SparkCognition is an award-winning developer of enterprise-scale AI solutions that allow organizations across industries to predict future outcomes, automate processes, and prevent cyber-attacks. We do this for some of the biggest brands in the business by allowing them to analyze, optimize, and learn from data, augmenting human intelligence and delivering a better, safer, and more sustainable bottom-line result. The company is venture-backed, with a marquis client list, world-class board of directors, and globally recognized advisors, and has experienced exceptional growth (CAGR 100%+) since its inception in 2013.
We are looking for a Full-Stack Back End Engineer with experience in cloud applications to join the team. (This is a direct-hire, full-time role.) If you're interested in working for a startup, want to make a difference in this, and want to be the lead technical person, we want to talk to you.
If you were working for us today, you would be:

• Working on the various elements of the platform and translating ideas into coherent software development roadmaps
• Making important decisions about the software stack and infrastructure
• Writing robust, maintainable, and future-proof code
• Managing consultants and eventually leading our software development team and delegating effectively
• Performing code reviews, leading software designing architecture discussions, and communicating technical information to non-technical teams

You may be a fit for our team if you have:

• Degree in Computer Science (or related) degree
• 5+ years of experience as a Full-Stack web developer in a startup or a mid-size company especially with exposure to big data and cloud applications
• A passion for startups and the tech culture
• A results-driven personality with strong leadership qualities
• A background in building distributed applications
• Willingness to learn new languages/technologies
• Experience working as a part of an engineering team on a production codebase
• Some understanding of functional programming concepts
• Working with applications, not just Spark jobs
• Ideally, experience with Scala, Akka HTTP, Typescript, Node Servers, GraphQL, OpenAPI, gRPC
• Bonus points for experience with Helm/K8s, Python, Rust, C/C+

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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
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