NOW HIRING: Solution Architect

Company: Scrapinghub

Website: https://scrapinghub.com

Headquarters: Ballincollig, Cork, Ireland

Scrapinghub is looking for a motivated Solutions Architect to further accelerate the rapid growth Scrapinghub has seen in recent years.

As a Solutions Architect, you will collect project requirements and provide technical solutions to our customers and internal teams for delivery. You will be pivotal in translating customer and technical project requirements across various internal and external teams.

You’ll love this role if you enjoy studying different use cases and finding the best solutions. No two days will be exactly the same, and you’ll be interacting closely with the Sales team and potential customers.

Job Responsibilities:

• Meet with qualified leads to clarify requirements and address technical inquiries for the project.
• Translate customer requirements into a viable solution leveraging the best tools for the job; conduct a deep technical investigation, propose the best approach and solution inclusive of effort, cost estimates, and occasionally project timelines that fit the customer’s business goals and expectations.
• Build Proof of Concepts, to assess feasibility, refine scope, and arrive at a viable proposal
• Proactively work with internal subject matter experts to learn and stay up-to-date on Scrapinghub products and service offerings.
• Showcase technical expertise in data acquisition projects and provide an architectural solution that helps customers hit their business goals
• Create, write and present customer proposals and ensure it completely captures the technical requirements for the solution proposed

Requirements

• You understand aspects of web crawling using Python and Scrapy and knowledge of HTTP and networking.
• You have strong client and customer-facing experience - a minimum of 3 years experience in a similar position within a technical environment
• You are comfortable taking ownership in business-critical situations and enjoy being the “go-to” person.
• You have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and are comfortable in document writing, both technical and non-technical
• You possess excellent presentation skills and experience in articulating technical and business solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• You have the ability to articulate and convey technical solutions effectively and clearly to internal teams and stakeholders.
• You have the zeal to understand customer business requirements really well by asking the right questions.
• You have the confidence to assert and justify the technical feasibility of a requirement, to make decisions, negotiate scope, and assess risk.
• You are naturally dissatisfied with inefficiencies and having to do the same thing more than once; you see ways to fix the underlying cause rather than only reacting to what’s in front of you.
• You demonstrate proven knowledge and experience of estimation, planning, and project management.
• You are well organized, self-motivated, and communicative -- an essential skill in a remote team.

Bonus points for:

• Experience freelancing or consulting for software projects.
• Experience in web crawling in other tools.
• A proven track record of working with a remote team.
• Knowledge of and interest in web crawling, data mining, and information retrieval.

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Source: Remote Global, Scrapinghub

NOW HIRING: Ruby on Rails Developer

Company: Bit Zesty

Website: https://bitzesty.com

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Who we are

We are a multi-award-winning digital product development agency. We’ve been helping the government, charities, corporations, and start-ups to achieve their digital goals since 2009.

Remote working

From the very beginning, we established effective remote working practices. Therefore, remote working is business as usual for us. It provides a better work-life balance and gives our people more autonomy. It opens up opportunities for people who otherwise would not be able to work with us and helps us do our bit in preserving the environment.

What is it like being a Ruby on Rails Developer at Bit Zesty?

As a Ruby on Rails Developer at Bit Zesty, you will be working alongside the project management and UX teams to create rock-solid and scalable products.

It is the perfect opportunity for someone who is experienced in creating dynamic web applications and passionate about clean code and who is looking for a long term contract role.

As part of an experienced team of developers, you will:

• Write efficient, reusable, and reliable Ruby code.
• Identify performance issues and bugs; and provide solutions to these problems.
• Do regular Ruby on Rails version upgrades.
• Participate in code reviews.
• Contribute to creating a culture of writing excellent software.
• Take wireframes/mockups and user stories and build systems that meet the requirements.
• Create user-friendly web app interfaces by working closely with UX designers and project managers.

Requirements

To succeed in this role, you should:

• Be an experienced Ruby on Rails developer with a minimum of three years experience.
• Be experienced with SQL (MySQL/PostgreSQL).
• Have knowledge of NoSQL (MongoDB/ElasticSearch/CouchDB).
• Be interested in learning new technologies (for example, Elixir, React Native).
• Be comfortable working across multiple projects.
• Have great attention to detail.
• Have a university degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related subject.

As a Bit Zesty team member, you should also be:

• Acting with integrity - we value honesty and doing the right thing.
• Customer experience orientated - we strive to provide an excellent experience for the end-users, our customers and our teammates.
• Committed to quality - whether it is award-winning designs, robust code or well-written email, we never cut corners.
• Task-focused - for us it is about getting the job done, rather than watching the clock.
• Flexible - we are not phased by changing priorities or requirements and are comfortable with a level of uncertainty.

Benefits

What do we offer in return?

• Remote working.
• Flexible working hours.
• Competitive day rate depending on relevant experience and working arrangements.

Are you interested? Please send us your CV; we’d love to hear from you.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy or maternity or age.

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Source: We Work Remotely, Bit Zesty

NOW HIRING: DevOps + L2/L3 Linux Support

Company: Less Bits

Website: https://lessbits.com

Headquarters: Remote

Less Bits is building a company of thoughtful people while reinventing the hosting industry. We're looking for long-term employees. Learn more about us at:

https://lessbits.com/about/

As a joint member of our Infrastructure and Support teams, you’ll be part of a highly-skilled group providing internal and external Linux server support.

Benefits:

Less Bits is expanding our team and our services. Our flagship service, ServerPilot, provides a secure control panel optimized for hosting WordPress and PHP websites on cloud servers. We recently launched HostLaunch to enable easily running your own hosting company on DigitalOcean, ServerPilot, and Stripe. We're in the process of launching HeatShield, a SaaS WordPress WAF built on ModSecurity.

Come join Less Bits to work hard with an amazing team in an environment where your contributions will have a major impact.

Requirements

• Expert Linux, PHP, and MySQL debugging skills
• Server administration experience
• Excellent English writing skills
• Ability to work nights, weekends, and holidays
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (any subject)
• Desire to grow professionally and personally

Benefits

• Fully remote
• Working with extremely professional and talented team members
• A work environment where you get to grow and learn new skills
• Competitive pay - this is not an entry-level or junior position
• Gym membership
• Health/dental/vision insurance (U.S. only)
• 401(k) (U.S. only)

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Source: Remote Global

NOW HIRING: Customer Success Manager

Company: Paved

Website: https://www.paved.com

Headquarters: New York, United States

Paved is an established and growing marketplace that connects independent email newsletters with some of the world’s largest brands.

Have you ever opened a newsletter and read “This newsletter is sponsored by…”.? That’s what we do—and reach millions of highly engaged subscribers every day.

Paved provides the best performing marketing channel for most of our advertisers. We monitor over 100,000 newsletters and use almost half a billion data points to make recommendations for our advertisers. This allows them to effortlessly launch campaigns and spend wisely.

We have seen exponential growth this year as companies adjust their marketing budgets to account for recent changes in consumer spending.

We haven’t done any outbound marketing in over 18 months. Our business is driven by inbound interest and the vast majority of new customers come from existing client referrals. To further increase the success of our offering, we want to invest in client management to grow existing business and onboard new clients.

We are a scrappy, small, fully remote team that’s growing quickly.

About This Role

We are looking for a Customer Success Representative to help onboard new advertisers, drive ongoing adoption, and help advertisers get the full value out of Paved.

You will recognize opportunities for growing accounts and present them to advertisers. It is imperative that you are fully immersed in our platform to communicate its capabilities, with an understanding of how it can adapt to our clients’ needs.

This role has the potential to make a huge impact on our business and our clients’ business. You’ll provide recommendations to advertisers and millions of people around the world will see these sponsorships in their inbox hours or days later.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for the following:

• Onboarding new accounts
• Liaising with top tier advertisers on important accounts
• Growing our business and customer roster
• Helping to scale internal processes
• Becoming a product expert
• Maintaining a highly organized and accurate task list

About you

Remote isn’t for everyone. You should have prior experience successfully working with a remote team. Self-motivation and strong communication skills are a must.

• You are very results-oriented, motivated, and ambitious.
• You want to take care of our advertisers, help them make the right choices (which in some cases may actually be a recommendation to reduce their spend). You want the freedom to do good work without being held back by approvals or sign-offs.
• You are organized, like to be on top of your responsibilities, and don't let things slip through the cracks.

Job requirements

• A strong sense of ownership and the desire to work remotely with limited supervision
• Self-starter mentality that allows you to proactively tackle the highest priority work
• Must be upbeat with a positive attitude and desire to help others succeed
• Ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage time effectively
• Take pride in your performance and its impact on the company’s success
• Be a confident and clear communicator with excellent writing and presentation skills over email, social media, video conference or webinars
• Clever problem-solving skills and the ability to propose clear logical solutions to problems
• Must be tenacious and goal-oriented
• Fluent in English
• Experience with Hubspot is a plus
• Must have at least 6 months of remote work experience, high-speed internet connection, access to a Mac or PC for work, and a quiet workspace

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Source: We Work Remotely, Paved