Responsibilities

• Participate in the design and implementation of sophisticated software systems using either object-oriented or functional programming techniques implemented in Java or Python languages.
• Participate in software design and code reviews. Reviews include other Software Engineers and are held to ensure a high level of software quality and to share knowledge with team members.
• Participate in, and adhere to, professional software engineering practices using such tools and methodologies as Agile Software Development, Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration, Source Code Management (git), Jira, and Stash
• Maintain a high level of proficiency with Computer Science/Software Engineering knowledge and contribute to the technical skills growth of other team members.
• Work well independently and as part of a team.

Knowledge

• Solid experience implementing high availability, scalable cloud solutions
• Strong understanding of data structures and algorithms
• Knowledge of functional programming languages and techniques
• Knowledge of object-oriented programming languages and techniques
• Solid understanding of concurrency and concurrent programming techniques
• Solid understanding of distributed computing techniques
• Knowledge and understanding of operating with data in large scale

Applicable Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or 7+ years of comparable work experience
• 7+ years experience operating and deploying solutions using AWS Service including S3, EMR, SQS, SNS, Lambdas, Athena, Glue, Kinesis and MSK. 
• 7+ years experience with one or more of the following programming languages: Scala, Java, or Python.
• 7+ years experience with Big Data technologies such as Cassandra, Spark, Hadoop, Parquet, Redash, etc.
• Proficient with building data integrations using both API and file based protocols.
• Proficiency with test-driven development and unit testing.
• Proficiency with Git Version Control.
• Experience with CI/CD pipeline patterns and best practices
• Experience with alerting and monitoring tools like Grafana
• Must desire to learn new technologies and languages.
• Able to put together process documentation concisely and clearly.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to work closely and effectively with peer developers and work on several active projects simultaneously.