Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

Are you interested in revolutionary technology?

Are you passionate about large-scale NLP and search?

Would you like to help shape a world-class ML platform with proven results?

I'm recruiting for one of the most advanced NLP start-ups in New York City. Their open-source content discovery platform uses NLP to extract research and connect data points across the internet. This is transforming the way researchers find peer-reviewed journals, studies and specific datasets. The platform has a user base and the company has received $12.3m in Series A funding.

They're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to take ownership of scalable system-building with a world class team. This is a creative, impactful role that will shape the infrastructure, APIs and deployment process behind the platform. You'll report to the Director of Engineering.

Key Requirements:

• Strength with Python
• 5 years of backend engineering experience
• Passion, flexibility and problem-solving ability
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer Science (related field)
• Knowledge of cloud services and infrastructure (AWS/ GCP/ Azure

Added bonuses:

• Experience using containers (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Knowledge of microservice architecture and design
• Experience with data migrations while maintaining service availability
• Experience with graph databases

This is a brand new & urgent position. If the above stands out to you and you feel you are right for the role, please do send in your application/ get in touch with a member of the Big Cloud team as soon as possible.

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