Software Engineer at Ocient

Job Description

Ocient is a venture-funded startup building a SQL compliant, exabyte-scale, high-performance data platform. It is a distributed system optimized for NVMe drives, RDMA networks and high core count processors. We are led by a management team with seven successful startup exits, including Cleversafe which was one of the largest software startup exits in Chicago’s history.

Position Overview

Ocient is searching for an experienced Software Engineer with strong problem-solving skills and a passion for solving hard problems. You will be working with industry-leading software architects to help implement and test a cutting-edge data warehouse.

Responsibilities

Able to create design docs for smaller components and improve the designs for larger components.
Successfully and independently implements designs of components or smaller systems provided by other engineers.
Responds to and efficiently fixes issues from the code review process.
Tests, debugs and fixes code in small components.
Takes responsibility for bringing tasks to completion and meeting deadlines.

Qualifications

BS, MS, or PhD in computer science, computer engineering, or related technical field
2+ years of industry experience writing code to solve complex problems using an object-oriented programming language (e.g. C++, Java)
Strong understanding and application of data structures and algorithms
Demonstrated coding experience on core technology
Ability to speak and write in English fluently

An Ideal Candidate Will Have

Experience architecting high performance, distributed systems
Ability to own and manage all risk associated with large complex problems
Strong technical leadership and communication skills

We are not open to using an agency or staffing company at this time. We do not accept unsolicited agency or staffing resumes and we are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Ocient provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and makes all hiring decisions without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

All official Ocient job postings and recruiting communications will come directly from our team via our Careers page, LinkedIn, or from an ocient.com email address. If you receive communication about a role from any other source, please treat it with caution and direct questions to recruiting@ocient