Conductor Overview

Conductor is an emerging leader in natural search solutions, enabling high-end companies to gain a competitive advantage through natural search. Founded in 2005, Conductor is growing quickly and we're looking to expand even more. If you're creative, driven, smart, and interested in being part of one of New York's hottest high-growth startups, join us. Learn more about Conductor.

Job Description

Seeking object-oriented Java ninjas to work on cutting-edge data gathering and extraction on the elastic cloud.  You must know design patterns inside-out, be a master of Java syntax and object oriented design, and will be expected to hit the ground running within and on top of a rapidly expanding codebase.  Only top-tier pragmatic problem-solvers who don't mind getting their hands dirty with real-world issues need apply! And don’t forget your shurikens!

You will:

• Be directly involved in system and component architecture using cutting-edge grid and cloud technology
• Take ownership of, and extend/refactor, existing Java applications with an eye for long-term scalability
• Write lots of cool code

You should:

• Know Java, XML, and the usual slew of libraries like the back of your hand
• Be able to write fancy joins and generally navigate around MySQL databases
• Have built scalable systems handling large amounts of data
• Have a strong knowledge of fundamental algorithms, data structures, and runtime analysis

You're even cooler if you:

• Are comfortable with GridGain, Hadoop, and/or map-reduce implementations in general
• Have worked extensively in Spring/Hibernate and other modern web frameworks
• Can talk lucidly on the subject of data-node affinity
• Could write a b-tree from scratch and analyze its performance
• Like to play with scripting and functional languages as well, like Python, Ruby, Perl, Scheme, Haskell, or Erlang
• No fear of higher mathematics
• A couple of years of experience building backend systems for an Internet startup, Internet advertising network, or Search Engine