Senior .NET Software Engineer
What we do:
Uptake harnesses the power of underutilized data to empower businesses to make informed decisions. We partner with industry leaders to build a predictive analytics software platform that grows smarter in one industry because of what we learn in another. The result is a powerful platform that identifies problems before they happen, ultimately saving money, time and lives.
About the role:
As a Senior Software Engineer at Uptake, you’ll help build and expand a complex analytics platform that is already changing the way large industrial companies manage their assets. Senior Software Engineers are encouraged to work with, and experiment with, cutting-edge technologies in the fields of distributed systems, data ingestion and mapping, and machine learning, to name a few. We strongly promote innovation and collaboration throughout our engineering team, and are committed to helping Senior Software Engineers find the perfect balance of productivity and personal growth.
Responsibilities:
As a Senior .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:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field
- 6+ years experience designing, developing and supporting .NET systems
- A passion for mentoring other engineers
- A passion for DevOps and an appreciation of continuous integration and deployment
- A passion for QA and an understanding that testing is not someone else’s responsibility
- 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
- Experience with service-oriented (SOA) and event-driven (EDA) architectures
- Experience using the full Spring Catalog
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.