Big Data Engineer

Quantifind is a start up located in Palo Alto, CA, funded by the venture capital group Andreessen-Horowitz and founded by atomic physicists from Stanford University. We have developed a powerful platform for unstructured-data analytics that contextualizes data without relying on industry specific ontologies. We are significantly growing our team and are seeking experienced developers to help unleash its full potential.

Our product has already elicited from early customers the feeling of power that the best big-data applications bring. We are working with customers in the CRM and intelligence industries with applications ranging from product marketing to uncovering money laundering rings.

The candidate must have extensive experience with Java and general object-oriented programming, particularly as applied to information extraction. Experience with Big Data and distributed computation frameworks, such as Hadoop, is desired and machine learning and NLP experience is beneficial.

The candidate will be intimately involved with virtually every aspect of the project, from algorithm design to the creation of intellectual property. Thus this position comes with the potential for significant growth.

Recommended Skills:
Java (or C++), Hadoop, Machine Learning, open source NoSQL database technologies (Cassandra, Membase, Hbase), enterprise software development, Natural Language Processing, Information Retrieval, Mahout, Lucene, UIMA.

_Contact_:
Email Ari Tuchman ari@quantifind.com