Position: Hadoop Engineer

Our client is a startup focused on Hadoop product and platform development. They are developing the next generation cloud computing infrastructure based on Hadoop. They provide a very innovative environment for creative product development. At our client you can make an impact with your ideas, initiative, and desire to disrupt existing eco-systems. They are backed by world-renowned internet industry titans who are well connected with big companies, VC firms, and folks in Hadoop eco-system. They are currently in beta with companies that use Hadoop for business critical needs, and have a few customers going live to production soon. Our client is based in Sunnyvale, CA. Compensation includes significant equity.
Our client is looking for smart lead software engineers with a passion for building massively scalable network-oriented software using Hadoop. An ideal candidate would have C++ or Java experience, and help build innovative Hadoop products and technologies.

The Job:

• Own the development of products and platform in Hadoop using various technologies like Java, C/C++, Apache, Tomcat, Linux

• Provide technical leadership and help define the direction of the company

• Architect and design scalable and fault tolerant systems

• Use Java-Native-Interface to leverage C++ for performance

• Develop platform components that allow operation similar to basic database operations

• Develop technology to handle fault tolerance for application based on node failure

• Develop persistence layer leveraging Hbase and HDFS

• Develop job submission API for jobs to be submitted to the resource manager in Hadoop

• Develop archival solutions

• Build and deploy software systems in various non-production and production environments.

• Set coding, design, and documentation standards as required

• Work with product management and business teams to analyze requirements and give technical assessment and estimates

Your background:

• Passionate about building world leading technologies that disrupt huge eco-systems

• Desire to build foundational technologies that define a new eco-system

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent degree is a must

• At least 5 years of relevant industry experience

• Expert coding skills in Java or C++

• Should have experience with architecting and developing distributed and highly scalable fault tolerant systems

• Strong knowledge of data structures and algorithms

• Good working knowledge on networking technologies like tcp-ip, udp, http, smtp, ftp, and mcast is a strong plus

• Experience with some of Apache, Tomcat, Linux, MySQL, Oracle, Berkeley DB, Hadoop MapReduce/PIG, Regular expressions, Eclipse, SVN/CVS source control systems is strong plus

• Strong experience is one of Perl, Python, Unix Shell is a plus

• Experience with databases like MySql, Apache Derby is a plus

• Work experience with high network throughput (1gpbs)

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Our client provides:

• High equity with industry standard salary

• Free health insurance

• An opportunity to learn new technology and work in a lean, high growth, exciting start up

• Get to know Hadoop network/eco-system, understand the players, and the evolution of Hadoop

For consideration, please email your resume to amber.cloyd@modis.com