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Livingly Media | San Francisco Bay Area | On-Site or Remote

We're a fast-moving, well-funded internet publisher that is pushing boundaries in the way content creation and technology converge. Yet our business is simple: we blend original, in-house, licensed and freelanced content with the highest quality photography on the market to deliver an overall informative and entertaining experience. And we do so on a massive scale, with four consumer sites: Livingly, our flagship lifestyle destination, Zimbio, a Top 10 Entertainment News site, Lonny, a Top 20 Home Design site, and StyleBistro, a Top 10 Fashion and Beauty site.

Special Perks:

- Profit sharing.

- Work from home Wednesdays.

- A highly cohesive dev team. Tenures range from 2-10 years with Livingly.

We have several positions available, listed in comments below:

- SENIOR UX DESIGNER (On-Site in San Carlos, CA)

- SENIOR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR (Linux, On-Site in San Carlos, CA)

- SOFTWARE ENGINEER (Python/Django, On-Site in San Carlos, CA or remote in USA)

SENIOR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR (Linux, On-Site in San Carlos, CA)

Details:

- Primary system administrator for a stable, high traffic network of websites.

- Install and maintain OS, packages, and our applications.

- Configure network and firewall.

- Manage databases, replication, and backups.

- Continue to document and monitor everything.

- Respond to critical alerts 24x7 (rare but quick response is crucial).

- Take the lead in diagnosing and resolving problems.

- Communicate with hosting provider for hardware issues.

- Continue to carefully improve our systems and support development.

Requirements:

- 5-7+ years experience as a full-time Linux system administrator.

- Leadership in critically evaluating and implementing technical solutions.

- Solid networking and security knowledge.

- Experience remotely managing physical and virtual servers using DRAC, KVM, LXC, and Kickstart.

- Experience configuring monitoring tools such as Nagios and Cacti.

- Experience managing MySQL and replication.

- Experience managing web servers and caches such as Nginx, Memcached, and Redis.

- Ability to write reliable scripts in Python, Perl, or shell.

- Familiarity with configuration tools such as Ansible, Puppet, and Chef.

- Plus: Experience with Google Cloud Platform.

Contact us at sysadmin.jobs@livingly.com

SENIOR UX DESIGNER (On-Site in San Carlos, CA)

Details:

- Define, direct, and execute all aspects of design.

- Produce wireframes, mockups, and visual elements for new products and experiences.

- Implement and execute UI/UX experiments.

- Research interaction design trends.

- Work embedded in the product development team.

Requirements:

- 5 years UX and visual design experience with complex web applications.

- Expert knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite.

- Understanding of software development and project management practices.

- HTML and CSS proficiency.

- Excellent communication skills.

Additional:

- Please include a portfolio and/or Github profile to accompany your resume.

- Web development experience in either a personal or professional context is a big plus.

- Experience with other design tools, such as Sketch, is a plus.

- Javascript and Django experience is a plus.

Contact us at design.jobs@livingly.com

SOFTWARE ENGINEER (Python/Django, On-Site in San Carlos, CA or remote in USA)

Details:

- Build and maintain core features for our network of websites.

- Ship your code quickly and get it in front of tens of millions of people.

- Contribute to all aspects of project lifecycle design development testing and deployment.

Requirements:

- 2-5+ years web development experience.

- Excellent Python and Javascript knowledge.

- Exposure to Django in either a professional or personal setting.

Additional:

- MySQL, Redis, CSS, Django REST Framework, Backbone.js, Google BigQuery experience are plusses.

- Experience with start-ups and iterative project cycles, experience working on large-scale projects with millions of users or databases with large amounts of content.

Contact us at engineering.jobs@livingly.com

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