Platform Software Engineer: Data-Driven Backend Architect

Roberts Recruiting, LLC; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruiting firm located in downtown Boston is seeking self-motivated Software Engineers to join their growing engineering team. The ideal candidate must have solid software design skills and experience in building enterprise products with languages such as PHP, Python, Ruby on Rails, or Java. Additionally, experience with database technologies such as Postgres and MySQL is preferred, along with skills in unit testing and code design. This role offers the opportunity to work with a great team solving complex problems.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience building enterprise products with cutting edge technologies.
• Ability to read and write data from various MySQL, memcached or Cassandra data stores.
• 1+ years of hands on experience with database design and optimization.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop core architectural components using Object Oriented programming practices.
• Develop services for internal consumers.
• Participate in design and code reviews.
• Focus on Unit-testing, writing testable code.

Skills

Software design and coding skills

Object Oriented Software Systems

Database design and optimization

Experience with RESTful APIs

Experience with Advertising Technology

Education

B.S., M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Tools

PHP

Python

Ruby on Rails

Java

Postgres

MySQL

SQLServer

Oracle

Job description

We are currently seeking self-motivated Software Engineers to join our growingengineering team, located in downtown Boston, Ma. The ideal candidate will be experiencedwith solving complex business problems as well as developing high performance, data drivenback end systems. This position will require flexibility and adaptability to handle multipleproject requirements and make appropriate technical decisions at a very rapid pace.

What you will do:

Design and develop core architectural components using good Object Oriented

programming practices and Design Patterns.

Develop rock-solid services for internal consumers.

Participate in design and code reviews.

Focus on Unit-testing, writing testable code, and dependency injection to maximize

code testability.

Work with a great team solving hard problems.

What makes you perfect for this role:

Solid software design and coding skills.

Solid foundation leading designs of large Object Oriented Software Systems in PHP,

Python, Ruby on Rails or Java.

Ability to read and write data from various MySQL, memcached or Cassandra data

stores.

1+ years of experience building enterprise products with cutting edge technologies.

1+ years of hands on experience with database design and optimization using

Postgres, MySQL, SQLServer or Oracle.


B.S., M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience is preferred.

A few extras that really put you ahead of the pack:

Experience with RESTful APIs is a plus.

Experience with Facebook APIs is a plus.

Experience with Advertising Technology is a plus.

Experience with Apache and Memcached is a plus.