Hello from the Forward Data Lab at CS @ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and Cazoodle Inc. Hanoi!
We are looking for full-time or part-time developers including Junior/Senior/Lead Algorithm Engineers, Software Engineers, and Frontend/Backend Engineers. You will join an academic-based project led by Professor Kevin Chang, senior engineers at
Cazoodle, and senior graduate students at UIUC. You are expected to commit flexibly from 20 hours/week (part-time) to 40 hours/week (full-time position), physically in our office in Hanoi. We’ll have a probation period of two months and thereafter will renew/continue yearly, depending on performance, at the end of each term.
Overview:
Cazoodle specializes in building new search engines that aggregate information from thousands of online sources, creating a one stop-destination for users to quickly navigate through all their possible choices at once.
We are seeking software developers to join our team tasked with maintaining and developing not only our vertical search applications but also our crawling platform which helps collect and aggregate data from online sources.
Your role & responsibilities
- Developing software products, joining in one of more development phases from analysis, design, coding, testing to deployment and maintenance.
- Working closely with data engineers, business staff and other company departments to create/enhance internal software and improve work productivity.
- Collaborating with customer supports to address and resolve end-users’ technical inquiries
- Discovering ideas and innovations on both product ideas and technical solutions.
Your skills & qualifications
You are an ideal candidate if you have:
- Experience working with the following development languages and frameworks, but not limited to: Python, PHP, Javascript, CSS, Java, C#; Django, Yii, SCSS, Bootstraps…
- Experience working with databases and search engines. Familiarity with search indexers like SOLR or ElasticSearch is a plus.
- Good logical thinking and problem solving skills.
- Discipline to follow documentation requirements and conventions built by the team.
- Good communication skills. Can also communicate in English fluently.
- Experience with building / implementing AI/ML/NLP/DM techniques such as word embedding, entity recognition, information extraction, large language model, and web search is a big plus.
Reimbursement and Compensation:
Pay: $750 - 3500/month (full-time) or $5 - 20/hour (part-time), depending on qualification.
- Competitive package with private health insurance, training and sport supports.
- Appealing year-end bonus.
- Good environment for improving personal skills and abilities to make good products.
Benefits for you
- Competitive compensation package with private health insurance, training and sport supports
- Appealing bonus at the end of each year
- Good environment for improving your personal and technical skills
- Opportunity to work at all fronts to develop such skills required for a full-stack developer
- Monday - Friday
