Who we are
Besedo is a fast-growing tech company offering content moderation tools and services to online marketplaces around the world. Every year, we review and moderate over 500 million pieces of user-generated content and block 40 million fraud attempts.
Besedo has headquarters in Stockholm (Sweden) and employs over 400 employees in 6 offices in different continents.
Implio is our all-in-one SaaS moderation platform that combines state-of-the-art AI (deep learning, NLP, computer vision) with a powerful user interface for human moderation and statistics. The result is an easy-to-use content moderation solution that leads classified, dating and sharing economy sites from all around the world love and trust.
Job Description
Are you an experienced Back-end Developer looking for a new challenge and opportunity to learn in a great working environment? If you want to make a difference and you want to do so where new ideas are encouraged and collaboration is key, we have the perfect job for you!
About this position
This position is based out of our office in Bogotá, Colombia, located in the Financial Center. You will work in conjunction with our talented team of Developers, Data Scientists and Customer Success Managers, based in France (Paris), passionate about their work and like to have fun in the process.
Your mission
Implio is our all-in-one SaaS moderation platform which combines state-of-the-art AI (deep learning, NLP, computer vision) with a powerful user interface for human moderation and statistics.
As a member of the Implio development team, you will help us grow our platform. You will work on a variety of day-to-day tasks:
- Develop scalable and elegant micro services
- Rewrite existing services in Scala
- Deliver improvements to our platform, for additional features, scalability and maintainability
- Turn the slightly crazy concepts our data science team comes up with into working, scalable solutions
- Improve your practical and theoretical skills, and share that new knowledge with the rest of the team
- Work in a distributed team and help us address the challenges and opportunities this creates
You will be working in close collaboration with stakeholders: Front-end Developers, Back-end Developers, DevOps, Data Scientists and Product Owner, to come up with the very best solutions.
What it’s like working with us
At Besedo, we all come from different cultures and backgrounds but we share a common set of values:
- We like to get things done ✔️
- We support each other to reach our goals and grow as professionals 🤝
- We love to learn, share and have fun together 🎉
We strive to offer a great work environment:
- Cozy and modern office in Bogota’s financial center
- Flexible hours and work from home friendly
- Choice of laptop and desk setup
- Fully-equipped kitchen with complimentary coffee
- Private health insurance
- Monthly groceries card you can use in any supermarket or restaurant
- Extended parental leave and sabbatical leave once you have met the tenure criteria
- Additional days off
- A stimulating and rewarding job in an international, innovative and fast-moving technology company
- An opportunity to make a positive impact on the digital world
Preferred experience
You will be a good fit if you have 5+ years of experience as back-end developer and if you are:
• Proficient in Scala
• Knowledgeable about algorithms and data structures
• Passionate about solving problems in an elegant and principled manner
• Experienced with Git and continuous integration
• Familiar with Agile and Scrum
• Enthusiast about team work, learning and teaching
• Detail-oriented, outgoing and a good communicator
• Fluent in English
Extra points if you have experience with:
• Node.js and Java, as you may need to analyze code from existing services written in these languages
• Building or interacting with REST APIs
• Developing SaaS applications and handling large volumes of data
Learn more about Implio in this video, and about Besedo on our website.
Come and make the internet better and safer with us!