Applications Engineer, R&D

at  Quantexa

Overview
Applications is an Engineering function within Quantexa’s R&D department that is focused on internally building real-world applications of the Quantexa Platform. This is to enable demonstrations of the product and develop SaaS offerings, whilst also testing and refining new Platform features before they are deployed by clients. The function also develops and releases its own tools that feed into these internal applications but are also packaged and released to help standardize and accelerate all Quantexa deployments.
It encompasses four distinct sub-teams:

REQUIREMENTS

We are looking for people who enjoy the following to join us:

• Working in a fast moving, Agile environment
• Data processing/ETL pipelines
• Analysing and examining real and varied data
• Full stack development, but with a heavy focus on the data processing/ETL side
• Solving difficult problems with efficient, resilient, high impact code
• Working in the cloud with production-grade systems
• Defining best-practices and sharing expertise you’ve developed
• Growing and thriving within one of the UK’s fastest growing scale-ups

Suitable candidates will have experience in a number of the following areas:

• A strong coding background, ideally in Scala or otherwise in a relevant language that will allow you to learn Scala quickly (e.g. Java/Python)
• Big data, either from a software deployment/implementation or a data science perspective
• Working with big data technology, ideally Spark but others will also be useful such as Hadoop or Elasticsearch
• Working in an Agile environment
• Building data processing pipelines for use in production batch systems, including either traditional ETL pipelines and/or analytics pipelines
• Manipulating data through cleansing, parsing, standardising etc, especially in relation to improving data quality/integrity
• Building and deploying SaaS products

Our team members come from a variety of backgrounds and we are currently looking to recruit at most levels to support our extensive product roadmap. We are looking for individuals who want to develop their engineering skillset whilst working across a wide range of the Quantexa tech stack. Engaging with our internal stakeholders is also a key part of the role – we work closely with delivery, solution/product owners, sales etc to design and develop our solutions.
We have a great team culture, with regular socials and a strong presence in Quantexa’s London office, whilst maintaining a flexible working policy allowing for regular home working. We are a fast growing department within Quantexa, having tripled in size over the last 2 years, whilst Quantexa itself is one of the UK’s fastest growing scale-ups. Come and be a part of the next stage of the growth of our team and Quantexa as a whole!

Please refer the Job description for details