Backend/Big Data Engineer - Boston, MA
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Critical Role to help us architect our Big Data solutions.  The backend's team primary language is Scala, however we write a lot of ruby as well.
You will work on our data processing pipeline and internal APIs which handle hundreds of gigabytes every day from millions of phones. This is a chance to work on challenges of scale in a motivated, fast growing team. This is an important role that will have a significant impact on the direction of our product and technology.
We value passion and ability over experience so while we are looking for candidates who have a background in big data and distributed systems, we are willing to invest in a team member with a passion for learning.  Saying that, here are some requirements:
* Bachelors in Computer Science / related field or equivalent work experience
* Experience with some or all of the following: Amazon Web Services, Analytics, Big Data, Chef, Distributed Systems, Hadoop, MongoDB, Scala
* A focus on scaling horizontally rather than vertically
* Passion for and ability to thrive in a fast-paced start-up environment
* Ability to learn quickly and work independently
* An understanding of data structures
* Ability to reason about performance tradeoffs