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Ekotrope · 2 months ago

Software Engineer I/II - Data Team

Boston, MA

Full-time

Hybrid

Entry, Mid Level

$85K/yr - $100K/yr

1+ years exp

Ekotrope is a company that provides software solutions for energy-efficient building design and verification. They are seeking a Software Engineer to join their Data Team, responsible for improving data quality and delivering insights to customers through various tools and applications.

EnergyEnergy EfficiencyInformation TechnologySoftwareSustainability

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Make architectural improvements to our data APIs

Add new data collection capabilities or refactor existing data objects in our Saas applications to support our data business

Build and maintain photo data processing pipelines using LLMs and other AI tools for data extraction

Set up automated data quality monitoring systems

Build API pollers to ingest external data into our models

Work with Apache Spark (Scala) on AWS Glue for data processing

Implement solutions to fortify our data and engineering security

Assist with data-related customer support requests on an ad-hoc basis

Collaborate across teams to contribute to engineering initiatives beyond the data team

Qualification

Java programmingSQLApache SparkAWS cloud resourcesAPI designPython programmingCuriosityProblem-solvingCollaboration

Required

1-4+ years of experience as a software engineer

Strong Java programming skills

SQL experience, ideally with PostgreSQL knowledge

High capacity to learn new information quickly

Strong sense of curiosity and problem-solving ability

Demonstrated accountability and humility - comfortable asking for help, asking deeper questions, and collaborating with teammates

Commitment to our mission of empowering people with environmental data to drive sustainability

Preferred

Experience working with Apache Spark (we use Spark Scala on AWS Glue)

Familiarity with AWS cloud resources (Lambda, RDS, EC2, Glue)

Experience working with photo data pipelines, especially with computer vision/LLM data mining from photos or AI tools for data mining

Experience with API design and maintenance

Experience setting up automated data quality monitoring systems

Scala and Python programming experience

Experience with Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) and Domain Mapping

Familiarity with front-end design principles

Experience with Docker

Experience with threat modeling or other security practices

Familiarity with any of the following industries: The HERS Rating industry, ICC Codes / Residential Building and Energy Codes, ESG Reporting, Product manufacturers in the built environment space (HVAC, Windows, Insulation, etc.)

Located in the Boston area, able to come to the office and to company retreats