Associate Software Engineer- Backend

Job Description

We are seeking a highly motivated, enthusiastic, driven and technically proficient software engineer to help develop innovative applications. You will expand upon your current skill set through cross-disciplinary collaboration with some of the smartest and nicest people in the industry, while learning the innerworkings of a fast-paced digital marketing agency. You will work closely with a team of developers in an agile software development environment to expand our cloud based cutting edge data insight and marketing solutions that conquer the big-data problem space.

· You love coding.

· You love problem solving.

· You constantly research and stay on top of the latest technologies & frameworks.

· You’re excited by the idea of utilizing bleeding edge technologies to create unique solutions to solve problems.

· You enjoy collaborating with others to plan, design, & implement solutions.

· You embrace agile methodologies and modern software development best practices.

· You attack problems in a fearless, pragmatic and iterative fashion.

· You are interested in working with big data and dynamically scalable systems.

· You see the advantages to developing and hosting systems in cloud platforms such as AWS.

· Drive innovation by collaborating with fellow developers and end users to rapidly produce critical features.

· Follow Agile principles to continuously deliver increment value to our products within expected time frames.

· Participate in the full software development life cycle from requirement gathering to application release.

· Collaborate with architects and senior developers to design & implement technical solutions utilizing the latest technologies.

· Advance our applications to a next-generation suite using Java/Python & Big Data technologies

· Follow development best practices such as test-driven development, continuous integration, continuous delivery, and version control branching strategies.

· Contribute to a collaborative, positive, and enjoyable environment for your development team.

Qualifications

· BSdegree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field

· Engineering or development background, 3+ years’ work experience, passion to code

· A desire to be challenged, solve problems and stay on top of the latest technologies and frameworks

· Good communication skills and the ability to work in a rapidly changing business environment

· Proficient with object oriented and functional programming principles

· Knowledge of Java, and SQL

· Familiar with Algorithms and Data structures

· Understand code reusability, security and performance concerns

· Experiencewith JVM based environments and garbage collection

· Knowledge of RESTful API

· Experience with AWS services such as EC2, S3, DynamoDB, SQS

· Familiar with Test Driven Development

· Understanding of MapReduce principles

· Comfortable working in Unix/Linux environments and with command-line tools

Additional Information

At Merkle, we believe that a diverse environment improves us as a community and as a business. We want to foster an environment of growth, where all ideas and contributions are encouraged. We need this culture of courage to continue to thrive in our fast-paced industry. We embrace differences of opinion. We value diversity of experience and thought, which help us to challenge and define industry-leading solutions, and support our goal of being a great place to work.

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