BIG Data/Optimization Engineer (Fast Growing Boston Startup)

Are you exceptional? Do you want to work alongside equally awesome people? At Nanigans, we are taking an active role in shaping the future of advertising on Facebook – and we’re looking for great people to come along for the ride. Our goal-driven technology enables marketers to place social ads at scale on Facebook, and in a way that delivers ROI. In fact, we have been an official Facebook partner on this front since 2010.

The team at Nanigans is revolutionizing how marketers think about social advertising, with a focus on building a platform that delivers true value and return on ad spend. We love technology, solving challenges, crunching data, and of course, are all addicted to Facebook. We have a work-hard, play-hard culture, with each team member passionate about paving the way for the future of advertising and dedicated to capitalizing on the opportunity afforded by being an official Facebook partner (so, 9-5ers need not apply!).

Do you like scale? Do you like data? How about building a system that must manage large amounts of data and provide real time results? We are looking for someone interested in solving big data problems at the enterprise level that is smart, a self-starter, and eager to learn.

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Responsibilities
â—¦Assist in development of core data services including large data ingestion, ETL, and real time access
â—¦Monitor system integrity and performance
â—¦Assist in migration of current system architecture (LAMP) to utilize new java based data service
â—¦Develop service access points via SDKs and RESTful interfaces

Qualifications
â—¦3+ years experience in Java
â—¦2+ years experience in RDBMS (MySQL, Postgres, etc)
â—¦Experience building high scale systems (high users, large data, or both)
â—¦Proficient in Unix/Linux
â—¦Experience with Hadoop or similar architectures
â—¦Experience in NoSQL (HBase, Cassandra, CouchDB, etc)
â—¦Proficient in automated testing practices
â—¦Previous experience in advertising highly valued