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Software Engineer - Big Data
Java
Privitar

Software Engineer - Big Data

Privitar
Warszawa
Type of work
Undetermined
Experience
Mid
Employment Type
Permanent
Operating mode
Office

Tech stack

    Java
    advanced
    Spark
    nice to have
    Hadoop
    nice to have
    AWS
    nice to have
    Kafka
    nice to have
    Big Data
    nice to have
    Distributed systems
    nice to have

Job description

Online interview
We are looking for multiple talented and passionate engineers who love to build products that have a tangible, positive impact on the world. We are opening a new Warsaw development office and are interested in all levels of experience, from graduates to experienced senior developers.

Privitar is a dynamic, successful Data Privacy start-up headquartered in London, building software to enable the safe and ethical use of valuable data for analytics and machine learning. We work with large organisations worldwide in healthcare, financial services, telecommunications, pharma and government, enabling them to get the most out of data without compromising on privacy and security.

We are backed by world-leading venture capital funds who’ve invested in companies like Facebook, Slack, Dropbox, Atlassian and Spotify. We have recently completed a $40 million Series B funding round, and are in a phase of hyper growth.

Ideal candidates for this role learn and adapt quickly. You’ll combine state-of-the-art technologies with leading-edge algorithms to understand and tackle hard data security and data anonymisation problems. You will also be involved in performance, integrations and UI.

Our Engineering Culture

As engineers at Privitar, we are excited and engaged with the problems we are working on. We work together in small teams in a supportive way, developing our skills, learning from each other, and building on each other's ideas. We take a deep pride in the products we build and care about writing clear, well-tested code.

We have a positive, constructive and proactive approach and enjoy working to design and architect solutions, choose technologies, and constantly improve how we work as a team. We are not afraid to question something that might seem obvious or to give it a go and learn how to do things better.

About You

Less experienced candidates

  • Bachelor’s or higher degree in Computer Science or a Science or Engineering discipline. We can make exceptions to this for exceptional candidates.
  • Experience of coding in Java. Or experience in a related language and evidence of commitment and ability to ramp up in Java.
  • Demonstrable interest and knowledge of maths, big data, security or privacy.
  • Excellent english communication skills

More experienced candidates

  • The more Java experience the better.
  • You are comfortable with being dropped into challenging technical problems and being given the responsibility to solve them.
  • Experience building a software product, ideally over the full lifecycle from design to production and ongoing support and enhancement.
  • Experience of and commitment to automated testing.
  • Ability to deliver results with rapidly evolving propositions, client demands and business needs.
  • Knowledge of multiple programming languages

Desirable

  • Experience of multithreading or concurrent programming
  • Experience building complex distributed systems
  • Exposure to Big Data technologies, for example: Hadoop, Spark, Apache Nifi, MapReduce, HDFS, HBase, Hive, Cassandra.
  • Understanding of software security and threat models, and experience building secure applications
  • Experience with Amazon AWS and other cloud platforms

The Application Process

  • A phone call with a member of our recruitment team to find out more about Privitar, and to get to know you
  • One of the most interesting take home technical exercises you’ll see, designed by Privitar, unique to Privitar, relevant to Privitar  
  • A face to face interview in Warsaw followed by final interviews in London.
  • Offer

We Offer 

  • Base salary of 14,000-28,000 PLN brutto UoP depending on experience 
  • 26 days paid holiday
  • Health Insurance
  • Gym Card Membership 
  • Stock/Share options in Privitar (or something equivalent)
  • Free mobile phone for personal use