COMPUTER PROGRAMMER
Vantage Labs (www.vantage.com) is a world leader and innovator in the development and leveraging of artificial intelligence and natural language technologies into a broad spectrum of vertical markets and industries. Integrating patented AI and linguistic tools, Vantage offers world-class products and services, including award-winning Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions, into various vertical markets: Education, Government, Healthcare, and more.
Summary:
We are seeking a well-rounded Computer Programmer to join our company on a full-time permanent basis and contribute to our search technology development efforts while being based out of our development office in New Hope, PA. As part of a small team, you will be responsible for taking on various responsibilities and embracing the Agile development approach in order to help us continue to develop high-quality products by being involved in cross-functional discussions and driving new innovative ideas. This position reports directly to our VP of Development. You will be exposed to the design, development, and research on innovative linguistic-based technologies.
Preferred Skills and Abilities:
Identify and understand business requirements for new or improved features.Extend and modify PHP business logic and database persistence to support new end user, administrative, and reporting features.Build REST API endpoints to facilitate integration and secured flow of information between the web interface and back-end server code using PHP, Java and Spring Boot.Research algorithms, develop training data sets, and produce predictive scoring and classification Machine Learning (ML) models.Transform natural language raw data into meaningful language features using Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques to produce inputs to the ML text classification algorithms for supervised and unsupervised learning.Utilize ML scoring and classification models in core Java applications through REST API clients to expand available writing assignments and feedback.Design and implement new Web user-interface elements for end users to display new and improved features using HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript/Angular.Write complex database queries to extract historical data for training sets and reporting, using SQL, PL/pgSQL (Postgres), DBeaver, and JPA.Write programs to extract, process, and store data from various 3rd party data services/APIs and integrate them into the project application using PHP, Java, GraphQL and Maven.Design and implement improved algorithms and methodologies to create scalable solutions to manage high levels of user traffic for the application.Review code for readability, compliance to coding standards, consistency, security, best practices, and to ensure that the feature is ready for formal testing.Conduct unit and integration testing of existing and newly added features.Debug programs, rewrite and redesign the source code to improve performance.Knowledge in some of the standard front-end technologies like CSS, JavaScript (we use JQuery), REST, JSON. Experience with STRUTS, SPRING, SQL, HTML, XML, JavaScript and/or SCRUM is a plus.Knowledge of Open Source libraries, tools and frameworks, e.g. for logging, testing, and building.Excitement for the latest trends in application design.Experience with agile software development methodologies like XP and Scrum.Interest to learn more about new languages and frameworks.Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree or its equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a directly related specialty Information Technology field is required.1-3+ years of PHP software development experience is preferred: you must have excellent understanding of MYSQL and deep architectural understanding of PHP web applications & application servers (advanced educational accomplishments will also be considered).Good knowledge in some back-end technologies (i.e. Symphony, Laravel, Lucene, SQL, or others).Superior creative and innovative problem-solving skills.Initiative and the ability to work independently and especially in a team.Broad knowledge and understanding of the technologies related to search, linguistics applied to search, and Information Retrieval (IR) issues.Experience with technologies such as Lucene, Solr, or other IR technologies.Experience with the good and the bad of both successful and failed projects.Ability to slice and dice problems and tasks so they can be worked on by others and ability to mentor others (interns, rookies, and junior developers).Relaxed yet enthusiastic and motivated attitude towards the craft, company, and products.Benefits:
Medical, Dental, Vision.Short/Long-Term Disability.Life Insurance.ID Theft Protection.401K.Tuition Reimbursement, paid training.Vantage Labs is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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