Emcien is looking for an experienced software engineer with a focus on Ruby on Rails development to help build and improve our web applications. We work at the intersections of graph theory, information theory, statistics and machine learning, which lends to exciting and challenging problems to solve on a daily basis. We hire engaged and hard-working engineers who are open to learning complex concepts. We care about doing things the right way and take pride in our code.
Emcien develops two products (Scan & Patterns) based on a patented pattern-detection engine. Using the mathematical concept of sparse matrix graphs, we build applications solving a diverse set of interesting business problems.
As a software engineer, your day-to-day work is a balance of software engineering and data science. Your work will range from:
Whiteboarding and Conceptual Discussions where we wrestle through ideas like conditional probability and prediction scoring. Time-on-whiteboard is mainly to flesh out ideas, bookmark good ones, and agree on next steps. These topics will be typically led by our founder and Chief Scientist, Dr. Roy Marsten who drives the algorithmic development. This role will work closely with Dr. Marsten to translate the research prototypes into production code.
Writing Code in our Rails applications. Since we own our codebase for the long haul, we have an intense focus on code smell, refactoring, pair programming, and product excellence. While we have high individual standards, we work closely as a team to share ideas, mentor, and train. We have weekly deep-dives into engineering topics, sanctioned side-project time, and participate in meetups & hackathons.
Communicating Data Science Concepts by closing the gap between science & user needs is one of the most rewarding aspects of our work. This role does not have direct contact with user interfaces, but the results from our analyitcal engine need to align with the customer experience.
Ruthless Bumperpool Matches,
where we take breaks from our hard work for some light competition against
our peers. We have pushed the game with shots like ‘around-the-worlds’, ‘tipper gores’, and ‘smash-n-pray’.
This work is both challenging and energizing. The payoff is hearing stories
from our customers explaining how Patterns, for example, helps solve problems
no other solution (R, SAS, Hadoop, etc.) has ever solved. And the icing is that
we often solve large problems in minutes, where modeling and map-reduce take
hours, if not days.
To see a small sample of our work, please take a look at some of our videos:
Tools We Use
- Git for source control and versioning
- Jira for issue tracking and sprint management
- Ruby on Rails, HTML, CSS and Javascript for serving a web
- C for development on our analytics engine application to present the results of our analysis
- Linux, Amazon Web Services and Virtual Machines for buildingand deploying our applications
Skills & Requirements
- Solid working knowledge of Ruby and Ruby on Rails: understanding of areas such as ActiveRecord, database design, HAML, O(n+1) queries, MVC
- Core knowledge of how HTTP works and how the Rails server interacts with the frontend
- Basic knowledge of front-end development languages: HTML, CSS, JS
- Strong ability to grasp new and complex concepts in math, computer science and engineering
- Ownership of the product lifecycle from system design through deployment
- Strong communication skills and the ability to mentor other engineers in small teams
- Demonstrated experiencing delivering production ready code to customers
- Comfortable on the linux command-line (beyond `ls` and `cd`)
- Experience writing unit tests
Nice to Have
- Experience writing unit tests
- Willingness to wear multiple hats; we own our operations infrastructure and all engineers take part in building and maintaining it
- Understanding of Linux systems, management and administration
- Comfortable exploring and assessing new technologies
- Thoughtful software design that minimizes technical debt and is built to last, not just fix the plumbing
- Basic understanding of core concepts in statistics and probability, maybe even Bayes’ Theorem
- Interest in graph theory, information theory or machine learning
To Apply
Please send your resume [email protected] along with either of the following:
- Your answers to our Backend Engineering Test
- A code sample in C: an open source project, a simple cat (or similar) utility, or 3 Project Euler problems from ID 15 or higher
Note: Emcien does not sponsor any Visas. All Engineers work out of our Atlanta Headquarters