Principal Engineer
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Civitas Learning is bringing together the best of new technology, design thinking, and data science in our mission to help one million more students graduate each year. We are building a data platform and cloud-based applications to deliver insights and action analytics to the frontlines of education. We are looking for insanely talented people who want to jump in and roll up their sleeves with us to make it all happen, and do their best work of their careers.
We are looking for dedicated Principal Engineers to be part of a talented, mission-driven team that is building powerful tools which greatly increase student success. Our engineers are collaborative and are encouraged bring new ideas to the table - we are not dogmatic about specific tools and are focused on using the right tools for the job. We are problem solvers. We want to work with people who are passionate about our mission and have a desire to be part of a rapidly expanding high-performance team.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Deliver state of the art designed and engineered solutions that leverage best practices in distributed computing and Service Oriented Architecture in order to make our customers successful
- Build and maintain a successful collaborative relationships with groups outside of engineering including Data Science/Engineering, Product Management, Operations, and Customer Success
- Grow or transform current platforms and products that incrementally build out our technical vision that adapts to new customer needs and enables a sustainable innovation cycle across all stages of the pipeline.
- Lead other talented engineers in software engineering design and best practices with a focus on scalability, performance, and maintainability.
- Help grow the team by interviewing and recruiting other engineers
Minimum Qualifications:
- BS in Computer Science or related field
- 10+ years programming in Java
- Expertise in designing and building platform technologies that support message oriented and RESTful, multi-tenant services
- Expertise in building analytics that are fast utilizing a variety of technologies
- Knowledge of Agile development practices
Must have expertise in some of the following:
- Scala
- Python
- SQL
- Big Data Pipeline technologies or techniques
Experience with some of the following is a huge bonus:
- PostgreSQL
- Amazon RedShift (or other column store databases).
- ETL
- Git (or other modern source control)
- Build Management tooling (Maven, Gradle, etc).
- Continuous Build Systems (Jenkins, Bamboo, etc)
- Linux
- Kafka
- AWS
- Secure development practices
Civitas Learning offers medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as a 401k plan. We also have a generous flexible, paid time off policy.
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