Senior Software Engineer - Black Locus
Austin, TX

Job Description

POSITION PURPOSE

BlackLocus is seeking creative, thoughtful coders to join our development team. Our people solve interesting, challenging problems while working closely with data scientists and business analysts. We build tools to make business actions simple even from large data sets. Our data mining and machine learning pipeline, as well as our user-facing applications, are built primarily in Java, Python, Golang and JavaScript. Our services and tools are entirely cloud-deployed.

MAJOR TASKS, RESPONSIBILITES AND KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

75% Delivery & Execution

Write clean, maintainable, high-quality code.

Collaborate to establish best practices across our development projects.

Help take new products from prototype to deployment.

Solve problems with production systems and automate operations as much as possible.

Stay current with advancements in technology and advocate for the appropriate use of those advancements in our own stack.

25% - Mentoring

Mentors other engineers via design and code review

NATURE AND SCOPE

Reports to a Manager.

This position has no direct reports.

ENVIRONMENTAL JOB REQUIREMENTS

Environment:

Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Travel:

Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Must be eighteen years of age or older.

Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Additional Minimum Qualifications:

You are a respected senior-level coder, and enjoy working in any language appropriate to the problem.

You're happy to collaborate with a diverse range of people.

Your ability to communicate with peers is on par with your technical skill.

You can explain the difference between all those crazy join statements SQL uses.

You realize that the ideal first release of a product is one that may not include all the features the business wants, but works better than the audience expects.

You have a strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, and complexity analysis. BS in CS, or equivalent experience and self-education.

You have 6+ yrs software engineering experience

Education Required:

The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a PhD program in a field of study related to the job.

Years of Relevant Work Experience: 6 years

Physical Requirements:

Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Preferred Qualifications:

* You are experienced with either Java, Python, Golang, or JavaScript as your preferred language.
* You have had to deal with some of the quirks of ElasticSearch.
* You have a strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, and complexity analysis. BS in CS, or equivalent experience and self-education.
* You care deeply about the details while keeping the big picture in mind.
* You enjoy developing creative solutions to challenging problems in a self-directed, lean environment.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Competencies:

* You are experienced with either Java, Python, Golang, or JavaScript as your preferred language.
* You have had to deal with some of the quirks of ElasticSearch.
* You care deeply about the details while keeping the big picture in mind.
* You enjoy developing creative solutions to challenging problems in a self-directed, lean environment.