Head of Software Development (SaaS)

#Julia #Any Language #Back-end #Cloud Computing #Machine Learning #InstantML 

Job Content

As a head of development at Tangent Works you will work on managing, building, and assuring quality of the back-end and front-end components of a distributed machine learning platform TIM (Tangent Information Modeller).

TIM is an automatic model building engine for forecasting and anomaly detection on time-series data. TIM introduces InstantML – a new perspective on machine learning that brings ML closer to the end user and is a next step after AutoML. From technical perspective, TIM is a set of distributed micro-services written in Julia and Python with REST APIs deployable on premise, in the cloud and on the edge. Front-end components are implemented using ReactJS. Some of the components are exposed via plug-ins to widely recognized BI platforms like Qlik, Alteryx, PowerBI, … and cloud platforms like Azure and Amazon.

This is a dream job for people passioned about code that drives machine learning to the next level.

Job Description

• You lead a team of software engineers responsible for the design, development and maintenance of a high quality SaaS platform.
• You develop and implement best practices for software development and maintenance.
• You develop workable procedures for security, reliability and performance. You ensure openness to discuss problems and you implement a continuous improvement approach.
• You work closely together in cross-functional teams (product management, design management…) to prioritize customer needs.
• You are in charge for the integration and scalability of the SaaS platform.
• You oversee the project planning and ensure that projects can be delivered on time. You identify technical issues and provide feasible solutions.
• You coach your team and you help them grow as individuals and as a team.
• You are part of the management team, work together with the CTO R&D and reporting to the CEO.
• Lead design discussions related to
  • Software architecture and design patterns
  • Database architecture
  • Quality assurance, testing, and test-driven development
  • Complex time-series data querying and pre-processing
  • Asynchronous communication with other systems / micro-services
  • Algorithmic development, high-performance computing, parallelism
  • UI components and front-end

• Propose architecture, APIs and designs with high code re-usability and low maintenance
• Aim to exceed user expectations, ensuring that usability and performance are given equal considerations during design and development.
• Improve reliability and computational performance of the system
• Review proposed code and provide feedback
• Follow latest developments in Julia and its eco-system
• DevOps and SCRUM/Agile sprint management

Requirements

• 10+ years of solid back-end development experience (any language)
• 5+ years in a leading role
• Ability to navigate through different levels of abstraction of software development
• Strong communication skills, especially with regards to requirements gathering and documentation
• Software architecture and design patterns with modular, effective, and re-usable software components
• REST, GraphQL, synchronous and asynchronous designs, parallelism
• Quality assurance policies, automated testing
• Cloud Computing (Azure or AWS), Docker Containers, DevOps
• Team leading skills and servant leadership

Additional Desirable Experience

• Julia experience is a plus, an experience with MVC frameworks
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Highly organised and self-driving with eye for detail and quality
• Great communicator in English that wants to get the job done
• Bachelor / Master Degree

What we offer

• A competitive  package
• Working in an international team (Slovakia, Belgium, UK, USA and growing)
• An inspirational environment, where you can co-construct and shape the organisation
• A dynamic and motivated team

Work Location

• Position in Belgium/Gent or Antwerp (remote working possible)

Contact

• jobs@tangent.works