Big Data Java Team Lead
Java Team Lead – £55k
Java, Cassandra, Hadoop, NoSQL, Python, Linux
Company
I am working with a the world leaders of low latency, big data platforms who combine some of the most interesting and challenging technical roles available in startups today together with a great office environment and culture. They are funded by some of Europe's leading venture capital firms and since launching their first product in June 2011 have landed a range of high-profile clients including Mixcloud, Hailo and Face.
Key Responsibilities
You will be leading a team of 5 developers creating the next generation of low latency analytics platform. Working mainly in Java, it would be good to have experience with Cassandra, Hadoop, NoSQL, Python and Linux.
- Be a key part of the engineering management team including contributing to strategy and product direction, planning and reporting
- Manage, mentor and motivate your team of software engineers based in various timezones as well as on customer sites
- Design and architecture of complex systems
- Develop – and help others to develop – high quality code to a consistent schedule and tight deadlines
Skills and Experience
- A good degree or higher degree in Computer Science or other technical discipline
- A strong understanding of data structure design, concurrency and distributed systems
- Very strong Java development skills
- Experience of managing the development, testing delivery and support of production-grade software
- Understanding of software engineering principles and some experience of agile development practices
- Familiarity with Linux, open source development tools and methodology
- Experience with C, Python, Scala, Javascript and jQuery would be an advantage
- Experience working with Big Data systems especially Cassandra or Hadoop would be an advantage
- Aptitude for leading a small team essential; experience very desirable
- Great verbal and written communication skills with people of varying levels of technical expertise
The engineering team does serious work right up and down the stack and pride themselves on being a startup that does both world-class research (they publish, patent and are involved with the academic community) and product engineering that solves key business problems. You'll be solving challenging, interesting and relevant computer science problems, so they look for a strong grasp of fundamental Computer Science, and value Mathematics highly, as it underpins much of what they do. Collectively, they have worked on many projects you'll know of or use without knowing it, including Xen, ZFS and VxFS and more.
Benefits Perks
- Stock options
- A generous and flexible holiday allowance
- A laptop of your choice
- Aeron chairs
- High-quality offices on the Regents Canal close to Islington's Upper Street
- Large roof terrace with great views of London and have regular BBQs
- Life Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Subsidised Gym membership
- Travel Insurance
If this is of interest, please give me a call on 07821 768 237 or email me on s.bridge@alexanderblackrecruitment.co.uk
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