Software Engineer
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Requirements
• Experience in delivering and maintaining distributed data processing systems using Big Data tools, Lakehouse platform, and workflow orchestration. While knowledge of Spark, Databricks, or Airflow is a plus, competence with analogous technologies is key to this role • Experience working with cloud-based systems, e.g.. AWS, Azure, GCP • Experience working with AI tools and platforms, e.g., LLMs, predictive models, AI infrastructure • An understanding of design patterns around distributed systems and their trade-offs • An understanding of different non-functional requirements (e.g. scalability, reliability, performance, and observability) and how to write software with these requirements in mind • A background in Scala (or a desire to learn Scala if no previous experience) • An interest in solving problems with functional programming • Experience in streaming processing concepts like delivery semantics, ordering or partitioning • Experience managing infrastructure with Terraform or Cloud Formation • Experience running applications in containerised environments (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, Helm) • An interest in cryptocurrency and/or blockchain technology
Responsibilities
• Our data and intelligence platform sits at the heart of the business and forms the backbone of every product that our customers rely on. You will join a team of experienced and passionate engineers that are not afraid to fail and enjoy tackling difficult problems head on. Openness is one of our core values at Elliptic and nowhere is this more evident than in our engineering teams where we strongly encourage engineers to challenge convention and find unique and innovative solutions to our customers' problems. You will quickly be able to see your impact on the wider business as we value lean thinking and getting our ideas to market early and often. • Write beautiful functional code and tests • Think about how to solve hard problems and weigh up the pros and cons of different approaches against a variety of non-functional requirements • Build infrastructure and take advantage of cutting-edge cloud technology and AI to spend less time writing mundane code and more time thinking about our customers problems • Be willing to discuss problems and solutions openly with engineers and non-engineers alike • Take responsibility for the code that you write and see it through from PR to production • Contribute to a variety of projects across our platform such as forensics investigation products, entity exposure APIs, and blockchain visualisation tools • Take pleasure from writing clean code and see tests as core to software engineering • Use data to make decisions about what to build and how to iterate • Measure success using outcomes rather than release milestones • Embrace AI to let you focus on what really matters • Thrive in roles that require proactive communication with teams outside of your immediate area, especially when gathering and clarifying requirements • Are not afraid to fail, experiment often, and learn quickly • Are keen to learn new technologies and challenge existing tools, methodologies, and processes
Benefits
• Hybrid working and the option to work from almost anywhere for up to 90 days per year • £500 Remote working budget to set up your home office space • > Learning & Development: • $1,000 Learning & Development budget to use on anything (agreed with your manager) that contributes to your growth and development • > Vacation/ Leave: • Holidays: 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays • An extra day for your birthday • Enhanced parental leave: we provide eligible employees, regardless of gender or whether they become a parent by birth or adoption, 16 weeks fully-paid leave and leave. • Private Health Insurance - we use Vitality! • Full access to Spill Mental Health Support • Life Assurance: we hope you will never need this - but our cover is for 4 times your salary to your beneficiaries • £100 Crypto for you! • Cycle to Work Scheme