The Role
The Associate Software Engineer will design applications and tools for text extraction and classification, improve software performance, and collaborate in Agile teams.
Summary Generated by Built In
Lightcast is seeking an Associate Software Engineer to join our Classifiers & Extractors team, which develops high-performance text extraction and classification solutions for analyzing job postings, resumes, and related documents. In addition to advancing classification and machine learning capabilities, the team builds internal tools that support data pipeline and curation teams in continuously improving Lightcast’s data assets and taxonomies. THIS POSITION IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR SPONSORSHIP AT THIS TIME OR IN THE FUTURE.
Major Responsibilities:
- Design and implementation of applications and libraries (C++, Linux)
- Develop good software architecture design practices using UML.
- Write practical unit tests to validate production software.
- Participate in Agile scrum meetings and peer reviews of source code.
- Learn to optimize solutions for maximal throughput performance.
- Develop and support engineering deployment and test tools as needed.
- Collaborate with external teams in creating product requirements and responding to technical inquiries.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- Experience developing software in a Linux environment with proficiency in C/C++, and familiarity with scripting languages such as Python and Bash
- Strong understanding of algorithms and data structures
- Familiarity with Git version control
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills, with fluency in written and spoken English
Lightcast is a global leader in labor market insights with headquarters in Moscow (ID) with offices in the United Kingdom, Europe, and India. We work with partners across six continents to help drive economic prosperity and mobility by providing the insights needed to build and develop our people, our institutions and companies, and our communities. Lightcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. Lightcast has always been, and always will be, committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. We seek dynamic professionals from all backgrounds to join our teams, and we encourage our employees to bring their authentic, original, and best selves to work.
Top Skills
Bash
C++
Git
Linux
Python
Uml
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The Company
What We Do
Emsi Burning Glass
is now Lightcast.
Our name is new, but our dedication to providing the world’s best data-driven talent strategies remains the same. We’re going to continue bringing clarity to the labor market, guiding our customers through a complex and changing world and giving them the competitive advantage they demand.
Our mission is to unlock new possibilities in the labor market.
