The Orchard Platform team is growing! | Full-time | Onsite | NYC
Join our talented team of engineers from Google, Admeld, Bloomberg, and Lab49. We're currently hiring senior-level polyglot Backend Engineers with experience in functional programming (Scala) and interest in learning Apache Spark.
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Who we're looking for:
Motivated engineers who love to design, code, and implement creative new features and enhancements to Orchard's marketplace lending services.
Someone who wants to push limits of product innovation using the latest advancements in functional programming; working closely with product managers, designers and other cross-functional team members.
Coders who take on the challenge of working with a sense of urgency and can rapidly iterate on product/platform features
Engineers with a sense of humor and desire to continuously learn.
BS/MS in Computer Science, Mathematics, or work equivalent
Minimum of 5+ years of experience in distributed &amp; infrastructure software development
Strong algorithms, data structures, and coding background in C++, Java, Scala; exposure to other functional languages like Haskell is a plus
Knowledge of modern web frameworks, languages and protocols
Experience with (Apache Spark, Flink, Scalding, Akka, Storm) is a plus!
Prior experience with multiple relational and columnar data stores such as MySQL, Redis, Memcached, Cassandra, Vertica
Familiar with software engineering best practices, e.g. unit testing, code reviews, design documentation
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