Senior Data Engineer
New York, NY

About Us

Founded in late 2015 and headquartered in New York City, ExecThread, Inc., is a venture-backed start-up and premium network of highly qualified and carefully vetted executives and aspiring executives who discreetly share job opportunities with each other. ExecThread takes a unique, community-driven approach to accessing the “hidden job market” by crowdsourcing senior-level career opportunities from its members that aren’t publicly posted. ExecThread is now the largest aggregator of unpublished senior-level job opportunities. To sign-up for ExecThread, click here.

Job Description

We’re looking for a Senior Data Engineer who wants to work at an agile startup that leverages a unique crowdsourced approach and advanced technology to offer a differentiated & proprietary service to a highly engaged community of business influencers. Reporting directly to the Head of Engineering, you’ll be working with our growing team of talented engineers to scale and monetize our premium service.

Responsibilities

• • Architect & build machine learning algorithms to generate recommendations based on a member’s qualifications & previous interactions with ExecThread
  • Develop new features to increase member retention
  • Write fast and scalable backend code
  • Participate in the process of integrating new APIs
  • Mentor and guide other technical team members in all project activities
  • Participate in code reviews & pairing
  • Leverage best practices in continuous integration and delivery

Skills & Requirements

• 6+ years of software architecture and development experience
• Proven track record of pushing high-quality, reliable machine learning projects into production
• Proficient in browser rendering behavior and performance, asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, HTTP, CORS, and AJAX
• Strong understanding of JavaScript (ES6)
• Familiarity with GIT & pull-request processes (we use git-flow)
• Familiarity with the NodeJS, MongoDB, Angular and React is a plus
• Prior start-up experience is a plus
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and time-management skills

Benefits

• Autonomous & flexible work environment, with extremely smart and committed peers
• Great office location close to Bryant Park and close to multiple convenient transit options, 10-minute walk to Grand Central Station & Penn Station, 5-minute walk to Herald Square
• Competitive salary and equity-based compensation
• Dental, Health & Vision Insurance
• Pre-tax medical flex-spending account
• Pre-tax transit benefits
• Subsidized 401k program
• Subsidized professional development programs
• Unlimited Vacation

You can Apply Here!