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  • Sunnyvale, California
    30+ days ago

    Job Description

    Software Architect

    We are looking for extraordinary software engineers to build a world class cloud platform that scales to millions of users. You must have experience building key portions of a highly scalable cloud platform preferably using Amazon AWS and should know EC2, S3, EMR like the back of their hand. You must enjoy working in a fast paced startup and enjoy wearing multiple hats to get the job done. Any experience building infrastructure to support large scale data mining is ideal.

    About US

    We are a disruptive technology startup, building an innovative energy monitoring solution that is radically changing consumer perspective on energy efficiency. We have developed ground-breaking analytics that can itemize home energy usage data to the appliance level without using any plug-level monitors. Now, we are setting out to deliver this technology to millions of households across the world and capture a market that is predicted to be billions of dollars in next few years. The combination of big data in energy, data mining and consumer advertising come together to make this world a greener place by helping reduce energy consumption at a massive scale. We are funded by one of the top cleantech VCs in the Silicon Valley.

    Job Description

    • Design and build the infrastructure that would run next generation energy analytics using our patent-pending algorithms

    • Implement key portions of our software application in the cloud

    • Play the role of a Solutions Architect for Utilities. Design and drive implementation of our solution for specific Utilities

    • Model data analytics using the map-reduce paradigm

    • Hands on involvement in all tiers of the MVC framework

    • Define best practices and lead by example

    Requirements

    • Masters in Computer Science

    • Exceptionally strong candidates with a BS and relevant work experience welcome

    • Must have 6-8 years of experience coding in Java/C++. Solid scripting skills in Python or PHP

    • Mastery over all tiers of web infrastructures. Some technologies we use - HTTP, Apache, Tomcat, MySQL

    • Expertise in both relational (MySQL) and NoSQL data storage technologies such as HBase, Cassandra, MongoDB etc

    • Real world experience building a Hadoop cluster to perform analytics at massive scale

    • Experience building a cloud platform that served millions of users

    • An open mind to absorb new concepts quickly and a willingness to healthy debate

    • Above all you must enjoy working as a part of a small team that does big things!

     

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    LocationSunnyvale, California

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