Senior Back End Data Engineer

  • Full-time

Company Description

Shiji Group is a major software supplier in the hospitality and retail industries. Developing worldwide leading products and technologies, aimed at the international market and speeding up its globalization progress. Our team of more than 4,000 talented employees, in 70+ subsidiaries worldwide, is constantly adapting to facilitate the transition to fully integrated systems for our clients through a network of secure, scalable, and ready for the future platforms, so clients can focus on their core competencies of serving their customer and guests. ​

Job Description

To support our ReviewPro team, we are looking for a Senior Back End Data Engineer. Do you love the challenge of building systems processes billions of documents daily? Do the challenges of working with distributed systems interest you? Are you excited answering the questions of: 

  • What will happen if the data size doubles? What if it grows by one, two...n orders of magnitude?
  • How do I handle data consistency in a highly distributed environment? 
  • Should that data be processed as a batch or as a stream?
  • Which algorithms can I use to gain insights from this data? What are their tradeoffs?

The role

This is not a data science role. Rather, you will be a member of the team that design the systems that process billions of review, survey, and management response data daily. You will develop cognitive services that extract meaning and insights from this data. This knowledge is in turn used by over 55,000+ hotels around the world to gain knowledge, visibility, and insight into their guests' experience.  

Qualifications

This is a senior position and we expect candidates to have practice working with large data sets using techniques such as MapReduce or Stream Processing. You must have a firm understanding of distributed systems, as well as prior experience working with NoSql persistence. A keen interest or experience in machine learning is a plus.

Additional Information

 What else we offer

  • Flexible work schedule
  • Free fruit
  • Great coffee
  • Subsidized gym membership 
  • Office located in the center of Barcelona
  • International team
  • Knowledge exchange: we attend conferences and community events as well as provide learning resources
  • Nice equipment: Mac laptops, high-quality monitors (1 or 2, the choice is yours)
  • Desks with adjustable height (standing desks)