Principal Software Engineer I- Java

  • Full-time
  • Verisk Business: Fintellix

Company Description

Headquartered in New York, USA, with offices in UK, India, Australia, Brazil, UAE and Singapore, Fintellix, a Verisk business, is a leading Compliance, Risk & Analytics Products and Solutions provider for the Global Financial Services Industry. Fintellix’s solutions are available for on-premises implementations as well as provisioning from Regional Cloud Infrastructure.  Fintellix is funded by venture capital majors Sequoia Capital and IDG Ventures to accelerate market expansion and boost product innovation efforts. To learn more about Fintellix please visit us at: www.fintellix.com. We are proud to be a part of the Verisk family of companies! 

At the heart of what we do is help clients manage risk. Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK) provides data and insights to our customers in insurance, energy and the financial services markets so they can make faster and more informed decisions.   

Our global team uses AI, machine learning, automation, and other emerging technologies to collect and analyze billions of records. We provide advanced decision-support to prevent credit, lending, and cyber risks. In addition, we monitor and advise companies on complex global matters such as climate change, catastrophes, and geopolitical issues.  

But why we do our work is what sets us apart. It stems from a commitment to making the world better, safer and stronger.  

It’s the reason Verisk is part of the UN Global Compact sustainability initiative. It’s why we made a commitment to balancing 100 percent of our carbon emissions. It’s the aim of our “returnship” program for experienced professionals rejoining the workforce after time away. And, it’s what drives our annual Innovation Day, where we identify our next first-to-market innovations to solve our customers’ problems.   

At its core, Verisk uses data to minimize risk and maximize value. But far bigger, is why we do what we do. 

At Verisk you can build an exciting career with meaningful work; create positive and lasting impact on business; and find the support, coaching, and training you need to advance your career. We have received the Great Place to Work® Certification for the fifth consecutive year. We’ve been recognized by Forbes as a World’s Best Employer and a Best Employer for Women, testaments to our culture of engagement and the value we place on an inclusive and diverse workforce.  Verisk’s Statement on Racial Equity and Diversity supports our commitment to these values and affecting positive and lasting change in the communities where we live and work.  

Job Description

  • Lead the architecture and help design, develop, and optimize the current system architecture on AWS.
  • Bring in best practices in designing of complex analytical framework using spark.
  • Create and update Design Specs and reference Architecture documents to enable acceleration in solution development.
  • Participate in testing and peer code reviews to identify any bugs and ensure reusability of code.
  • Automate the deployment of the solutions by using shell scripts.
  • Work with IT change Management group to promote the developed code/scripts from non-production to production environments.
  • Work with Architecture team (Application/Security/Infrastructure/Data) to get their approval on the designed solutions.

Qualifications

  • BE/B.Tech in Computer Science from an accredited college or university.
  • 11+ years of extensive experience in design, build and deployment of Spark- applications.
  • Must have worked on optimizing spark jobs and cluster sizing for varied size and data sources.
  • Ability to write abstracted, reusable code components.
  • Able to quickly adapt and learn.
  • Able to jump into an ambiguous situation and able to take the lead.
  • Able to communicate and coordinate across various teams.
  • Java Spark – Spark and Spark SQL (PySpark would be good to have)
  • Must understand and must have worked on optimizing spark job/application (Spark SQL and Spark Core)
  • Exposure to statistics and analytical modelling will be an added advantage.
  • AWS - EMR, IAM roles, S3, Glue Catalog, Step function, serverless/lambda
  • Hadoop ecosystem - Hive, HDFS, HBase
  • OpenStack Other Software & Tools - Docker, GitLab – good to have
  • Linux/Unix - Shell scripting + SQL (RDBMS)

Additional Information

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