Recommendation Engine / Java Engineer

Company: theophilus, Inc.
Location: New York, NY, but also can work remotely from anywhere
Web: www.theophilus-inc.com

theophilus, Inc. (www.theophilus-inc.com) is seeking an experienced part-time Java Developer with recommendation engine expertise to work on an exciting recommendation product which integrates advanced semantic analysis, search, social networks, and mobile devices such as the iPhone.

Description:
We are looking for a developer who can hit the ground running as a member of a development team working on a next-generation recommendation system. We are a funded startup, with a virtual office and flexible working hours (from 10-20 hrs/wk), and need somebody who is a self-starter and can work with minimum supervision. Candidates should have the following:

• Familiarity with recommender systems technologies, especially content-based and collaborative filtering. Good understanding of the basic experimental methodologies used for evaluating recommender systems
• Familiarity with predictive modeling and machine learning techniques, their implementation, and their evaluation
• Strong programming background in order to develop experimental prototypes and perform experimental evaluation; Java development experience (3-5 years)
• Strong familiarity with Linux/Unix operating systems such as Ubuntu or Red Hat
• Java Database Technologies (JDBC) experience; Relational Database and SQL experience (Oracle, MySql, MongoDB etc)
• Good communication and documentation skills
• If possible, experience in Python (1-2 years), Django framework or Web.py and Web services (REST)

Please send resumes or inquiries to Dr. David Kim, david.kim@theophilus-inc.com