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.

What you’ll do:

As a Software Engineer on the Security Team, you’ll help build and expand the complex security needs for an ever-evolving platform. You’ll work with cutting-edge technologies in the fields of distributed systems, data ingestion and mapping, and machine learning, among others. 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 Software Engineer on the Security team, your responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Build secure-by-design frameworks and middleware libraries to promote reuse of secure code


• Build a highly scalable framework for identity and access management, transforming and enhancing data at web scale


• Work cross-functionally with both the security team and the product team to produce world class secure software


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


• Create interactive visualization tools and dashboards

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field


• 1 to 6 years of experience programming in a modern object oriented programming language


• 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 using Spring’s open source tools

Preferred skills:

These are skills that we value but are not required for this role:

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


• Experience with the OWASP framework


• Experience with Java


• Knowledge of how to implement security controls in the development process


• Experience as an open source contributor


• Experience with Akka, stream processing technologies and concurrency frameworks


• Experience with noSQL solutions, including 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 distributed data processors, preferably Spark


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


• Experience with Reactive and/or Functional programming


• Knowledge of Thrift, Avro or protocol buffers

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 with a cover letter.