Working in the GenSent offices provides a unique and exciting opportunity to play
a crucial role for a fast-growing technology company in a new and emerging market.
All applicants must be extremely talented, motivated and eager to work with an
inspired team.
General Sentiment is seeking a Software Engineer with the core responsibility of
enhancing our production back-end, Hadoop-based system operating on Amazon EC2.
Hicksville, NY
Primary Responsibilities
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Design, implement and maintain scalable and fault-tolerant back-end server systems
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Work with the latest open source technologies, including Hadoop and Java
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Self-start side projects that contribute to General Sentiment's product offerings and growth
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Maintain and improve production operations, including Hadoop MapReduce jobs running on Amazon EC2
Minimum Qualifications
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BS degree in Computer Science or related field (in lieu of degree, four
years of relevant work experience)
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Proficiency in Java, Python, Bash programming in Unix/Linux environment
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The ability to thrive in a startup environment
Preferred Qualifications
- Masters in Computer Science or related field
- Previous experience with Hadoop and/or Amazon AWS
- Comfortable building Hadoop clusters, coding in Java with Hadoop, administering clusters in EC2.
- Updated knowledge of hosting, deploying, testing and monitoring applications
and servers, including the latest tools on AWS
Help General Sentiment build the next-generation Social Intelligence Platform.
As a web applications engineer, you will specialize in building responsive and elegant
Web UIs with AJAX and similar technologies.
Hicksville, NY
Primary Responsibilities
- Work with existing UI developers, and build the next phase of General Sentiment
products
- Work closely with the rest of the engineering team to integrate and deploy new
technologies and processes
- Self-start side projects that contribute to General Sentiment's product offerings
and growth
Minimum Qualifications
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Smart, great coder, motivated self-starter and quick learner
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BS degree in Computer Science or related field (in lieu of degree, four
years of relevant work experience)
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Development experience in server-side technologies, such as Java and Python
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JS/HTML/CSS experience and an interest in user interface design
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Web application development experience, including knowledge of MVC or related
frameworks
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The ability to thrive in a startup environment
Preferred Qualifications
- Masters in Computer Science or related field
- Significant experience developing user-facing software
- Experience working on cross-browser platforms
- Working knowledge of server-side frameworks like Struts2 and Hibernate
- Object-oriented JavaScript skills
- Working knowledge of UI libraries, such as jQuery and JavaScript MVC frameworks
like Backbone.js
- Updated knowledge of hosting, deploying, testing and monitoring applications
and servers, including the latest tools on AWS
