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Media Moon, LLC

Software Engineer

Media Moon, LLC, Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27703


Sift is looking for an experienced and creative Software Engineer with a data science background or a strong desire to implement data science and machine learning technologies to join our team in Durham, NC offering an opportunity to work on scalable distributed applications built using cutting edge technologies and services. This position requires a proven ability to understand and implement complex business requirements for new systems and enhancements to existing systems in very fast-paced environment. Additionally, the candidate must exhibit the ability to analyze and debug complex software systems.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Collaborate with others to conceptualize, build, test and ship software solutions that meet business and market needs

Maintain existing software systems including cloud based infrastructure

Push big data technologies to the limits to help better our products and services

Implement scalable and cost effective software systems that meet business requirements

Develop high quality software using industry standard best practices including unit testing, code reviews and continuous integration

Qualifications

BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent work experience

Software development experience preferably with a JVM based language (Java, Scala, Clojure)

Experience with distributed data handling and storage technologies like Amazon Kinesis, Redshift, DynamoDB, and Redis

Exposure to infrastructure management technologies like Puppet or Chef utilized in a cloud-based environment like AWS

Experience working with Git, Subversion or other SCM tools

Experience working with remote data via REST and JSON

Strong understanding of query languages and tradeoffs between relational and non-relational systems

Working knowledge of key data structures and algorithms (indexing, hash tables, joins, aggregation)

Solid understanding of software development best practices and methodologies

Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment

Excellent communication and collaborative problem-solving skills

Can lead by example & motivate fellow developers to meet challenging goals

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

Minor in statistics or related field

Python Data Science experience

Experience with machine learning frameworks such as Amazon Machine Learning

Experience with Big data Tools like Map Reduce, Hadoop, Spark

Knowledge and applicable experience with agile methodologies such as SCRUM

Experience with Scala

Experience with Microservice architectures

Experience with functional programming

Good time management skills and structured work methodology

Experience with NoSQL datastores, especially DynamoDB and Redis

RDBMS and JDBC experience, especially MySQL or Amazon Aurora

Experience with build tools, especially sbt

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