Full Stack Developer

Latitude

Company description

Latitude is an established leader in creative video-based research and streaming media. Our flagship application, Lumiere, was brought to life by a group of developers, data scientists and entrepreneurs within Latitude. Today, it’s used by some of the largest media companies in the world to better understand their content, brands and audiences. Our teams are given the flexibility, freedom, and support to experiment with (and ship) some really interesting and unique stuff - if that sounds appealing, let’s talk.

Job description

We’re looking for a talented full-stack web developer to join the Latitude team building the interactive web video application, Lumiere. Help discover interesting ways to interact with, decode and understand video content through audience reactions and AI.

Job Description
As a full stack web developer, you will be responsible for major development initiatives around the Lumiere application. You’ll work with a distributed team of developers, product owners and users to understand application needs and develop solutions for a modern, forward thinking tech stack.

The successful candidate for this position should demonstrate proficiency and comfort working across the modern development stack, from planning and implementing application architecture and infrastructure, through data design and user-facing HTML/CSS/Javascript coding. Bonus points to candidates who have real-world experience with Firestore, Elasticsearch or similar data storage engines. The ideal candidate will also enjoy playfully exploring new ways of interacting with web video and collecting, understanding, and presenting viewer data.

Years of experience and education matter, but only to a point. At Latitude, we value curiosity, creative problem-solving, innovation, independence and initiative. Are you able to craft application components with a holistic view of the business needs and product direction? Can you set and fulfill aggressive deadlines? Do you write clean, solid code? Do you function well in an environment where you routinely encounter programming challenges you haven’t seen before? Those are the things we care most about.

Technical Qualifications

  • Strong Javascript based development experience
  • Vue.js proficiency
  • TypeScript competency
  • Firestore (or similar NoSQL) data design experience / proficiency a big plus
  • Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Beats, Kibana) experience / proficiency a big plus
  • Google Cloud Platform familiarity is desirable
  • Up to date knowledge of best practices, web application coding and architecture techniques

Personal Qualifications

  • Creativity, curiosity and a willingness to experiment
  • Ability to work independently or collaboratively to find solutions (and the experience to know when each is needed)
  • Strong prioritization skills and the ability to self-manage time
  • Excellent written and verbal communication

Other Desires

  • Experience working with web video
  • AI / Machine learning familiarity
  • Data visualization experience
  • iOS / Android app development experience
  • Design sensibility

Working Arrangements
We’re open to a variety of arrangements around weekly hours, engagement type, and working location for the right candidate. If you’re local to the Boston, Massachusetts area, we have an office full of intelligent, fun people to work with. That said, our team is currently working from three different continents and four time zones. We are open to considering a remote or mixed arrangement.

About the Company
Latitude is an established leader in creative video-based research and streaming media. Our flagship application, Lumiere, was brought to life five years ago by a group of developers, data scientists and entrepreneurs within Latitude. Today, it’s used by some of the largest media companies in the world to better understand their content, brands and audiences. Our teams are given the flexibility, freedom, and support to experiment with (and ship) some really interesting and unique stuff - if that sounds appealing, let’s talk.