First Orion
Software Engineer
North Little Rock, AR · Mid
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About the role
- The role involves working on low-latency, high-throughput APIs, ETL data pipelines, and managing big data applications with attention to detail.
- A successful candidate must demonstrate strong analytical, problem-solving, time management skills, and technical expertise in the software engineering or data engineering field.
- We strongly value the health and wellness of our teammates and through our state-of-the-art fitness center we're helping our teammates reach their wellness goals while at work.
Responsibilities
- Develop ETL jobs and analytics pipelines using Databricks and Apache Spark
- Develop low-latency, high-throughput REST APIs, such as our call protection products
- Develop expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, Databricks, and other relevant technologies to drive our technology roadmap forward.
- Author and contribute to Technical Designs (TDs) for new prioritized projects
- Create and maintain unit and integration tests for data-driven applications
- Work with data scientists to integrate new models into products, optimize code, and take models from prototype to production.
- We are the market leader in branded communications technology, and a trusted partner to Fortune 500 companies and the largest U.S. mobile carriers.
Requirements
- Experience using Delta Lake tables and Parquet data format
- Previous experience in the Telecom industry
- Experience with HTTP API frameworks such as Gin
- This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.
- Employees are required to demonstrate proper work authorization as required by I-9 compliance.
Nice to have
- Work across multiple code repositories, programming languages, and frameworks
- Reduce technical debt and make ETL jobs operationally supportable by leveraging tools within Databricks and AWS.
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science (or related degree)
- 3+ years of experience in a data or software engineering position using relevant tools
- 2+ years of experience using Apache Spark with Scala or Python (pyspark).
- 2+ years of experience with a cloud computing service (AWS preferred)
- Strong understanding of streaming tools such as Kinesis, Kafka, or 0MQ
- Minimum 1 year of SQL experience and familiarity with SQL and NoSQL databases
Benefits
- Balancing the work-life flow is key to health and happiness!
- That is why we offer one of the most competitive packages in our industry with open PTO, company paid holidays, Flex Fridays and flexible work arrangements.
Company info
- We are looking for a team player who is positive, self-motivated, energetic and a quick learner with commitment to quality and dedication to long-term success.
- First Orion Culture Cornerstones are at the core of everything we do here.
Equal opportunity
- First Orion is an Affirmative Action and
- Equal Opportunity Employer.
Visa & Work Authorization
- This position is not eligible for employment-based immigration visa/status sponsorship.
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