Lead Software Engineer, Data
Rise Interactive (http://www.riseinteractive.com), a rapidly growing full service interactive advertising agency, is looking to hire a Lead Software Engineer, Data focused on Data Management, into the Innovation team. We are seeking a detail-oriented, highly motivated individual contributor that is excited about joining a new Innovation department and contributing professionally to an entrepreneurial company with an expanding Fortune 500 client base.
Summary:
We’re looking for a Lead Software Engineer, Data to help us build out our marketing and analytics platforms. Our platform processes billions of records today – and we’re just getting started. This role is not a research or analytical role. Our goal is a developer who is extremely strong in data science rather than a data scientist with limited coding skills. This is an individual contributor role that is expected to contribute to production solutions. This position will develop the entire data pipeline from source to cube/data node.
We operate a cross-functional team that specializes when needed but aims to have everyone able to contribute. Duties of the Lead Software Engineer, Data include:
Implement and optimize data processing pipeline for terabytes of data
Design and build our data warehouse as well as real-time data reporting systems
Promote and nurture good team practices such as unit testing, code reviews, build/test automation, etc.
Proactively mentor and guide application developers to improve their quality and simplicity in design and code
Design, build and use tools to understand our product platform behavior and performance
Design and conduct experiments to test concepts, technologies, and algorithms
Implement analytics tools to maximize the value of collected data
Implement data tests in our data quality framework to ensure data is clean and accurate
Adhere to security policies and guidelines to ensure our data is protected and safe
Embrace and assist in evolving our Agile (Scrum) team processes and developer role responsibilities
Smart, high aptitude to learn new things and sense of urgency to get things done
Extremely strong programming skills in MS SQL Server Integration Services
Experience building and accessing data cubes with MS SQL Server Analysis Services, PowerView, PowerMaps; exposure/experience with Tableau or similar data visualization tool a plus
Practical experience with Big data technologies such as Hadoop or HDInsight desired
Experience working in cloud-only infrastructure, especially Microsoft Azure
4+ years of experience working with large amounts of real data
A strong passion for empirical research and answering hard questions
Team player – demonstrated experience on a few teams that have shipped a product
Professional developer – experienced with source control (Git) and bug tracking
Practical-minded – chooses stability/reliability/maintainability over shiny new objects
Passionate about technology – ideally you build things outside of work for fun
PowerShell and BIML skills – must be totally comfortable at the command line
Strongly Desired: Expertise in applied statistics