Senior Java Engineer
Gloo, headquartered in beautiful Boulder Colorado, builds software for people and organizations dedicated to improving lives. We’re leveraging the same exponential tech that’s driving success in other industries and making it available through tools such as big data, custom assessments, an engagement app, and eventually an entire market network focused on growth. As one of Boulder’s most successful and innovative tech companies, Gloo needs more talented professionals who are driven to make a positive impact on humanity. Are you one of them?
As a member of Gloo’s newly formed Data Engineering team, your role is to bring your passion and experience in Java software development and contribute to building a world class data management platform. Working in concert with teams throughout the organization you will be gathering, organizing, slicing and dicing data elements from dozens of sources to create a super slick platform that you are proud to put your name on. Your expertise and innovation will help expand and optimize our data pipeline architecture to build the next generation of data products and initiatives.
What you'll be doing:
- Building a DMP that will process 100’s of billions of data elements from dozens of data sources with incredible performance
- Working in concert with the Data Science team to ensure that we continue to be the leader in growth-oriented insights
- Working closely with the Data Acquisition team to fully understand opportunities and complexities in bringing new sources of data
- Collaborating with our core Services team to deliver sophisticated API’s to our partners and development teams
- Exploring new technologies to solve complex problems and help to meet high demands for usability, performance and security requirements
- Bringing your ideas around technology and process to drive solutions and support your team
- Embracing a hands-on approach to fully understand our current DMP system comprised of components including: Java, Spring 4 Core, Spring MVC, Spring Security, Maven
What you'll bring with you:
- A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, serious bonus points for advanced degrees
- At least 5 years of enterprise level development experience in the Java ecosystem
- Experience with one or more of the following is a big plus: Javascript, AWS, Scala, Spark, Kafka, and Big Data Technologies
- Five years of experience working on a highly technical engineering team in the Adtech, ecommerce or consumer research space
- A strong understanding and advocacy of modern software engineering process and procedures in areas such as DevOps, software quality, and documentation
- Ability to work effectively in a strong team environment to innovate and produce solutions
- A passion for learning new technologies, data analysis, and identifying data patterns and trends
Our team members enjoy:
- Compensation and bonus commensurate with experience
- Plenty of time off to keep you balanced
- Medical with HSA contribution
- A dynamic, talented team, dedicated to changing the world and building an incredible business
- Beautiful office space in downtown Boulder on Pearl Street, steps from coffee shops and blocks from hiking trails
- Company Happy Hour Fridays
- Fresh fruit, snacks, coffee and sodas