Senior Software Engineer, Big Data

Cognitiv leverages deep learning artificial intelligence to build custom algorithms that more accurately and efficiently predict consumer purchase behavior. Each marketer has a unique set of goals, which is why Cognitiv created NeuralMind, a deep learning platform capable of automatically building custom algorithms that simultaneously consider the user, the context, the message, and the campaign objectives. We combine deterministic data and advanced processing techniques to continuously train these algorithms as they optimize our clients’ key performance indicators (KPIs), predicting consumer behavior in order to autonomously drive full-funnel marketing performance at scale.

We are looking for a Sr. Software Engineer, Big Data with drive and experience to build performant, reliable and scalable systems to help our Data Science and other parts of our organization succeed.  This is a very high impact team at Cognitiv, our efforts are felt both at the top and bottom lines of the company, and our success has a direct impact on the future of our company.

This position will be located in Bellevue, WA with a hybrid work schedule of 3 days in office (Mon/Tue/Wed) and 2 days remote (Thursday/Friday).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and operate petabyte scale systems
• Drive best in class engineering practices including CI/CD, code reviews
• Mentor and develop junior engineers
• Generate innovative solutions and features to push the business forward
• Work closely with teams throughout the organization

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional software development experience
• 8+ years of programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C# or Scala including object-oriented design
• Experience with distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms and relational databases
• Experience with building large scale systems that operate on large quantities of data
• Experience operating systems running in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience optimizing JVM based systems
• Experience with modern Java language features
• Experience operating large scale data processing systems such as Apache Spark, Apache Flink
• Python experience

Salary

• $160,000-$210,000 Base Salary + Equity