Python / Scala Developer - Amazon Redshift
This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a brand new team with probably the biggest data set in Australia. They're future proofing their company.
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Developers/Programmers
Company: FIRESOFT Consulting
Location: Sydney
Work type: Full Time
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Phone: +61-7-1571-4675
Fax: +61-3-6542-5193
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FIRESOFT Consulting is a multi-award winning consultancy having been recognised across Australia for excellence in small business and one of Australia's coolest places to work. Our people love working here and that passion really shines through when working with you. We're obsessed with shaking things up a bit to make working with a consultancy enjoyable, valuable and specifically tailored to YOU! We understand it can be stressful and challenging while trying to find a new job or build a team so we're here to be open, honest and transparent through the process; to educate you and support you as much as possible to ensure you're kicking goals - whatever those may be!
Our team plays in the following verticals (contract and permanent) : DevOps | Business Intelligence | Big Data | Analytics | Infrastructure | Engineering | Digital; iOS, Android, Front End Development, Back End Development, UX, UI, Research | Project Management | Change Management | AdOps | Service Delivery |
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This is a brand new and exciting opportunity for a Senior Scala/Python Engineer to work in a new area for a business that has on of the largest sets of data in Australia. The vison for this part of the business is compelling, they are a data science and analytics team that want to disrupt their sector.
You will work closely alongside the Data Science and Product teams - they’re a friendly bunch with a huge range of backgrounds, and they are all striving to provide a welcoming, supportive and sociable working environment.
looking after software engineers is like a tending to a bee-hive. Give them the right environment and they will make lots of honey . This is what this business is looking to do - build a team organically, looking for talent over anything else.
It's all about the engineering!
- It's all about the technology. They don't look for people who are ticking 100% of the spec, but we look for people with a growth mindset that can develop
- Their platform is primality built around Amazon Redshift
- This means looking for three distinct skill-sets around DevOps, Scala and Python in order to be able to build, release and care for new features
- They care much more about solid language fundamentals and good practices than framework knowledge and exposure
Types of engineers they like:
- Make evidence driven decisions
- Automate early and often
- Favour the simplest reasonable solution (Occam's razor)
- Never sacrifice quality
Their technology stack includes:
- Kubernetes and Docker for containerisation.
- Amazon or Azure
- Cassandra, Kafka and Spark
- Scala and Python for their development
They have adopted cutting edge technologies where their bet is, this will be the new normal. In turn this often leads to solving engaging and complex problems.
For this role they only need you to have a good understanding of Python, coupled with core development fundamentals. If you have the right attitude and aptitude, then this is the role and business for you!