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Senior Software Engineer, Audience Team Quantcast
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The Audience team is responsible for the building of the online advertising prediction systems that power Quantcast. As such, we interact closely with our team of top scientists and algorithm developers. This means getting up close and personal with cutting edge statistical models and machine learning techniques, and to develop these models and algorithms into production-quality code that is robust and capable of scaling to utilize thousands of processing nodes on petabytes of data.We are looking for top-tier talent to help us realize our designs. The successful applicant will possess a passion for code and will not fear the applied use of statistics -- although we're not looking for experience in math or statistics, we are looking for an engineer who is interested in mathematical programming and is willing to learn elements of statistics as the job requires.
Responsibilities:
Design, write, and maintain top-quality production code.
Develop solutions to efficiently extract meaning from Tera-to-Petabytes of data.
Interface with research and production operations teams to turn big ideas into robust, scalable processing systems.
Requirements:
Advanced degree in Computer Science or related field, or Bachelors degree with 2 years relevant experience.
Strong object-oriented coding skills.
Must not possess a fear of statistics.
Technologies:
Object-oriented programming language required; Java strongly preferred.
Working knowledge of a scripting language (e.g. Python, Ruby) preferred.
Experience working in Unix/Linux environments is desirable.
Experience or interest in grid computing or MapReduce technologies (especially Hadoop) is desired.
Interest in Machine Learning a plus.
Database experience a plus.
About Quantcast
Quantcast is an audience measurement and targeting company. The pioneer of direct audience measurement, we start with the industry?s most in-depth understanding of digital audiences to help marketers and publishers buy and sell the most effective targeted advertising and drive conversions through the full funnel. Our products let publishers match their audience to the exact consumers an advertiser wants to reach with impression level targeting. Ranked Fast Company?s #3 Most Innovative Company on the Web and the Overall Winner of AlwaysOn?s Global 250 Top Private Companies, Quantcast is used by the world?s leading advertisers, the top 10 media agencies and 100+ million web destinations. Launched in 2006, Quantcast is headquartered in San Francisco and backed by Founders Fund, Polaris Venture Partners, Revolution Ventures and Cisco Systems.
| Location: | 400 Second Street Suite 350 San Francisco, CA 94107 United States |
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THIS JOB HAS EXPIRED
Quantcast
Investors: Founders Fund, Polaris Venture PartnersAll Jobs: at Quantcast
| Web Site: | www.quantcast.com |
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| Headquarters: | 400 Second Street Suite 350 San Francisco, CA 94107 United States |
| Industry: | IT Services |
