Java Software Engineer - Washington D.C. - Georgia IT Inc.
Washington, DC
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Job Title: Java Software Engineer
Location: Washington D.C.
Position Type: Contract
Pay Rate: DOE $/hr. on W2
Interview Process: Phone + F2F. There will be a love coding challenge/exercise either in person or over Skype/Webex
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Job Description:
About The Job:
Software Engineer
Deep Metadata Platform
Location: Washington D.C.
Position Type: Contract
Pay Rate: DOE $/hr. on W2
Interview Process: Phone + F2F. There will be a love coding challenge/exercise either in person or over Skype/Webex
(Please include the expected Salary Range)
Job Description:
About The Job:
Software Engineer
Deep Metadata Platform
- The Deep Metadata Platform is part of Comcast Cable's Technology & Product organization and serves the larger company with advanced technologies for the extraction, representation, and delivery of detailed metadata associated to scenes or moments in video. Deep Metadata Platform services enable a variety of cutting edge products related to video navigation, ad analytics, social media, and personalized content delivery. These products serve millions of customers.
- We need an engineer familiar with scalability principles and micro-services to help build the Deep Metadata Platform to operate reliably and efficiently. You will work with other engineers and researchers with backgrounds in advanced fields such as video processing, information retrieval, knowledge representation, machine learning, natural language processing, and distributed systems. As a member of the team you will define, implement, test, and deploy state of the art systems at scale.
- Writing production-quality code.
- Understanding the code base for your components in depth.
- Automating test, integration, and deployment of system components.
- Building tools for monitoring and operation of production systems.
- Producing technical designs and documentation at varying levels of granularity.
- Collaborating with quality assurance and technical operations teams.
- Participating in code reviews and helping the team to be effective and agile.
- BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical field.
- 4+ years of relevant work experience, including extensive programming experience and strong object-oriented skills including Java server-side development
- Experience as part of a team doing state-of-the art, object-oriented software development including continuous integration, test-driven-development, automated unit and integration testing, and automated deployment.
- Experience with versioning tools. GIT a plus.
- Experience with automated build tools. Jenkins a plus.
- Must demonstrate an understanding of software design patterns and the practical application of those patterns.
- Experience with high-scale, distributed web service development including hands-on experience with RESTful web services.
- Experience with MySQL and distributed databases. Cassandra a plus.
- Knowledge of major open source frameworks including Spring, Docker, and Zookeeper. Consul a plus.
- Experience with Agile development methodologies and practices.
- UNIX/Linux background: facility with command-line utilities, scripting, automation and Ansible; familiarity with system administration tools and concepts.
- Familiarity with cluster management (Kubernetes, Mesos) a plus.
- Familiarity with distributed systems and micro-services. Job frameworks such as Nomad a plus.
- Experience with various data interchange and representation formats such as JSON. FlatBuffers a plus.
- Some client side development skill (JS, GWT, Angular, etc) a plus.
- Strong initiative: must be able to take high-level requirements, ask questions and get clarifications, decompose into deliverable software components, design and implement solution to meet functional, performance, and quality acceptance criteria.
- Experience with high-scale, distributed web service development including hands-on experience with RESTful web services.
- Experience with MySQL and distributed databases. Cassandra a plus.
- Knowledge of major open source frameworks including Spring, Docker, and Zookeeper. Consul a plus
Source : Georgia IT Inc.