Senior Software Engineer
--COVID-19 Hiring Update--
As the health and safety of our candidates and our employees come first, we're excited to provide virtual experiences for interviews and new hire on-boarding.
Who we are:
Dataminr puts real-time AI and public data to work for our clients, generating relevant and actionable alerts for global corporations, public sector agencies, newsrooms, and NGOs. Our leading AI platform detects the earliest signals of high-impact events and emerging risks from vast amounts of publicly available information. Our real-time alerts enable tens of thousands of users at hundreds of public and private sector organizations to learn first of breaking events around the world, develop effective risk mitigation strategies, and respond with confidence as crises unfold.
Dataminr is making its mark for growth and innovation, recently earning recognition on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500, Forbes AI 50 and Forbes Cloud 100 lists. We also earned accolades for ‘Most Innovative Use of AI’ from the 2020 AI & Machine Learning Awards.
Join our team and help the world manage risk in real time. You’ll work with 800+ talented people across eight offices, united by our passion to collaborate, make a difference, and have fun while doing it!
Who you are:
We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to be responsible for scoping and scouting projects for the team. Providing estimates, technical direction, milestones, and release plan for the project. Identifying best practices in the web development ecosystem and implementing them in our code base. Finding advancements in the industry and evaluating solutions that are relevant to our technical stack. Improving confidence in our codebase and releases by affecting process changes and incorporating end to end tests for Continuous Integration and Deployment. Develop new features in our commercial applications with JS technologies, specifically ReactJS and NodeJS/Express. Develop new features in our mobile applications with React native, Objective C, and Java. Fix customer issues in the commercial and mobile applications. Match static design documents to pixel perfect web components/modules with PCSS and best practices. Work with Design and Product teams to define technical tasks and ensure proper design and customer alignment. Participate in code reviews and provide opinions and direction to developments on code that was created by them. Test new developments completely and add new tests for regressions/customer issues when identified and addressed. Collaborate with teams across the org to improve shared libraries and design patterns.
Required Skills & Experience:
- Master’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science or a related field and 5 years of related experience.
- Must also have 18 months of experience with each of the following:
- Programming with Node.js/Express, single page frameworks like Angular, React, or Vue and state management in single page applications;
- Working with vanilla JS and implementing MVC, object oriented and modular programming with Javascript and data structures, algorithms and common design patterns;
- Role-based access control or attribute-based access control in web applications and administering of permissions in these systems;
- Building and deploying web applications using technologies like Gulp, Grunt, or Webpack; and
- Mobile first web development using SCSS, PostCSS, responsive, and grid-based designs for CSS compilation;
- Will accept experience gained before, during or after Master’s program. Will accept
experience gained concurrently.
Why you should work here:
- We recognize and reward hard work with:
- competitive compensation package including company equity.
- paid benefits for employees and their dependents, including medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance.
- 401(k) savings plan with company matching.
- flexible spending account for out-of-pocket medical, transit, parking and dependent care expenses.
- We want you to be your best, authentic self by supporting you with:
- A diverse, driven, and passionate team of coworkers who want you to succeed.
- Opportunities to own and drive important critical projects.
- Individual Learning and Development fund and professional training.
- Generous leave and flexible hours.
- Daily catered lunch and a fully stocked kitchen.
- And more!
Dataminr is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Individuals seeking
employment at Dataminr are considered without regards to race, sex, color, creed, religion,
national origin, age, disability, genetics, marital status, pregnancy, unemployment status, sexual
orientation, citizenship status or veteran status.
For individuals applying for US-based roles:
Dataminr is requiring that all prospective employees hired for this position present proof that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to their first day of employment, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
Dataminr is an equal opportunity employer. Candidates who are unable to be vaccinated due to a sincerely held religious belief, medical reasons, or other legally protected reasons, should contact their recruiting representative as soon as possible following any conditional offer of employment to explore what, if any, reasonable accommodations Dataminr is able to offer.
For individuals applying for Australian-based roles:
Dataminr requires (as a condition of employment) that the successful candidate for this position be fully vaccinated with a recognized and approved COVID-19 vaccine prior to commencing employment. The successful candidate will be required to present proof that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to their first day of employment.
Candidates who are unable to be vaccinated due to a legally protected reason should contact their recruiting representative as soon as possible following any offer of employment to explore what, if any, reasonable accommodations Dataminr is able to offer.