What we do:

Uptake is a Chicago-based predictive analytics SaaS platform provider that empowers major industry leaders to optimize performance, reduce asset failures and enhance safety. At Uptake, we combine our strengths—machine learning, analytics, data visualization and software development—with the expertise of our industrial partners. The result is enormous savings in development time and resources for Uptake’s partners and a proven industrial grade software platform that delivers value to partners and their end customers.

About the role:

As a Software Engineer, you’ll help build and expand a complex predictive analytics platform that is already changing the way large industrial companies manage their assets. Software Engineers work with cutting-edge technologies in the fields of distributed systems, data ingestion and mapping, and machine learning, to name a few. Uptake engineers are creative, self-driven and are always looking to innovate and improve, and we are committed to providing them with the necessary resources to take their skills to the next level.

Responsibilities:

As a .NET Software Engineer, your responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Create interactive visualization tools and dashboards


• Build a highly scalable framework for ingesting, transforming and enhancing data at web scale


• Develop a web services based platform that can grow with the business


• Establish automated build and deployment pipelines


• Implement machine learning models that enable customers to glean hidden insights about their data

Qualifications:

• 2-5+ years of experience programming in a modern object oriented programming language


• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field


• Solid object-oriented programming and design skills


• Outstanding programming and problem solving skills


• Strong passion for technology and building great systems


• Excellent communication skills and ability to work using Agile methodologies


• Ability to work quickly and collaboratively in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment


• Understanding of SQL and noSQL database technologies


• Understanding of structure and usage of RESTful web services

Preferred skills:

We value these qualities, but they’re not required for this role:

• Master’s degree or Ph.D. in related field


• Experience with noSQL solutions: Cassandra, HDFS and/or Elasticsearch


• Experience with Data modeling


• Experience with Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Salt or equivalent


• Experience with Docker, Mesos and Marathon


• Experience with distributed messaging services, preferably Kafka


• Experience with Angular, React, Redux, Immutable.js, Rx.js, Node.js or equivalent


• Experience as an open source contributor


• Experience with Unit Testing and Mocking Frameworks, example Nunit and Rhino Mocks


• Understanding of Thrift, Avro or protocol buffers


• Experience with the Event Handler and Delegate Frameworks


• Experience designing solutions with Generic and Abstract Objects

If you think you would be a good fit for this role, and are interested in joining the best engineering team in Chicago, please provide your resume and a cover letter.