USERS. THIS TEAM ALSO PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN HOW TWITTER INSTRUMENTS A/B EXPERIMENTATION AND GATHERS PRODUCT DATA FOR ANALYSIS. THE TEAM OWNS HIGH THROUGHPUT APIS THAT BOTH CONTROL FEATURE BEHAVIOR AND OBSERVE THEIR EFFECTS, ACROSS ALL TWITTER PRODUCTS (INCLUDING MOBILE AND WEB), AS WELL AS AN INTERNAL DEVELOPER PLATFORM FOR PRODUCT ENGINEERS AT TWITTER. DICE PROVIDES A WAY TO SURVEY TWITTER USERS TO IMPROVE OUR PRODUCT.

SOME OF OUR CURRENT PROJECTS:

• DEVELOPING TWITTER’S CLIENT CONFIGURATION SERVICE. THIS INCLUDES A LIGHTNING FAST RULES ENGINE THAT EVALUATES OVER 10K RULES PER REQUEST. ALGORITHMIC COMPLEXITY MEETS MASSIVE SCALE.

• DEFINING AND BUILDING A CONFIGURATION WEB TOOL THAT ALLOWS GRAPHICAL EDITING, TESTING AND REVIEWING OF COMPLEX RULES. ENABLES ENGINEERS ACROSS TWITTER TO CONFIDENTLY INTRODUCE AND MANAGE PRODUCTION CONFIGURATIONS.

• WORKING ON TWITTER’S CLIENT EVENTS PIPELINE WHICH CURRENTLY HANDLES MILLIONS OF REQUESTS PER SECOND FROM ALL TWITTER OWNED AND OPERATED MOBILE (ANDROID, IOS, ETC.) CLIENTS AND WEB.

• BUILDING AN IN-APP SURVEY SOLUTION THAT ENABLES TWITTER USERS TO SHARE FEEDBACK IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE PUBLIC CONVERSATION.

Job Description YOU’LL BE PART OF A SMALL TEAM WORKING ON HIGH-IMPACT AND CHALLENGING SERVICES, TOOLS AND LIBRARIES. THE DYNAMIC CONFIGURATION SYSTEM MAKES THE PRODUCT MORE FLEXIBLE, DEPENDABLE AND SIMPLE TO USE. YOU’LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ADDING CRITERIA AND FEATURES TO THE RULES ENGINE THAT SUPPORTS THE CONFIGURATIONS. YOU’LL HELP WITH INTERNAL TOOLS DESIGNED TO HELP OTHER ENGINEERS CONFIGURE, TEST AND VALIDATE PRODUCT FEATURE CONFIGURATION SETTINGS. YOU’LL IMPLEMENT NEW FEATURES FOR OUR IN-APP SURVEY PRODUCT.

Qualifications

• EXPERIENCE WORKING ON BACKEND SERVICES IN ONE/ANY OF THESE LANGUAGES: SCALA, JAVASCRIPT, JAVA, C#, GOLANG, OR ANY FUNCTIONAL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE, OR EQUIVALENT.

• EDUCATION IN COMPUTER SCIENCE OR A RELATED FIELD, OR EQUIVALENT WORK EXPERIENCE.

• STRONG SOFTWARE ENGINEERING BEST PRACTICES (E.G. UNIT TESTING, CODE REVIEWS, DESIGN DOCUMENTATION).

• MINIMUM OF 2 YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE IN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT.

• GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR AND ABILITY TO BUILD TEAM SPIRIT. STRONG EMOJI/GIF GAME A PLUS.

Additional Information WHO YOU ARE:

YOU ARE EXCITED TO JOIN TWITTER! #ONETEAM

YOU’RE PROFICIENT IN PICKING UP NEW PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES AND TECHNOLOGIES ACROSS THE STACK.

YOU ENJOY HUNTING DOWN BUGS AND BRAINSTORMING WITH OTHER ENGINEERS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS.

YOU ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT BUILDING CONFIGURATION PRODUCTS THAT ARE INTUITIVE TO USE.

YOU HAVE STRONG COMMUNICATION SKILLS, CAN WORK INDEPENDENTLY AND DON’T MIND SPENDING SOME TIME ON VIDEO CHAT SINCE OUR TEAM IS GEOGRAPHICALLY DISTRIBUTED.

APPLICANTS WITH STRONG EXPERIENCE BEYOND THESE BASIC QUALIFICATIONS MAY BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE AT SENIOR OR STAFF SOFTWARE ENGINEER LEVEL.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.