Gravy Analytics Hiring for Software Developer (Scala/Spark/Snowflake) – Remote Opportunity at Ashburn, VA Full Time

Founded in 2011, Gravy Analytics is the enterprise location technology company providing actionable intelligence to businesses. Using its patented technology, the company brings data about people, places, and events together to understand human mobility, helping companies enhance their sales and marketing strategies and optimize business operations. Today, the company’s intelligence powers leading-edge solutions for a wide range of industries—from advertising to market research, financial services to supply chain risk management—that rely on knowing how people, products, and materials move throughout the world.

You should know…Gravy Analytics is a dynamic and fast-growing business! We ranked on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies for 3 years running… and we have no plans of slowing down. We embrace our core values of: Collaboration, Respect, Excellence, Expertise and Vision. If this resonates with you, please apply today!

The Opportunity:

The Software Developer will work within Gravy’s core platform development team, assisting in the development of batch process and business logic for our core platform, which processes tens of billions of location signal data points each day, including simple to complex algorithm development. Successful candidates will be sharp, with a demonstrated ability to translate business problems into technology solutions and products. At times you will collaborate with other team members working on product. Other times you will be expected to deliver product features on your own. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate technical expertise, be teamwork oriented and be committed to developing high-quality code.

The ideal candidate will be team and customer service oriented, innovative, open-minded to the solution set and driven to deliver solutions that meet or exceed the requirements. You believe that simple approaches are better than complex, whenever possible.

Come join an accomplished team of Scala developers using other exciting technologies such as Spark, Snowflake and more.

Responsibilities:

• Understand technical specifications for product code and create technical specifications for products and product features.
• Create innovative solutions to support partners and customers by writing code that delivers the functionality required and adheres to best practices in development and testing.
• Implement and execute manual and automated unit tests, including creating test data, use of REST clients and inspecting results in one or more databases to verify functionality and code robustness.
• Document your code and frequently update the status of your work.
• Create data and metrics, when needed, for complex algorithm verification.

Capabilities:

• You are both a team player and a self-starter. You have demonstrated ability to work independently with only basic guidance, as well as work well within the larger team.
• You have demonstrated experience understanding and meeting customer and partner needs, and deploying the right tool for the job including Scala, Java, third party web services, scripting languages (e.g. Python, R) and third party toolsets.
• You are capable of taking a basic description of what is needed, analyzing it and asking the right questions to generate a detailed specification of the software requirements.
• You can demonstrate to us that you have developed multiple applications from requirements elaboration to delivery to production.
• You must have good organization skills and great communication & documentation skills.

Experience:

• At least 3 years’ experience in software development in Scala.
• You can demonstrate to us that you have good database skills both creating new databases, modifying existing databases and manipulating data within those databases.
• You will be experienced in either SQL or NoSQL databases and enjoy working with both.
• You have experience processing data efficiently in JSON and/or XML formats.
• You will have experience with different languages, including scripting languages, which allow you to put the right tool to the task.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly and efficiently break down a larger project to smaller tasks, and handle multiple projects and tasks at the same time.

• Experience with data analytics and data visualization.
• Experience with MySQL, AWS, Spark, Snowflake, DynamoDB, CartoDB.
• You may also have experience with languages such as Python and R which allow you to put the right tool to the task.
• Personal characteristics we value include: high integrity, entrepreneurial spirit, innovative thinking, team player, passion for technology, adaptability, high energy and attention to detail.

Other:

We offer competitive salaries and benefits, including stock options and unlimited PTO.

Compensation: The typical salary range for this role is $110,000 to $140,,000. Ranges are based on various factors including the labor market, job type, job level, internal equity and budget. Exact salary offers will be determined by factors such as the candidate’s skills, qualifications, experience and geographic location.

Gravy Analytics is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Gravy Analytics is committed to making the job application process accessible to everyone. If you are living with a disability (visible or not visible), we will provide a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process. To request an accommodation in connection with the application or recruiting process, please contact Human Resources at 703-840-8850 or [email protected] . All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.

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