Web API developer

Job Description

Volumental is building a world that fits you, where all products and services are customized to your body shape. Through changing how the world designs, manufactures, buys and sells products, we minimize returns, transform production and reduce waste. We enable artisans, and make people happier through putting the individual in the center of product creation. We are a diverse and supportive team passionate about making the fashion and retail industry more sustainable (see more at About Volumental).

You will be part of our small and fast growing web team that's creating the digital infrastructure for this custom future. You’ll be in charge of building a world-class web API and cloud platform, communicating with and connecting e-commerce, thousands of hardware units, mobile apps and user-facing web front-ends.

As part of the web team at Volumental, you will solve challenging and fun problems like: How to compute, analyse and store millions of models of bodies in a fast, secure and scalable way? How to interface with the e-commerce giants of the world to create a great shopping experience where fit is always guaranteed? How to monitor thousands of in-store devices with sporadic connectivity?

You’ll be architecting things from scratch that we will scale to millions of users (one of the benefits of a fast-growing startup!). You’ll be doing stuff most companies don’t do, like REST APIs talking to hardware devices, algo servers with GPUs (dynamically scaled based on demand), real time event dispatch and web apps (handsets, 3D visualisation, etc.). You’re highly encouraged to spend time and attend courses and conferences to develop new skills and excel at these tasks.

Your background:

• You have worked with Python and common web frameworks (e.g. Flask, Django).
• You understand RESTful design principles.
• You enjoy building or maintaining web APIs that gets millions of hits per day.
• You work efficiently with AWS or other cloud computing providers.
• Bonus points for interest in e-commerce solutions, authentication or data security.

At Volumental we also want you to:

• Be curious.
• Be your best.
• Have a get-things-done mentality and take responsibility.
• Be open: say what you mean and mean what you say.
• Share your knowledge with others.
• Have full professional proficiency in English.

Note! We have a "no asshole" policy and speak English at the office.

Volumental is an agile Swedish 3D software and hardware company building the future of product customization. Our platform enables accurate scanning of the human body using 3D depth cameras and allows individuals to create products that are customized to their bodies.

Since its founding in December 2012, Volumental has grown from four founders to a team of 20 people from 7 countries. Our technology is being used by leaders in consumer fashion who use customer data to customize products and personalize the shopping experience. In September 2014 we announced a $3 million seed investment to pursue our vision of a fully customized future.

Volumental’s team hails from the world’s top educational institutions, and has logged time at leading business and tech companies. We’ve studied and researched at universities including Cambridge, Oxford, Stanford, Columbia and KTH, and our team includes five PhD level computer vision researchers. Together we bring expertise in 3D reconstruction, computer vision, programming and business development to allow users easy access to the 3D revolution. Our tech founders and professor advisor hold 4 patents and have founded four startups. In 2015 Wired named Volumental one of Europe's hottest startups.

Read more about the application process and life at Volumental at volumental.com/jobs.