Ziff Davis
Ziff Davis
Ziff Davis is a digital media and internet company whose portfolio spans more than 40 brands across technology, shopping, gaming and entertainment, connectivity, health and wellness, cybersecurity, and marketing technology. Serving millions of customers worldwide, the company combines digital content and online services with a mergers-and-acquisitions strategy supported by industry expertise, technology capabilities, and investment experience. Its corporate responsibility efforts include diversity, equity and inclusion alongside environmental, social, and governance initiatives.

Software Engineer II, Spain (Remote)

Build and improve scalable serverless applications for Ookla’s real-time service-status and outage-alert platform. Work across Python, Django, React, AWS, and DevOps practices.

Description

  • Develop and maintain full-stack features for serverless web applications
  • Own implementation plans for moderately complex engineering work
  • Deliver maintainable, scalable solutions that support platform performance
  • Produce clean, efficient, testable code with strong performance and observability
  • Investigate and resolve technical issues to strengthen system reliability and scalability
  • Review code and offer constructive guidance to fellow engineers
  • Support junior engineers through mentoring on defined subject areas
  • Contribute to DevOps activities, including CI/CD, containerization, and observability
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to connect product features with customer and business needs
  • Build new capabilities and apply current engineering practices
  • Apply serverless technologies to enable rapid, elastic scaling

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent hands-on experience
  • Demonstrated experience building and supporting software designed for scalability and maintainability
  • Strong command of Python, JavaScript, or a comparable programming language
  • Working familiarity with frameworks such as Django and React
  • Practical experience with APIs, relational databases such as MySQL and PostgreSQL, and frontend engineering
  • Experience developing and deploying within cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP
  • Understanding of DevOps methods, including containerization, CI/CD, and observability tools such as Datadog and Grafana
  • Strong collaboration skills, along with an initiative to keep learning and mentor others
  • Ability to uncover incomplete requirements, clarify open questions, and deliver work that supports business goals

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