Sr. Software Engineer - Platform

About LeapYear

The rise of large-scale data collection and machine learning has been accompanied by pressing questions related to privacy, security, and data access.

LeapYear builds technology to address these issues in a scalable, rigorous, and future-proof way.

With LeapYear, some of the largest enterprises in the world are able to break down data silos, form data partnerships, and accelerate the adoption of machine learning, all with mathematically proven privacy protection.

Position

LeapYear is looking for platform engineers that have a track record of developing enterprise-ready features for technical end users, including enterprise integrations, rigorous security, flexible deployment, and support for diverse data sources.

Recent technical challenges we've been working on:

• Developing a Spark-based query engine with strong typechecking
• Achieving terabyte and petabyte scale on Spark
• Refactoring our persistence layer
• Using Haskell to implement enterprise-ready subsystems for authentication, permissioning, job management, and logging
• Extending the platform to support automated daily data updates

Responsibilities:

• Develop greenfield systems and scale existing services to support internet-scale deployments
• Own the full software development lifecycle - problem definition, design, development, testing, demoing, and supporting production use of the features you own
• Partner with product management to define problems and identify iterative solutions
• Balance immediate business objectives against long-term architectural vision
• Contribute to an engineering-wide culture of code quality and shared responsibility for testing

Your qualification

• 7+ years of professional experience writing production code
• Acquainted with and interested in functional programming (Haskell, OCaml, Clojure, Erlang, Scala)
• Track record of delivering high-quality product features on schedule

Will be a plus

• Experience developing for on-premise enterprise deployments
• Professional experience with functional programming
• Prior experience developing production-level Spark applications or machine learning platforms
• Experience with ODBC/JDBC databases, AWS, CircleCI
• Lifelong learners and mentors

What we offer

• Culture of teaching and learning
• Competitive compensation package of salary and equity
• Catered lunch every day
• Company outings
• Build your ideal work station
• Generous health insurance plan
• Relocation support and visa sponsorship