Senior Backend Engineer

Are you a problem solver interested in engineering development, big data, or quantitative research? If so this is the job for you!

• Contribute to building high-quality, scalable, and extensible platforms that enable the collection, storage, and analysis of massive data sets from numerous channels.
• Design and develop software applications in Scala, Akka, and Spark.
• Understand business requirements and convert them into technical solutions.
• An interest and preferably working experience in agile development methodologies.
• A team player, eager to invest in personal and team growth.
• Provide mentorship for Junior and Intermediate Engineers on your team to help them grow in their technical responsibilities, remove blockers to their work and perform code reviews.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of Project managers, Frontend, and QA team members.
• Advocate for improvements to product quality, security, and performance.

• Minimum 4 years of coding experience in Java/Scala.
• Experience with all phases of the software development life cycle, best practices, and Agile Software Development.
• Solid OOP and software design knowledge – you should know how to create software that’s extensible, reusable, and meets desired architectural objectives.
• Experience with performance and optimization problems and a demonstrated ability to both diagnose and prevent these problems.
• Bachelor’s degree or more in Computer Science.
• Experience owning a project from concept to production, including proposal, discussion, and execution.
• Proficiency in communication is sufficient for success in a largely asynchronous work environment.
• Experience with Machine Learning algorithms or Data Analytics is a plus.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes is a plus.