Research Software Engineer

Company: Envision LLC
Location: Saint Louis
Posted on: November 23, 2020

Job Description:

What You Will DoAs the company matures as a data company there is a need to author, create and manipulate models with varying inputs, performance SLA's and workflows. Generally the model development life cycle starts with discovery after a few iterations of the internal logic developed independently by Science.Once the model matures enough or ready to be put to test against large volumes of data, then re-implemented by Engineering to conform to the requirements and restrictions of production processes and infrastructure.Development of new models, as well as ongoing maintenance of existing models, is labor-intensive, and requires extensive coordination between Engineering, Science. You will be part of the team who is responsible to design and implement a platform that abstracts the lowest level of that ecosystem in a dynamic and generic manner so that Science (and potentially others) can publish and execute models in the production environment without/minimal the need for direct involvement of Engineering.Basic Qualifications:BS in software related field or equivalent combination of education and experienceSoftware engineering work experience using a functional or object oriented language (Java, Python etc)Experience building scalable backend services (REST APIs, micro services, designing and implementing efficient data processing algorithms, messaging paradigms, middleware, persistent store)Experience working with AWS or other public Cloud platformsPreferred Qualifications:Experience with building real-life data science projects.Solid knowledge of building large scale systems using Python, Scala and Java.Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, engineering diagrams, and listening skills with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise mannerSolid knowledge of software development methodologies and best practicesExperience building robust backend services and REST APIsExperience with relational and non-relational databases and persistence storeExperience with Amazon Web Services (EC2, S3, RDS, SQS, etc.) (Strong Plus)Knowledge of functional programming (Strong Plus)Experience with compiled JVM language (Java, Scala) (Strong Plus)Knowledge of kubernetesKnowledge of Kubeflow or Metaflow

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