Senior Software Engineer

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BLACKBIRD.AI

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AI • Deception Detection • Disinformation • Misinformation • Narrative Intelligence

11 - 50 employees

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🔒 Cybersecurity

🏢 Enterprise

Description

• BLACKBIRD.AI protects organizations from narrative attacks that cause financial and reputational harm. • You will optimize data pipelines for our advanced real-time streaming cloud-hosted analytics platform. • You will lead the development of new features and capabilities. • Your role will shape the future of our platform. • You’ll solve some of the most challenging data problems in the industry. • You will write ETL processes, design database systems, and develop tools for query and analytic processing. • You will elevate performance tradeoffs, own the database architecture, and lead automation efforts. • As a Senior/Principal Software Engineer, you’ll design and implement real-time distributed data processing systems. • Focus on research and development in information extraction, multilingual NLP, and other AI/ML challenges. • Oversee gathering and annotating custom datasets for text or vision classification tasks. • Apply knowledge of machine learning performance evaluation techniques. • Lead development and optimization of ETL processes for various data formats. • Design robust database systems and develop tools for real-time streaming applications. • Conduct performance analysis and strategic decisions on tradeoffs. • Develop and oversee the database architecture. • Spearhead build automation, deployment, and performance optimization efforts. • Drive project management and the development of new features. • Design test suites to ensure data correctness. • Design secure and scalable REST APIs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field. • Minimum of 5 years of experience in data engineering and building data platforms. • Minimum of 2 years of professional experience in Machine Learning or a closely related field, demonstrating a track record of successfully delivering novel research and/or product offerings. • Demonstrated success in deploying cloud and SaaS model products, with expertise in building optimized processing pipelines for streaming analytics applications. • Proficiency in databases and query optimization (PostgresSQL, ElasticSearch, MongoDB, Redis, Druid), including experience with NoSQL and graph databases. • Experience in horizontally scaling databases. • Expertise in Kafka and Airflow, with a strong understanding of runtime profiling tools. • Experience in big data processing systems similar to Apache Spark, Flink, Beam or similar. • Strong skills in build automation, continuous integration, and deployment (CI/CD) tools. • Expert-level Python coding skills. • Project management skills and the ability to lead development iniatives.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package, 401(k), and equity - everyone has a stake in our growth! • Comprehensive health benefits for you and your loved ones, including wellness days and monthly wellness reimbursements - an apple a day doesn’t always keep the doctor away! • Generous vacation policy, encouraging you to take the time you need - we trust you to strike the right work/life balance! • A flexible work environment with opportunities to collaborate with your team in person - you can have it all! • Inclusion and Impact - soar to new heights! • Professional development stipend - never stop learning!