Principal Software Engineer, Backend

Job Description

Who we are:

Dataminr puts real-time AI and public data to work for our clients, generating relevant and actionable alerts for global corporations, public sector agencies, newsrooms, and NGOs. Our leading AI platform detects the earliest signals of high-impact events and emerging risks from vast amounts of publicly available information. Our real-time alerts enable tens of thousands of users at hundreds of public and private sector organizations to learn first of breaking events around the world, develop effective risk mitigation strategies, and respond with confidence as crises unfold.

Dataminr is making its mark for growth and innovation, recently earning recognition on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500, Forbes AI 50 and Forbes Cloud 100 lists. We also earned accolades for ‘Most Innovative Use of AI’ from the 2020 AI & Machine Learning Awards.

Join our team and help the world manage risk in real time. You’ll work with 800+ talented people across eight offices, united by our passion to collaborate, make a difference, and have fun while doing it!

Who you are:

We’re looking for a Principal Software Engineer, Backend to be responsible for designing and building the next generation Content Acquisition Platform based upon a microservice architecture, leveraging object-oriented programming languages (such as Java and Scala), real-time messaging systems (such as Kafka), and SQL & NoSQL data stores (such as MySQL, Elasticsearch). Utilize cloud computing platforms such as AWS–along with its relevant tools and processes such as S3, Lambda, SQS–and modern DevOps tooling such as docker, ELK stack, ECS. Utilize agile software development methodologies to maintain a high standard of code, employing tools such as Git, JIRA, and Confluence. Implement and promote software engineering best-practices such as unit & integration testing.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Master’s degree or equivalent in Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 8 years of related experience.
• Must also have each of the following:
  • 5 years of experience with Java, Scala and 1 year utilizing Go, Node.js, and Javascript;
  • 1 year of experience with DevOps tooling, including Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Datadog, Pagerduty, and ELK stack;
  • 1 year of experience utilizing agile software development methodologies using Git, JIRA, and Confluence;
  • 1 year of experience working with AWS services including S3, SQS, Kinesis, ElastiCache, Lambda, KMS, and EMR;
  • 3 years of experience utilizing Akka and Kafka;
  • 3 years of experience utilizing RDBMS including MySQL and 1 year of experience utilizing NoSQL DB including ElasticSearch, Redis, Couchbase, Cassandra; and
  • 2 years of experience utilizing Microservice Architecture.
• Employer will accept experience gained concurrently.

Why you should work here:

• We recognize and reward hard work with:
• competitive compensation package including company equity.
• paid benefits for employees and their dependents, including medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance.
• 401(k) savings plan with company matching.
• flexible spending account for out-of-pocket medical, transit, parking and dependent care expenses.
• We want you to be your best, authentic self by supporting you with:
• A diverse, driven, and passionate team of coworkers who want you to succeed.
• Opportunities to own and drive important critical projects.
• Individual Learning and Development fund and professional training.
• Generous leave and flexible hours.
• Daily catered lunch and a fully stocked kitchen.
• And more!

Dataminr is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Individuals seeking employment at Dataminr are considered without regards to race, sex, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetics, marital status, pregnancy, unemployment status, sexual orientation, citizenship status or veteran status.