Data Engineer

We are a custom software design and development company. We help clients succeed by measurably impacting the world around us through technology.

As a Data Software Engineer at The Nerdery, you'll have the opportunity to work on projects for a wide range of clients. We have opportunities to solve customer projects with a wide variety of frameworks and platforms such as Scala, Java, Hadoop and others. The position provides opportunities to expand your horizons to reach your personal development goals.

* Work with clients to understand business needs and create scalable technical solutions. * Document key aspects of a project for the client and other team members. * Contribute to our collective brain power through innovation and peer review * Architect and implement scalable, distributed data processing solutions to meet business needs. * Create prototypes in Scala, Python, R or other languages to create models from real world data and evaluate their effectiveness.

**About You** You are passionate, flexible, and ready to collaborate with talented engineers to craft brilliant applications from even bigger ideas. You’re a good citizen of the web who believes in choosing the right tool for the job, values including all users, and understands the power of testing. **Requirements** * Expert in Scala and Java * Experience working with Hadoop and large amounts of data * Experience with Python, R, or Matlab * Experience with Git source control * Experience with Linux **Nice to have** * Experience with Apache Spark and any of its submodules * Experience with natural language processing, machine learning, data modeling, etc. * Experience consuming and designing REST APIs * Experience with Apache Hive or Pig * Experience with columnar, document, or key-value data stores such as Accumulo, HBase, Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis, etc.