Data Architect

 

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SparkCognition looks to bring in the best talent in the world. To accommodate the hiring of our wildly talented teams, SparkCognition sponsors visa opportunities when appropriate.

Who are we and why this opportunity? 
Drive change and create a footprint. SparkCognition invests in our employees and fosters 
collaboration throughout the organization. Our employees have the ability to work globally 
with award-winning artificial intelligence (AI) technology within multiple industries. 

What are the benefits and perks at SparkCognition? 
You and your loved ones will be supported with a competitive and comprehensive benefits package.

Below are some highlights - we’d love to connect and share more! 

• Fast-paced evolving culture with the opportunity to drive new ideas and technology.
• Dynamic Work Environment - Remote and In-Office Options  
• Stock Option Grants
• Generous Time Off Programs
• Medical Coverage, and Parental Leave Plans 
• 401k with Employer Match
• Monthly Technology Allowance 
• Large 2022 renovated office space centrally located near the Arboretum in Austin, TX- including fully stocked beverage and snack areas!

You would be:

• Architect and develop complex and high-level architecture plans that require the integration
• of multiple modern data technologies
• Working with data scientists to help understand the needs of the algorithms we use
• Work closely with our various products to understand core data issues that need to be
• solved
• Working to continuously improve the code base
• Ownership of work items. Be self-directed and will find out the most important parts of a
• problem to work on first, while overcoming obstacles to drive to completion
• Help design, code, integrate and test new features
• Collaboration with other team members to help put the goals of the team above any
• individual
• Be willing to pick up whatever knowledge you're missing to get the job done
• Be willing to share what you know and to learn what you don’t

You have:

• 7+ years of software development experience architecting and developing production
• systems
• Experience working with both large batch and high volume streaming data sources
• Experience with "scale-out" type data science models
• Significant Experience working with Distributed File Systems both in cloud environments
• (e.g. S3, Azure Storage) as well as in on-premises environments (e.g. Ceph, GlusterFS,
• Minio)
• Experience with non-RDBMS type data warehouses (e.g. Hadoop + Hive, Cassandra)
• Experience with Message based / Event based systems (e.g. Kafka, Pulsar, RabbitMQ)
• Expert with ANSI SQL
• Have a desire to better yourself and those around you
• Enjoys working on a codebase with other individuals

Nice to have:

• Experience scaling data science models to hundreds of nodes, TB of data
• Experience with Python (either 2.x or 3.x)
• Experience with Scala (> 2.10.x is another plus)
• Experience with Avro, Thrift, Parquet, Orc
• Worked on teams using an Agile process (Scrum, Kanban, or some variation)

Explore SparkCognition: 

https://www.sparkcognition.com/company/ 

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SparkCognition is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to diversity, equality, and inclusion, and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment.  SparkCognition prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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