Senior Software Engineer, Backend
Altana AI
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Posted:
August 8, 2023
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Remote
About the position
Altana is seeking an experienced professional to join their Engineering team. The team is responsible for building platforms, APIs, services, and logical architectures to support Altana's mission of providing a dynamic, intelligent map of the global supply chain. The role involves working closely with Data Scientists to analyze large datasets, develop code for insights, and construct APIs. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in computer science, experience in back-end or data-driven software development, and a passion for engineering excellence. This is a remote position with the option to work from one of Altana's hubs in New York City.
Responsibilities
- Ingest product requirements, define technical requirements, and design practical, iterative technology designs that achieve the goal while fitting into our overall technical and product roadmaps
- Personally develop and deploy services creating and supporting our overall architecture
- Build and maintain distributed data processing and machine learning pipelines
- Analyze and propose technical solutions to invent, enable, and enhance our product offerings
- Be responsible for automating, testing, and deploying your work
- Review the code and technical designs authored by your fellow team members, and hold a high bar for quality
- Mentor junior developers and help them level up their skills
Requirements
- BS or MS degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience
- 8+ years of real-world professional experience writing back end or data-driven software in demanding environments
- Experience deploying production code and services to cloud-hosted environments
- Demonstrated experience delivering incremental releases from proof-of-concept to MVP to production
- Self-starter with demonstrated experience working on large, complex problems
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Nice to have: Experience with Python Machine Learning toolsets (Numpy, Pandas, Dedupe)
- Nice to have: Experience with container technologies like Docker and Kubernetes
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package
- Remote work option
- Option to work from hubs in New York City, Boston, or Washington D.C.
- Target base salary range of $180,000 to $210,000 based on location
- New hire equity grant
- Additional bonus compensation potential
- Equal opportunity employer
- Commitment to diversity and inclusion
- Collaboration and teamwork
- Focus on engineering excellence
- Emphasis on personal and professional development
- Learning from diverse backgrounds and perspectives
- Impactful work in enabling developing countries and identifying drug traffickers
- Comprehensive healthcare package
- Paid parental leave of 3 months for primary caregiver and 1 month for secondary caregiver