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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** Quantifind Inc
- **Location:** Palo Alto, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $130,000.0 - $155,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Java (Programming Language), Unit Testing, Software as a Service, Data as a Services, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Structures, DevOps, Distributed Data Store, Distributed Systems, Apache Hadoop, MapReduce, Java Virtual Machine (JVM), Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Machine Learning, Memcached, Open Source Technology, Redis, Data Streaming, Web Applications, Web Crawlers, Apache Spark, Integration Tests, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Real Time Data, Front End Software Development, Restful APIs, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** September 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/software-engineer-scala-509965247

## About the Role

You care deeply about your work and its impact on the work your team does. You hold yourself to a high standard when it comes to writing clean, performant, and maintainable code that powers well-designed microservices and enhances Quantifind's distributed data platform. You work well with cross-functional teams that include Data Scientists, DevOps Engineers, Front-end Engineers and Product Managers. You are proactive in suggesting how to improve the design, performance, and testing of the software that you build. You can effectively balance near-term priorities with forward-looking ways to build a sustainable team culture. You value the security of a company with a proven business model and enjoy the opportunities a startup offers., * BS or MS in Computer Science

 * Professional software engineer for 2+ years with a focus on platform engineering
 * Professional experience with Scala and/or Java
 * Professional experience working with PostgreSQL
 * Understanding of JVM internals and 2+ years of relevant experience working with code that runs in a JVM preferred
 * Experience with Apache Spark, and/or general MapReduce technologies preferred
 * You can design and prototype scalable algorithms
 * You can create your own efficient data structures and algorithms when the ones found in open source libraries are lacking
 * Professional experience writing unit tests and automated integration tests
 * You can build microservices with REST APIs for real-time query engines and web crawlers
 * You know how to set up ETL pipelines for data streams
 * Familiarity with storage and caching solutions and the tradeoffs among them (Memcached, Redis, etc.) preferred
 * Solid understanding of concurrency and distributed systems
 * Understanding of algorithm complexity and performance implications
 * Knowledge of Machine Learning techniques preferred
 * Great communication skills so you can work directly with our Data Scientists, DevOps Engineers, Front-end Engineers and Product Managers
 * Professional experience at a software startup strongly preferred
 * Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future

## Description

Quantifind is seeking a Software Engineer for our Platform team to help define and deliver data services and machine learning infrastructure. The Platform team owns all the infrastructure that powers the SaaS products we build for our customers. We process terabytes of data each day on our own dedicated Hadoop clusters. We use real-time data services to enable interactive investigations in our web applications. We use Kubernetes and Docker for our container ecosystem, and we develop standalone services in Scala and Python and use Spark for MapReduce jobs., Quantifind is seeking a Software Engineer for our Platform team in Palo Alto, California. You will work on Quantifind's Scala infrastructure to generate risk signal results from diverse data sources such as Sanctions, PEP records, Negative News, Court & Arrest records, and much more.


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