Data Engineer (onsite), Redmond, WA (US)

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Posted: September 27, 2018

Job title: Data Engineer

Company name: MediaAlpha

Location: Redmond, WA (US)

Pay rate: USD

Terms of employment: Salaried employee

Hours: Full time

Onsite: yes

Description:
MediaAlpha provides the technology infrastructure for the industry's first
and only ecosystem of advertising exchanges for native search and
metasearch media. MediaAlpha’s technology transparently connects buyers and
sellers to create efficient, programmatic marketplaces for performance
media targeting consumers at the point of purchase across leading brand,
metasearch, and comparison sites. The Company’s technology platforms power
over 50 million high-value transactions annually, representing more than
$400 million in annual media spend across the insurance, travel, personal
finance, education and home service verticals.

The MediaAlpha team is
composed of talented and conscientious individuals who share a passion for
doing great work and a pioneering spirit to identify new solutions that
continually keep our company and our partners one step ahead. We have dual
headquarters in Redmond, WA and Los Angeles, CA, with offices in Seminole,
FL, Carson City, NV and London, UK.


We are looking for a result-driven,
analytical and creative Data Engineer to join our technology team. This
individual should be an innovative problem solver, self-motivated and
highly organized. As a Data Engineer at MediaAlpha, you will take part in
all aspects of the software development lifecycle. This includes working
with stakeholders in fixing and improving and our MediaAlpha Exchange
Product and testing new features and integrations. The ideal candidate will
have a strong bias toward data-driven decision making. Additionally, they
will enjoy designing, implementing, and scaling systems that process tens
of thousands of high-value transactions a day, while also producing elegant
and readable code.

Desired skills:
Responsibilities
Own the full software development lifecycle of
implementing high-performance ad serving software.
Develop robust and
scalable code to analyze ad performance data for optimization.
Support and
lead specific ad-hoc projects across our five product verticals. 
Work
within a Perl development environment on a Linux platform.
Be part of a
team that maintains and supports our live MediaAlpha Exchange product. 


Requirements
Experience implementing statistical models, machine learning,
and analysis (Prediction, Classification, Clustering, time series
forecasting, regression models, etc.) using R and SQL.
Working knowledge of
relational data modeling.
Strong programming skills including software
engineering methodologies and best practices. Experience with Perl a plus.
Experience with Hadoop v2, MapReduce, HDFS.
Experience using web APIs. 
Exceptional analytical skills.
Ability to articulate and communicate
clearly, concisely, and thoughtfully.
Ability to handle-multiple and
simultaneous tasks while meeting aggressive deadlines. 
A self-starter,
comfortable with ambiguity and ability to problem solve, while paying
careful attention to detail.
Experience working with engineers and
non-technical stakeholders.
Be a champion of instilling excellence in
coding and quality into the team and culture.
B.S. required, preferably in
a technical discipline (e.g., computer science).

Compensation
Highly
competitive salary and bonus program participation.
High quality health and
dental care plans with no employee contributions and zero deductibles (in
network). Flexible spending account.
Unlimited PTO.
401K company
contribution program (after one year).
Professional training and education
reimbursements.
Generous employee perks (e.g., mobile phone program, gym
membership).

Website for more information: http://www.mediaalpha.com

Contact information at:
http://jobs.perl.org/job/21432#contact