Developer for the Directory Infrastructure Development Team

Every day, millions of users from different countries around the world search for where to go, where to get a service, how to get to their destination. Our task is to help them choose, so we provide them with verified data about organizations.

Directory is a Yandex Maps service that collects, updates, verifies, and analyzes data about organizations. Every day, we receive millions of signals about changes in the surrounding world: user reviews, data clarifications from business owners, call center operators, from organization websites. We are creating a system that allows us to process this data and maintain up-to-date information about millions of organizations worldwide.

What tasks await you

Scaling the Directory Yandex Maps is an actively developing product used in different countries around the world. So that users in any country can find up-to-date and reliable information about organizations, we are actively working on adapting and scaling the Directory for new regions and languages. In our work, we deal with significant volumes of data, so we use the MapReduce platform YTsaurus for storage and processing. Developing the data preparation infrastructure You will be constantly developing the data preparation infrastructure within the Directory system. This system works with large volumes of data that often change. The infrastructure needs to be adapted to new requirements, improved, and accelerated.

Developing a new backend service for the Yandex Maps content system Many people work with Directory data, and they need a convenient tool. We are creating a new C++ backend service for them, serving the interface of the Directory content system.

We expect you to

• Code in C++ and Python
• Know classic algorithms and data structures
• Have knowledge of SQL and be able to work with databases
• Be able to independently work out solutions to assigned tasks

Will be a plus

• Have developed web applications
• Work with MapReduce systems