Web Architect / Team Lead

BigR.io is a technology consulting firm empowering data to drive analytics for revenue growth and operational efficiencies. Our teams deliver software solutions, data science strategies, enterprise infrastructure, and management consulting to the world’s largest companies.

We are seeking a hands-on Web Architect to join our client’s mission-critical simulator development team. The selected candidate will have a lead role in design and architecture of a next-generation, scalable, fault-tolerant, global online platform for quantitative financial modeling.

* Solve real-world complex problems with effective and innovative technology solutions * In partnership with other stakeholders, formulate an overall strategy, define product features, and transform the system architecture * Analyze business requirements and lead the design, architecture, and implementation of highly scalable and flexible web applications using modern best of breed technologies * Stay abreast of new technologies and spearhead best practices to ensure product quality and optimal performance and scalability

* 7+ years of hands-on industry experience in end-to-end web development * Have strong interpersonal verbal and written communication skills * Be fluent in various programming languages/techniques including Java, Python, JavaScript/JQuery, AJAX, HTML5, CSS/LESS * Extensive experience in at least one server-side framework: Python/Tornado/Django, PHP, Ruby on Rails, etc. * Experience in building scalable web applications in cloud-based environments * Have excellent debugging and problem solving skills * Have a working knowledge of Unix/Linux * Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline or equivalent job experience * Experience in finance not required * Experience in web interface design is a plus