Senior Software Engineer, Big Data

What You’ll Do: 

• You will work on our Big Data Insights Platform which is responsible for processing billions of unstructured documents, and a large data lake to extract/syndicate our intelligence for customer consumption.
• You will be working on solving hard data problems using cutting edge technologies.

What You'll Be Responsible For:

• You will collaborate with Product Development Teams to build the most effective solutions
• You will develop features in our databases, backend apps, front end UI, and Data as a Service (DAAS) product
• You will help architect and design large scale enterprise big-data systems
• You will work on ideas from different team members as well as your own
• Fix bugs rapidly
• Attend daily stand-up meetings, planning sessions, encourage others, and collaborate at a rapid pace

What You’ll Need:

• BS, MS, or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related technical discipline
• 4+ years of designing and programming in a work setting
• Proficient in Java or Scala (understand and have real-world experience with design patterns)
• Experience as a technical lead and mentor for other engineers
• Understand pragmatic agile development practices
• MySQL, ElasticSearch, Hadoop/Spark, or similar
• Experience with Amazon Web Services (EC2, S3, RDS, EMR, ELB etc.)
• Experience with web services using REST
• Comfortable working with CI/CD and automation environments such as Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform or similar
• Proven track record of successful project delivery

Nice-to-haves:

• Actual coding experience in large distributed environments with multiple endpoints and complex interactions
• Basic DevOps skills (automate everything, infrastructure as code)
• Loves startup culture where everyone's contributions are felt and loved.
• Self-learner, hacker, technology advocate who can work on anything
• Amazing engineering skills, you’re on your way to being one of the best engineers you know
• You can architect, design, code, test, and mentor others
• Experience working with interesting and successful projects
• Thrive in a fast growing environment
• Excellent written and spoken English communication

About Us:

Headquartered in beautiful Santa Barbara, HG Insights is the global leader in technology intelligence. HG Insights uses advanced data science methodologies to help the world’s largest technology firms and the fastest growing companies accelerate their sales, marketing, and strategy efforts. 

We offer a competitive salary, 401K, growth potential, great benefits, and an accomplished diverse remote team. As a remote worker, you are invited to work in any U.S. city where you’re happiest and most productive, while also participating in company-wide events, where we strive to ensure our remote team members feel included. We run the gamut in geography, lifestyle and interests, but we’re united by a common set of core values: we ask for and give help, we embrace challenges, we are all part of the solution, and we care about our work, our customers and each other. 

HG Insights determines pay for positions using local, national, and industry-specific survey data. We strive to make competitive offers allowing the new employee room for future growth. Individual compensation packages are based on a various factors unique to each candidate. All offers are determined by a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the applicant's experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal factors.

The salary range for this position is $130,000 - $160,000. Some of our roles are eligible for variable compensation that is not reflected in these figures and is role specific.  The Talent Acquisition team will communicate all compensation components.

We are following all local and state guidelines while in office. Employee safety is of utmost importance, and we are taking all necessary precautions. For more information on how we are doing this, please speak with one of our HR team members. Full vaccination against COVID-19 is required unless you qualify for a federally protected exemption.

 HG Insights Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer 

Please note that HG Insights does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the event of a recruiter or agency submitting a resume or candidate without a signed agreement being in place, we explicitly reserve the right to pursue and hire such candidates without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted directly to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of HG Insights.