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alaTest is a fast-growing internet service that provides a search engine for product quality information through the aggregation of reviews. Our service is currently available in 20 countries and 14 languages. In addition to the websites where we collect, analyze and structure product reviews, we have established business partnerships with a number of leading websites such as CNET, ZDNet, Shopzilla, Bizrate and many others. alaTest was awarded the Red Herring Global 100 award as one of the most promising tech companies in the world.



Database developer - MySQL and Python guru

Have you ever felt confused when buying a new product?


alaTest wants to make sure that never happens again. We analyze thousands of review sources from all over the world, and provide comparisons of the strengths and weaknesses of most consumer products on the market. By helping consumers choose the best products in the field we hope to push the quality of all tech products upwards.

We do this by working with the following techniques: statistical analysis of review data, statistical matching between products and reviews, natural language processing, data mining and opinion mining. All built on a scalable infrastructure using open source software and modern web technologies like Tornado, Solr and REST.

Our website is currently available in 20 countries and 14 languages. In addition to the websites we have established business partnerships with a number of leading websites such as PriceRunner, Kelkoo, SonyEricsson, Philips, SIBA and many others.

We are now looking for software developers to our Stockholm based teams


Our Dataflow Team works with providing the right information, in the right format, at the right time. A problem that is a bit trickier than you might think, as it requires knowledge and from a number of different fields, ETL, data warehousing and API building to support a webscale load pattern. If you are a software engineer with a passion for beautiful code, rebuilding legacy systems in order to scale out or developing for linux you will fit right in. We develop in Java and Python.

The focus of the Data Analysis Team is analysis, data mining, grouping and summarizing of review data. We analyse product catalogs and reviews in 15+ languages from a large number of sources, and our main job is to connect the right review to the right products. This is a highly challenging task, and as a member of our team you get to apply all your skills from statistics, data mining, natural language processing and of course software engineering. We also work with Natural Language Processing in combination with Business Intelligence and Data Visualization to create new ways of looking at our vast database of review and product information. We build full stack solutions, from Opinion mining and Sentiment analysis all the way to RESTstyle APIs for accessing the data, generative grammars for producing natural language summaries and visually rich HTML5 presentations.

All teams use agile techniques like Kanban in order to make sure that the products we develop reach the market as fast as possible, and test driven development to make sure we can stay agile.

Job Requirements
  • a solid understanding of Python or Java
  • an academic degree in computer science or mathematics
  • a good ability to work as a part of a team
  • good oral and written communication skills (English)

alaTest offers exciting tasks in a fast moving Internet company where you will have a great influence on the end result.

Please send your application with a short personal introduction and CV to jobs-tech@alatest.com. Please state 'Developer with Python/Java skills' in your application.



Senior Software Developer, B2B Development team

alaTest is a leading global provider of social commerce solutions that help retailers and brands improve customer satisfaction and increase their revenues through the value of reviews. alaTest’s award winning review analysis technology aggregates, structures and daily analyses millions of expert and consumer product reviews from more than 1,800 international review sources and matches them to clients’ product catalogues.

alaTest has offices in Stockholm, New York, Berlin and Wuhan and operates product reviews sites for consumers in 20 markets across the world.

We are now looking to strengthen our B2B Development team in Stockholm with a Senior Software Developer, reporting to the B2B Development team lead.

alaTest’s B2B Development team is responsible for developing our suite of modular review solutions for retailers and brands worldwide. We do so by using state of the art delivery architecture based on SaaS. Our vision is to deliver highly available, scalable, and high performing services to our global clients. If you are a senior software engineer, creating quality code, willing to learn new technologies and methodologies and have strong experience in open source software, we would like to meet you.

Responsibilities
  • Develop robust software and designs
  • Be responsible for the quality of your code with thoughtful design, unit testing and automated functional testing
  • Participate in and contribute to peer code reviews
  • Stay abreast of the latest technologies with a view to introducing new development techniques and tools that improve alaTest practices

Requirements
  • A bachelors degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
  • 3+ years experience with web application development using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP and MySQL
  • In-depth experience with modern web frameworks such as Kohana
  • Proficient in data structures and algorithms
  • Strong experience with database design and performance optimization
  • A genuine passion for the web, new technologies, and open source software
  • Must be authorized to work in Sweden

Personal skills
  • Driven and result oriented
  • Structured with the ability to plan, organize and deliver
  • Excellent English skills. Our company language is English and Swedish language skills are not required
  • Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work in an international team

alaTest offers exciting tasks in a fast moving Internet company where you will have a great influence on the end result.

Please send your application with a short personal introduction and CV to jobs-tech@alatest.com. Please state 'Senior Software Developer, B2B Development team' in your application.



Web Designer with good knowledge of usability

We are looking for a Web Designer with good knowledge of usability, who will be part of our web team in central Stockholm.

As a Web Designer at alaTest, you will participate in development initiatives focused on usability and work in close co-operation with different departments at alaTest. All design and product management take place in Sweden, whilst the front-end development is carried out by our remote engineering team.

Key job responsibilities
  • Design of our web sites and our mobile services
  • Design of the web based services we offer to our B2B clients
  • Make sure the usability dimension is catered for in our development projects

Personal skills
  • Thorough and flexible at the same time, a true doer that makes things happen
  • A creative team player, always focused on making our users happy
  • Structured with the ability to plan, organize and deliver
  • You have an eye for details and can create beautiful interfaces without losing track of the possibilities and limitations of html/ccs and other technical boundaries
  • Our corporate language is English, and we are a truly international working place, so good knowledge (spoken and written) in English is a must

Job requirements
  • Excellent portfolio showcasing strong web ideas
  • Experience creating contemporary websites and interfaces
  • Experience, and a keen interest, within user testing
  • You have some sort of design education
  • At least 2 years of experience as a Web Designer

Desirable skills
  • Knowledge of mobile platforms and the design challenges connected to developing a user friendly application

Note that this position is a half-time employment (which might become full-time in the future).

Please send your application with a short personal introduction, a link to your portfolio, and CV to career@alatest.com. Please state 'Web Designer' in your application.