Back-End BigData Engineer

Overview

One of our direct client is urgently looking for a Backend Engineer@ Sunnyvale, CA.

TITLE:

Backend Engineer (Java/Big Data).

LOCATION:

Sunnyvale, CA. Duration: 6 to 12+ Months. Rate: DOE.

Description:

Walmart eCommerce is looking for great engineers to join a team of highly motivated and smart people who are working on innovating to make the search/shopping experience on Wal‑Mart's online, mobile and physical stores more visual and intuitive. We are building out a great online product powered by unique big data mining technologies, which enable discovery using algorithms that rank results via social signals from around the web.

We are seeking a talented backend engineer with a proven track record of building scalable, resilient systems that serve millions of customers. You will be responsible for developing applications, release management and performance testing, and for building data pipelines to move large amounts of tracking information from transaction systems to data lakes.

• Develop applications, manage releases and conduct performance testing.
• Build data pipelines to move large amounts of tracking information from transaction systems to data lakes.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 6 years’ experience building scalable e-commerce applications.
• 5+ years of experience with building scalable, high performing and robust Java (version 8 or above) applications.
• Experience in Spring technologies.
• Experience in Messaging technologies like Apache Kafka.
• Proficient in Data Structures, Algorithms and Problem solving.
• Experience with big data methodologies involving Hive/Hadoop/Spark.
• Experience with Hadoop workflow management using Azkaban, Oozie, HaMake or Cascading.
• Hadoop stream processing using Storm/Spark.
• Experience with no-SQL technologies like Cosmos, Cassandra, Couchbase, Flume or HBase.
• Advanced scripting skills in Python or Shell and willingness to learn new technologies.
• Experience with Continuous Integration and related tools (e.g., Jenkins, Hudson, Maven).
• Experience with Code Quality Governance related tools (Sonar, Gerrit, PMD, Find Bugs, Checkstyle, Emma, Cobertura, etc.).
• Experience with Source Code Management Tools (Git Hub).
• Knowledge of standard tools for optimizing and testing code.
• Ability to operate effectively and independently in a dynamic, fluid environment.

• Experience developing using J2EE technologies such as Servlet/JSP/Filters, JNDI, JDBC, JMS, JMX, RMI, Java Web Services or related skill.
• Experience with Eclipse or other IDE development tools.
• Experience developing with web/app containers such as Apache/Tomcat, Nginx.
• Experience developing using relational databases such as Oracle or MySQL.