Software Engineer, Data Engineering - Paze

Early Warning Services • Chicago, IL

404d • $100,000 - $130,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

This position designs, develops, tests and maintains software product applications. The role involves participating in designing, developing, documenting, testing, and debugging new and existing software systems and applications. The candidate will contribute to the development life cycle including requirements analysis and design, write technical specifications based on conceptual design and stated business requirements, and support and document software functionality. The position also requires identifying and evaluating new technologies for implementation, analyzing code to find causes of errors, and providing critical input in software design meetings.

Requirements

• Education and experience typically obtained through completion of a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and/or 2 or more years of related industry experience.
• Competent (2+ years) Java or C# or C++ or Objective-C language programming skills.
• Competent with SQL or PL/SQL and relational database concepts.
• Experience with source code control systems.
• Experience with secure programming techniques is highly desirable.
• Able to perform code reviews to ensure the code meets the acceptance criteria.

Nice To Haves

• Strong experience in the development of Data Warehouse, Big Data - structured & unstructured platforms, real-time & batch processing, data standards.
• Working experience in Kafka.
• Good programming knowledge using one or more languages in Scala, Python, PySpark, and/or Java.
• Experience in working with large volume of data in Spark and No-Sql/Sql databases.
• AWS cloud experience in implementing data solutions.
• DevOps knowledge and experience with Terraform.
• CI/CD pipeline for code deployment.

Responsibilities

• Participates in designing, developing, documenting, testing, and debugging new and existing software systems and applications.
• Contributes in development life cycle including requirements analysis and design.
• Write technical specifications based on conceptual design and stated business requirements.
• Support, and document software functionality.
• Identify and evaluate new technologies for implementation.
• Analyze code to find causes of errors and revise programs as needed.
• Provide critical input in software design meetings and analyze user needs to determine technical requirements.
• Consult with end user to prototype, refine, test, and debug programs to meet needs.
• Complies with all security policies and procedures, to ensure that the highest level of system and data confidentiality, integrity and availability is maintained.

Benefits

• Healthcare Coverage - Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans as well as company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan - Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility.
• Paid Time Off - Unlimited Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, as well as generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees, plus 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day.
• 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave.
• Maven Family Planning - provides support through your Parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Credit Intermediation and Related Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees