What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Software Engineer - Data & Machine Learning position at Rocketship.vc?
Founded by world renowned data scientists and entrepreneurs, Rocketship.vc is a global venture capital firm with investments in 14 countries and a portfolio representing over 20 technology sectors. Rocketship.vc is passionate about leveraging the power of large data sets and machine learning to identify and support exceptional founders building world-changing technologies and businesses.
The ideal candidate is:
- Seasoned software engineer responsible for the development of new software products and enhancements to existing products
- Excels in working with big data, machine learning and large-scale applications and frameworks
- Self-motivated, multi-tasker, and demonstrated team-player
- Passionate about investing with outstanding communication and leadership skills
Responsibilities:
- Write clean, high-quality, high-performance, maintainable code
- Develop and support software including applications, database integration, interfaces, and new functionality enhancements
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable data infrastructure solutions to efficiently process, store, and analyze large volumes of data, ensuring data availability and reliability for machine learning initiatives
- Collaborate with data scientists and engineers to integrate machine learning models and algorithms into production systems, enabling data-driven insights and automation of business processes
- Coordinate cross-functionally to insure project meets business objectives and compliance standards
- Support test and deployment of new products and features
Qualifications:
- B.S., M.S. or PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, Information Science or related majors
- 3 yrs of relevant work experience
- Strong working knowledge of Python, data structures, and algorithms
- Relevant experience with analysis of large data sets
- Applied experience with Machine Learning software (scikit, tensorflow, etc)
- Entrepreneurship or experience with the venture ecosystem preferred
- Outstanding communication and leadership skills