Senior Java Software Engineer

This is a direct-client opening for a Lead Software Engineer located in Waltham, MA. This is a full-time position

The Opportunity:

Be a major player in a company that's a pioneer in semantic technology

Work with cool technologies like Hadoop, Solr and Cassandra

Work with enormous data sets. Our database has over 10 billion records extracted from the Web

Learn data mining and machine learning techniques, such as Bayesian classifiers

Want to learn about what data science means in the real world?

Solve interesting and challenging problems alongside a great team of engineers

Develop new skills as you push your knowledge - and our technology - to new levels

Work for a profitable, growing company that works with an impressive Fortune 500 client list

Work on helping build/maintain/clean our platform of businessperson and company data, processing millions of records per day and billions of records overall.

Requirements:

Must have a strong knowledge of Java

Preferred experience with: Java EE, JMS, Hibernate, Spring, Junit

Eager to learn new technologies such as Hadoop, Cassandra, Solr, Jenkins, etc.

Interested in technologies/techniques like data mining, machine learning, clustering/tag clouds, etc.

Experience with NoSQL data stores is a plus

Experience with big data and data analysis or data science is a plus

Minimum 3 years experience in software development

A mindset that research should lead to actionable results

Excited to tell us why you want to work here and what kinds of challenges you're looking for

Can talk intelligently and passionately about the interesting challenges your projects presented

A sense of humor and perspective

8-10 years of progressive experience as a Senior/Lead Software Developer.