Description
Streamhub is a video analytics startup providing Data-As-A-Service to premium media businesses around the world. In short, we are a Google Analytics for VOD. If you have a knack for distributed systems and discovering value out of the mountains of viewing data we get from our audiences, then this is for you.We are looking for an experienced senior big data engineer (contractor) with expertise in Spark and ElasticSearch. The job will be mostly remote but we ask you to come into our London office at the start and from time to time during the 2-3 month project.
You will play a key role in our big data engineering team, which is a 100% hands-on. In line with Streamhub’s ambitions, we are challenging to derive real-world value and structure from the vast range of “video content” and “audience” data all around us.
You can expect hard but rewarding work that brings your skills into the world. We have a lean, pragmatic and open culture that values communication and a focus on iterative development.
The Challenges:
- Design, implement and support new features for Elasticsearch and Cassandra
- Build and support features for Spark, Hadoop.
- Optimise the integration of new data sources, addition of business logic that provide further layers and dimensions to the data analysis
We would need you to:
- Be deeply profficient and have 4+ years in object oriented development, preferably Java or Scala.
- Expert in Elasticsearch, including its operational aspects.
- Have 2+ years of hands-on experience with Spark, Cassandra and the Hadoop ecosystem technologies
- Experience with AWS big data stack
- Must be a great team player with proven reading, writing and speaking of English
- Experience with DSPs, SSPs, DMPs are a big plus
- Machine learning and predictive algorithms a further plus
Our technology stack that will keep you busy
- Scala/Java
- Apache Spark or Hadoop stack
- AWS big data stack
- Cassandra
- Apache Nifi
- Elasticsearch
Our terms are:
- 4-5 days per week; 2 months project with opportunity to extend for more months depending on results
- From £400 per day
- Must be able to work from our London office once a week
APPLY FOR THIS POSITION
Please send your resume and a brief paragraph each on why you want to work with Streamhub, and what you would bring to the table.