Dallas, TX: Core Engineer, Cloud Application
At Brainspace (<a href="http://brainspace.com" >), our goal is to meaningfully connect the world. We’re building the next generation of web and mobile applications on top of our groundbreaking and patented Brainspace platform, and we're passionate about creating the best possible core technology and user experiences.
We are growing rapidly, and as we do there are plenty of opportunities for engineers to shine. We work in Ruby, Java, and some Clojure, building complex systems with high scalability in the cloud. We're looking for an engineer to work on our core technology and service infrastructure. We are a young, fast-moving start up where everyone has a voice and can make a difference, so you'll play a key role in steering our technical direction as we continue to scale (quickly!).
Some tough things we are taking on:
    * Architecting and building our next generation of web services

    * Scaling up our existing systems to handle growing traffic

    * Identifying and building key new features for our core technology to meet the needs of our growing customer base

Things you’d be doing...
    * Participate in the planning, analysis, design, development and deployment of products, features and enhancements

    * Work as part of the development team to establish and apply the latest in engineering best practices

    * Build high-performance, scalable applications and APIs
You are a great fit if...
    * You want to solve hard problems

    * You think doing analytics in real time at web scale is a fun challenge

    * You want to work someplace where cookie-cutter off-the-shelf solutions aren't good enough.

    * You want to build something great.

    * You are willing to dig into Java, Ruby, NLP, and machine learning. And are not afraid of Elastic Search, Scala, Clojure, or whatever it takes to make great things work at web scale.

BONUS POINTS FOR:
    * Expertise in engineering world-class web applications

    * Experience with the AWS toolkit (EC2, S3, Elastic Beanstalk, etc) or similar

    * Familiarity and experience with modern search architectures

    * Experience in scaling a product from hundreds to thousands of users and beyond via load balancing, auto-scaling server deployment, HTTP accelerator caching, reverse proxies, failover, etc.

    * Experience with worker queues and clustering.

    * Strong understanding of high availability best practices in and out of the cloud * Experience with oAuth and Twitter / Facebook APIs

    * Excellent typing ability in the presence of flying nerf darts and RC helicopters

You’ll help lead our core development through its current, early stages to post-launch scaling. You love to ship code, have a strong sense of ownership, and an entrepreneurial spirit.
We offer:
    * A great company culture. We work hard and play hard!

    * A challenging objective with great opportunity to technically accomplish things you never thought you could

    * Competitive Salary, stock options and a 401k

    * Generous vacation policy

Do you want to come to work every day and creatively solve big market-driven problems? Our team is devoted to the continual pursuit of technical excellence. We will challenge and support you to get the most out of your potential, and expect you to do the same for us.
Sound interesting? Let's talk. Drop me a note - REDACTED_EMAIL
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