Careers
Our employees, from around the world, think outside of the box and enjoy making a difference in others’ lives. We're seeking highly motivated individuals who are willing to join our mission - to help people discover their past, celebrate the present and preserve memories for future generations.
We offer a friendly, informal and creative environment in an International start-up with many opportunities for growth.
Our Open Positions located in Or Yehuda, Israel:
If you want to be part of one of Israel's best internet companies - please apply by sending your resume to Jobs@myheritage.com
Back-End Developer
About the Job:
The Back End Developer is responsible for challenging algorithms implementation, complex data acquisition and implementation of the company's business logic. The position involves development of innovative solutions for serving large number of users and data. The ideal candidate is self-motivated, ambitious, a team player and has strong communication capabilities.
Requirements:
- Computer science / software engineering degree from acknowledged university
- Graduate of leading IDF development units - an advantage
- At least 2-3 years of experience in server-side development
- Experience in planning and working with complex database schemas – a must
- Experience in MySQL - an advantage
- Experience in .NET or PHP - an advantage
- Experience in building APIs for client-server applications
QA Engineer
About the Job:
QA Engineers are responsible for methodically and thoroughly testing our products and services prior to release. The position requires performance of procedures to ensure that all products and services of the company’s websites meet minimum company standards and end-user requirements.
The ideal candidate should be highly organized and dedicated.
Requirements:
- Excellent university graduates
- 1-2 years of quality assurance & manual testing experience - an advantage
- Experience with internet companies - an advantage
- Experience in programming – an advantage
- Mother tongue level English
- Organized, methodical with high attention to details
- Highly motivated, committed and adaptable team player
IT Specialist
About the Job:
The IT Specialist is responsible for maintaining and improving our production IT infrastructure and application landscapes, monitoring a variety of platforms and handling hardware and software problems.
Requirements:
- Linux OS and applications - at least 3 years of experience (preferably Red Hat / CentOS / Fedora).
- Ability to write scripts in one of the following languages: Shell, PHP, Python, Perl or Ruby
- Experience managing servers in web environment (Apache - an advantage)
- Experience with relational databases (MySQL – an advantage)
- Networking:
- Knowledge of network protocols, including TCP/IP, NAT rules and application level protocols such as HTTP and DNS
- Experience managing network infrastructure such as switches, routers, firewalls and load balancers - an advantage
- Monitoring tools experience / knowledge - an advantage
- Experience with cloud technologies such as Amazon Web Services - an advantage
- Self-motivated self-starter who works well with minimal supervision
- Good communication skills (verbal & writing) in Hebrew and English
Senior Operations Engineer
About the Job:
The Senior Operations Engineer is responsible for participating in the design, implementation and ongoing management of major site applications and subsystems. The candidate will be able to write scripts to monitor and automate processes, align engineering development requirements with the capabilities of the site infrastructure, participate in the design of architectures and automation that deliver against strict requirements for functionality, scalability, performance and reliability. The Senior Operations Engineer is proficient in understanding how each software component, system design and configuration is linked together to form an end-to-end solution. He or she will serve in an on-call rotation as an escalation contact for service trouble incidents and troubleshoot issues with hardware, software, applications and networks. The position also involves documenting current and future configuration processes and policies.
Requirements:
- BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline
- Minimum of 3 years administering Linux systems in a production environment
- Proven ability to quickly learn and implement unfamiliar technologies
- Configuration and maintenance of common applications such as Apache, Memcached, MySQL, NFS, DHCP, NTP, SSH, DNS and SNMP
- Strong knowledge of Linux kernel configuration, performance monitoring and tuning
- Advanced experience coding in one of the following languages: Shell, PHP, Python, Perl or Ruby
- Experience working with load balancing technologies and large-scale web server farms
- A strong background in Internet service deployment, provisioning, IP networking, service infrastructure or software deployments
- Excellent organization skills, project tracking abilities and communications skills
- Detail oriented with excellent written and verbal communication skills
Junior IT Engineer
About the job:
The Junior IT Engineer is responsible for maintaining and improving the company’s organizational IT infrastructure and application landscape. The position’s responsibilities include handling PC problems, including hardware and software problems, maintaining printers and other office hardware and providing support to the company’s personnel to help them best utilize the IT infrastructure.
Requirements:
- Linux OS and applications - Must (preferably Red Hat / CentOS / Fedora).
- Microsoft technologies – Must
(Windows XP / 2003 Server / Window 7 / 2008 Server / Office Products / Outlook) - Experience with MySQL databases - an advantage
- Virtualization - experience VMWare \ Xen – advantage
- Networking:
- Knowledge of network protocols, including TCP/IP, NAT rules and application level protocols such as HTTP/ HTTPs and DNS
- Experience managing network infrastructure such as switches/ LAN segments - an advantage
- Monitoring - Monitoring tools experience / knowledge - an advantage
- Self-motivated self-starter who works well with minimal supervision
- Good communication skills (verbal & writing) in Hebrew and English
Online Marketing Engineer
About the job:
We're looking for a smart person to add to our team, who can master the art of online marketing, including search engine marketing (SEM) and search engine optimization (SEO). The right candidate is one who can think outside the box and come up with creative solutions to tough problems.
Requirements:
- Computer Science or Mathematics degree with honors from acknowledged university
- Psychometric grade 700+
- High analytic skills and eager to learn
- Desire to work in a challenging and dynamic environment
Technical Support
Requirements:
- English as mother tongue - must
- Other European native language - advantage
- Experience in technical support or system administration - advantage
- Excellent articulation skills (support is done by e-mail)
- Knowledge and experience in Internet, social networking and web 2.0
- A focus on getting things done
Telemarketing Representative
About the Job:
The ideal candidate should be a motivated language speaker experienced in telephone sales.
Work is in shifts - suitable for working mothers and students. Benefits are excellent and there is potential for high earnings.
Requirements:
- High level English - a must
- Speaks multiple languages - an advantage
- Experience in international telemarketing sales position
Germany Community Manager
About the job:
MyHeritage.com requires a Germany Community Manager experienced in social media to engage with and develop our German speaking market for a period of approximately one year (maternity cover). The role involves promoting and increasing awareness of our internet-based family history website, products and services.
Requirements:
- Understanding of the German market and media
- German & English in high level- must
- Outstanding writing skills – journalistic or copywriting experience is beneficial
- Experience in Internet, Social networking, Web 2.0 and Blogging
- Entrepreneurial thinking and a focus on getting things done
- Excellent written and oral communications skills
- Some interest in genealogy and family history
