VERDEECO

SMART GRID + BIG DATA = CLOUD COMPUTING

We are looking for a Software Engineer to be an integral part of our team and join in on our journey to completely disrupt the exciting smart grid industry. Our robust SaaS system constitutes a wide range of open-source software designed for high volume and rapid growth. The ONE must be a self-starter, problem solver and team player. This team player will be responsible for quickly developing interactive web applications, participate in the design and coding of end-to-end applications including database models, application logic, and presentation layers. But we are looking for an innovator with an entrepreneurial touch, looking to blow it out of the park, willing to disrupt, who is able to adapt the right technologies necessary to solve business problems. 

We are looking for high energy individuals with entrepreneurial spirit. If you are looking for a place where you can be integral to a building a team, a culture, a company, an industry…then let us introduce ourselves.

We’re Verdeeco. That’s (ver • DEE• co). And we are doing some pretty exciting things. Actually, we’re pretty exciting ourselves. We are an Atlanta-based smart grid startup who has been rated as one of the hottest startup companies to watch for 2011 by the Smart Grid News. We’re pretty excited about all that, but we’re more excited about what we’re doing.

The smart grid is basically taking the “dumb” electric grid and adding communication, monitoring, analysis, and control to attempt to predict and intelligently respond to the behavior and actions of electric consumers. But these devices that go onto the grid produce data. BIG DATA. Big data that the current back end systems used in the industry are not equipped to handle. The industry recognizes the data problem, and sees the need for advanced analytics, but hasn’t been able to produce a solution.

That’s where we come in. We provide a cloud-based data storage and analytics platform with a SaaS application offering to the industry. In addition to the storage of petabytes of data, our solutions use a novel metrology to query, mine, and store results in cache for fast access. Not only are our data analytics solutions based on heuristics and predictive analytics algorithms, they also incorporate machine learning to further make our applications learn and better their predictions for the next time around. We are building this technology from the ground up and are looking for someone who has what it takes to make an impact in this environment.


Responsibilities:
• Design, Develop, and Implement Java based SaaS solutions to enterprise-level scalability, performance, and availability in the cloud. Use existing processes and toolset and to focus on short term product release targets. Develop high-performance applications for large-scale data management and analytics.
• Maintain a suite of existing applications by implementing new features and fixing critical bugs
• Collaborate with other engineers on code reviews, design documentation, and process enhancements
• Ensure that unit and system tests are automated and complete per requirements
• Adhere to current documentation standards and produce necessary documentation for training and compliance


Skill Sets:

• BS/MS in Computer Science or Industrial and Systems Engineering. Mathematics and/or Statistics background a plus
• Very Strong hands on experience developing Core Java,J2EE,Servlets in a Unix/linux environment
• Very strong in Javascript (mandatory),HTML, HTML5, CSS, jQuery.
• Strong in automated test frameworks - Junit
• Strong in SQL
• Working knowledge of web based frameworks such as Spring, play preferred
• Working knowledge of O-R mapping tools like Hibernate
• Working knowledge of memcached or other similar technology a plus
• Working knowledge of any App Server such as Tomcat/Jetty
• Working knowledge of any open source database like MySQL, PostgreSQL is required.
• Working knowledge of any NOSQL, Hadoop, Cassandra or other big data solutions is preferred.
• Experience with git version control is a plus
• Prior working knowledge with Eclipse IDE is a must, unless suitable alternative experience exists
• Should be able to work independently, self-motivated and be able to proactively resolve issues
• Excellent communication (written and oral). Must be an independent worker, confident and logical in their approach to life
• Should be able to work independently, self-motivated and be able to proactively resolve issues
• Must strive for beautiful code.
• Must be a team player and willing to work with minimal requirements and direction. This is an ABSOLUTE must.


Let us warn you now; this job is not for just anyone. In fact, if you are just looking for a job—or a paycheck to cash, or a checklist of tasks to tick off, or anything even close to just punching a time card—forget you ever saw this! This is not for the faint of heart. We work in an agile environment, requirements change (we do 2 week SPRINTs), and like any other start-up, the delivery dates are aggressive. But we guarantee one thing - you’ll have a lot of fun.

(Source: blog.verdeeco.com)