You’ll be working on ITSLanguage, our speech technology platform for language education. We’re bringing world class research into the classrooms. You’re working on making our speech platform scale for thousands of pupils practicing their pronunciation in realtime. Our backend consists of C++ for the heavy lifting (speech processing using Deep Neural Networks) with a user facing Python API (REST + websockets). Along with scaling up, you’ll add new features and fix bugs (in reverse order, obviously ). You’ll be working with our researchers on one side and the frontend developers that create and use our JS SDK interfacing with the Python backend. Your main responsibility will be backend, but since you work in a startup, it’s very useful if you know some JS so you can adapt the JS SDK yourself sometimes. We don’t have the luxury of a big front- and backend team, yet…
We expectfrom you
Do you also get butterflies in your stomach when you think of developing awesome C++ and Python code? Are you able to switch easily between the two of them, but more importantly, do you like that? Are you interested in real-time audio, squeezing out performance gains across the whole stack? Are you a keen learner and do you like tinkering with the latest web technology?
You know your way around in software development. You know the definition of done is not “hey, works on my machine!” so you don’t hesitate to actually test your software using our frontend code as well. You are able to give but also receive code reviews and understand how that helps in being a better professional.
Does that sound like you? Ready to expand your horizons? Then you will definitely have an interesting time with us!
You’ll be joining a friendly environment in which you don’t have to be afraid to speak your mind or ask permission about how you think you should get something done. As long as your goal aligns with that of the team: get things done!
Your skills
You’ve got >5years of experience in C++
You’ve got >5years of experience in Python
You’ve got experience in cloud deployments
You’re not someone who waits until told what to do but contributes and takes initiative
Experience with JavaScript is a plus
Fluent in English speaking/wording. Dutch is a plus
