Friday, May 4, 2012

[KITlist-Tech] Staff Software Engineer, Big Data (San Francisco, CA)

 

Please direct your responses to: gretchen@skylinerecruiting.com

What would it be like to join a team scaling machine learning, processing large datasets in the cloud, and real time data insight and building the future of digital gaming? Our San Francisco client is building a digital marketing platform to enable game publishers to predictively target players on a 1-1 basis. This system presents exciting challenges such as scaling machine learning, processing large datasets in the cloud, and real time data insight. How would you like to be laying the groundwork for a future of adaptive, personalized gaming experiences, all powered by a next-generation data analytics platform? You would join a team of smart, pragmatic entrepreneurs and technologists coming from diverse professional and academic backgrounds.

Responsibilities include:
Build data processing software in Java for analyzing terabytes of data in the cloud
Work with senior Hadoop and Hive engineers to develop complex chains of queries, custom UDFs/UDAFs, and map/reduce jobs.
Build key components of an advertising auction system with bidding, quality analysis and accounting
Design, build, and maintain a real-time API for data collection and ad serving
Work on all aspects of software development including design, implementation, testing, deployment, tuning, and monitoring
Support and troubleshoot cloud-based backend data processing infrastructure
Interact with customers to integrate the product with their games and applications
Your background:
BS in Computer Science; Masters preferred
Solid foundation in Computer Science, particularly data structures, data processing, object-oriented programming, and software design
Demonstrable sharp problem solving skills
Expertise in Java or other object-oriented programming languages
Knowledge of SQL, Hadoop, Hive or JavaScript desired
Aptitude for Big Data and distributed/parallel systems
High energy "get-it-done" personality

Gretchen Sand, Senior Partner
Skyline Recruiting Corporation
408-866-4144
gretchen@skylinerecruiting.com
@skylinegretchen

engage. search. happiness.

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