original algorithm design, an understanding of Unix and performance issues, and the ability to work with our research and operations groups. The candidate must be able to contribute to the overall architecture of our product and take individual ownership of large components of the system
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original algorithm design, an understanding of Unix and performance issues, and the ability to work with our research and operations groups. The candidate must be able to contribute to the overall architecture of our product and take individual ownership of large components of the system
Company: Benefitfocus
Location: Charleston, SC
Web: www.Benefitfocus.com
Job Description:
Benefitfocus is the leader in software and services for the healthcare benefits market by providing employers, insurance carriers and consumers a single Web-based platform for shopping, enrolling, managing and exchanging benefit information. Since its founding in 2000, Benefitfocus has been a growing company solidly positioned in the 2 trillion dollar healthcare industry.
ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY:
Benefitfocus is rapidly evolving from the direct access data services to a more semantically rich health data space environment. Our users will see new compelling experiences that allow them to find answers rather than links and actually complete their tasks without leaving our Platform.
Building these system provides many technical challenges in the areas of distributed computing, data analysis, multi-Petabyte storage systems, high-performance, high availability computing, and efficient graph traversal algorithms. We're looking for world-class, fun-loving engineers to join our team! The position will require original algorithm design, an understanding of Unix and performance issues, and the ability to work with our research and operations groups. The candidate must be able to contribute to the overall architecture of our product and take individual ownership of large components of the system. The candidate is expected to hit the ground running, be able to communicate clearly with partners and peers, and be self-directing in a very dynamic environment.
Experience and Skills:
Minimum Qualifications:
- Solid experience with Java or C++/C, multi-threaded programming, network programming, Unix development tools, scripting languages
- Experience building large-scale, complex systems or applications. (Experience with large, distributed Linux applications preferred.)
- Participated in full life cycle of large project: Design, implementation, shipping and sustaining
- BA/BS (MS/PhD preferred) and 3+ years of private-sector software engineering experience
- Demonstrated ability to use all skills in a team setting
Preferred Qualifications:
- Built large scaled distributed systems
- Experience with cloud computing platforms
- Experience with systems like Hadoop, BigDataź, PNUT, Casandra and distributed stores
- Direct experience with Map Reduction
- Information retrieval or related experience a plus
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