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August 21

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Wattpad

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Media • Entertainment • B2C

Wattpad is a leading global webnovel platform operated by WEBTOON Entertainment, dedicated to revolutionizing the world of storytelling. With a community of over 90 million users, primarily made up of Gen Z and millennials, Wattpad enables users across the globe to read, write, and share stories in over 25 languages. The platform connects diverse voices with Hollywood and other major entertainment industries, turning popular stories into movies, TV shows, and more. Founded in 2006 by Allen Lau and Ivan Yuen, Wattpad has grown from a simple mobile reading app to becoming a significant player in the entertainment sector. It empowers writers to monetize their work through its Paid Stories and Wattpad Originals programs, offering a platform where serialized stories thrive and where community and innovation lead to new entertainment frontiers. Wattpad's headquarters is in Toronto, with additional offices worldwide, including a notable presence in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

201 - 500 employees

Founded 2006

📱 Media

👥 B2C

💰 Venture Round on 2019-03

📋 Description

• Designing, building, and maintaining functionality on a large-scale distributed system serving millions of people per day. • Writing new features, tools and services in Go and PHP. • Improving reliability and performance of core components and existing systems. • Writing unit and service tests for all your code. • Defining best practices and providing mentorship and support to other engineers. • Researching and implementing new technology to solve tomorrow’s scaling issues. • Advocating for the adoption of tools across the engineering org. • 5-7+ years of experience in a prior software development role • You have experience with monitoring distributed systems at scale • You develop scalable, robust, and maintainable code and fault-tolerant services/systems • You are skilled in Go and PHP • You’ve worked with cloud platforms as a service (AWS, GCP, etc.) for at least 3 years • You know how to use Docker • You’ve used container orchestration tools like Kubernetes or ECS • You have experience in comprehending complex, custom-built codebases, and a history of thorough feature testing and migration • You’re comfortable debugging systems at different layers of the stack • You are comfortable in both static and dynamic languages and don’t mind switching between them • You enjoy working with a team but have no problem working independently • Nothing makes you happier than a hard problem solved well (and has “just the right” amount of documentation) • You have or are currently mentoring other developers • You have provided technical leadership on initiative(s) involving 2+ other engineers • You have exposure to Infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform & Ansible • Hands-on experience with CI systems such as TravisCI • Passionate about security and privacy • Career development; we believe in mentorship and investing in your learning, supporting you to achieve your goals • Top industry health benefits, including vision and dental • Your own health/wellness account to spend each year • RRSP Contributions (Canada), 401K Contributions (USA) • Generous vacation and Maternity/Parental leave top-up program • Corporate discount for gym memberships for you and your family • Work from almost anywhere in the world for part of the year • Winter break shutdown and a whole lot more!

🎯 Requirements

• 5-7+ years of experience in a prior software development role • You have experience with monitoring distributed systems at scale • You develop scalable, robust, and maintainable code and fault-tolerant services/systems • You are skilled in Go and PHP • You’ve worked with cloud platforms as a service (AWS, GCP, etc.) for at least 3 years • You know how to use Docker • You’ve used container orchestration tools like Kubernetes or ECS • You have experience in comprehending complex, custom-built codebases, and a history of thorough feature testing and migration • You’re comfortable debugging systems at different layers of the stack • You are comfortable in both static and dynamic languages and don’t mind switching between them • You enjoy working with a team but have no problem working independently • Nothing makes you happier than a hard problem solved well (and has “just the right” amount of documentation) • You have or are currently mentoring other developers • You have provided technical leadership on initiative(s) involving 2+ other engineers • You have exposure to Infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform & Ansible • Hands-on experience with CI systems such as TravisCI • Passionate about security and privacy • Career development; we believe in mentorship and investing in your learning, supporting you to achieve your goals • Top industry health benefits, including vision and dental • Your own health/wellness account to spend each year • RRSP Contributions (Canada), 401K Contributions (USA) • Generous vacation and Maternity/Parental leave top-up program • Corporate discount for gym memberships for you and your family • Work from almost anywhere in the world for part of the year • Winter break shutdown and a whole lot more!

🏖️ Benefits

• Career development; we believe in mentorship and investing in your learning, supporting you to achieve your goals • Top industry health benefits, including vision and dental • Your own health/wellness account to spend each year • RRSP Contributions (Canada), 401K Contributions (USA) • Generous vacation and Maternity/Parental leave top-up program • Corporate discount for gym memberships for you and your family • Work from almost anywhere in the world for part of the year • Winter break shutdown and a whole lot more!