Position: Middle/Senior Backend Engineer (Java, Spark, AWS)
Company: AgileEngine
Experience required: 2y
Category: Java
English level: upper
Published: 2020-12-01T00:00:00+02:00

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Ready to help Indeed improve people’s lives, one job at a time?

On behalf of Indeed, AgileEngine is looking for a **Backend/Data Engineer** to develop front- and back-end solutions for the internal Indeed products. The ideal candidate’s prior work experience reflects high standards for engineering with proven capabilities. The candidate possesses the ability to take on important business challenges and execute them with precision and quality.

**What is required?**
- 4+ years experience in software development
- BS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
- Significant practical experience with Java (ideally 2+ years)
- Practical experience implementing Apache Spark jobs: knowing its features on partitioning, grouping, joins, importing the data into the cluster, exporting the data from the cluster
- Practical experience working with AWS, specifically AWS EMR (or ability to pick it up fast) would be a great plus

**What will be a plus?**
- Kubernetes basics
- Spark Operator

**What will you do?** 
- The project is to create a proof of concept for migration of an index builder to AWS, to increase stability of the builder and thus reliability of its data.
- Project Milestones:
Milestone 1: ability to build the index in AWS EMR from 1 day of data
Milestone 2: ability to run the builder for consequent 30 days with adequate consistent build times
- Producing high-quality code
- Communication with Engineering & Product management
- Alignment with existing development teams

**What about project?**

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