SF Ca - Cognitive Networks:
-- Sr. Software engineer (Data/Data Scientist)
---
<a href="http://www.cognitivenetworks.com/senior-software-engineer-data/" >
---
Job Description
We’re looking for a senior engineer to help us build out our automated video content recognition (ACR) system.  Our ACR platform processes several million transactions per second at peak volume today – and we’re just getting started.  Soon we expect to process a higher input volume than any startup in history – and we’ll transform the television industry.   This is a unique opportunity for someone looking to take on big challenges and grow professionally in a well-financed startup poised to change the TV industry.
Responsibilities
We operate a cross-functional team that specializes when needed but aims to have everyone able to contribute.   Duties of  the Senior Software Engineer (Data) includes:
Implement and optimize data processing pipeline for terabytes of data
Own our data warehouse as well as real-time data reporting systems
Formulate metrics quantifying performance of advanced data systems
Design, build and use tools to understand our product platform behavior and performance
Design and conduct experiments to test concepts, implementations, and algorithms
Implement analytics tools to maximize the value of collected data
This role is not a research or analytical role.  This is a senior individual contributor role who is expected to contribute production solutions.  Our goal is a developer who is extremely strong in data science rather than a data scientist with limited coding skills.
We don’t use Hadoop now but we have not ruled it out.  This is not a run of the mill Hadoop role – this is a senior lead role that will own the entire data pipeline stack.  We currently use AWS RedShift as a big data backend and strongly desire someone with very large data warehousing/ETL experience who are also very strong in python.
Desired Skills and Attributes
Significant real-world experience developing real products at large scale
Extremely strong programming skills in python – this is a MUST HAVE
2+ years experience working with large amounts of real data
Very strong SQL skills, ideally in PostgreSQL or Amazon RedShift
Strongly Desired: Expertise in applied statistics
Able to communicate findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
A strong passion for empirical research and answering hard questions
Excellent Linux skills – must be totally comfortable at the command line
Team player – demonstrated experience on a team that shipped a product
Professional developer – experienced with source control and bug tracking
Practical-minded – chooses stability/reliability/maintainability over shiny
Passionate about technology – ideally you build things outside of work for fun
Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2014)