Senior Personalization Platform Engineer

Company Description

Curinos empowers financial institutions to make better, faster and more profitable decisions through industry-leading proprietary data, technologies and insights. With decades-long expertise in the financial services industry and a relentless focus on the future, Curinos technology and analytics ecosystem allows clients to anticipate customer needs and optimize their go-to market decisions in an increasingly competitive market.

Curinos is operating under a hybrid modality. This individual may work from the Toronto office.

All candidates must possess work authorization which does not (and will not in the future) require work sponsorship by an employer.

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Personalization Platform Engineer to work on the Amplero Personalization Platform. Amplero’s patented technology dynamically identifies the right tone, message components, and channel preferences to improve marketing performance.

Our engineers are part of a cross-functional engineering team that build and maintain:

• Our core big data ETL pipelines. This entails developing pipeline components and pipeline platform infrastructure.
• Our core marketing decisioning engine which evaluates marketing rules and applies ML to each customer to produce optimized marketing.
• Our customer-facing web application which enables marketers to manage marketing campaigns and glean marketing performance insights.

Our Stack/Architecture

• Big Data ETL
  • Scala/Python/Java/SQL
  • Spark on Databricks
• Web Application REST API
  • Java, Spring Boot, SQL
  • Flyway
  • Spock & Groovy
• Web Application UI
  • Angular
  • CSS/HTML
  • JSON
  • amCharts
  • Cypress testing framework
  • Tableau integration
  • Micro-frontend architecture
  • Reusable product UI components

Responsibilities

• Participate in daily standups, sprint grooming and effort estimation.
• Provide business hours production support as part of an on-call rotation.
• Mentor junior engineers.
• Solve problems which require applying existing methodologies, processes, and tools to a new use case.
• Proactively and proficiently implement best practices for code development, scaling & performance and testing.
• Complete significant volume of discrete tasks defined by manager.
• Prioritize among tasks based on timelines and dependencies.
• Be able to explain potentially complex implications and findings of work to technical peers and leader in the team.
• Facilitate open discussions with team members regarding decisions.
• Build business context through conversations with stakeholders outside their team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Engineering experience is desired.
• You have strong Java and/or Scala experience and possess the motivation to master both.
• You have working knowledge and are competent with SQL.
• You have strong experience with core data structures and algorithms.
• Strong experience with at least two of the following:
  • Big Data ETL
  • Java Web application REST APIs
  • Web UI Development
• You have exceptional with both written and verbal communication skills.
• You are curious and eager to expand your horizons.

Additional Information

Why work at Curinos?

• Competitive benefits, including a range of Financial, Health and Lifestyle benefits to choose from 
• Flexible working options, including home working, flexible hours and part time options, depending on the role requirements – please ask! 
• Competitive annual leave, floating holidays, volunteering days and a day off for your birthday!
• Learning and development tools to assist with your career development 
• Work with industry leading Subject Matter Experts and specialist products 
• Regular social events and networking opportunities 
• Collaborative, supportive culture, including an active DE&I program 
• Employee Assistance Program which provides expert third-party advice on wellbeing, relationships, legal and financial matters, as well as access to counselling services 

Applying: 

We know that sometimes the 'perfect candidate' doesn't exist, and that people can be put off applying for a job if they don't meet all the requirements. If you're excited about working for us and have relevant skills or experience, please go ahead and apply. You could be just what we need! 

If you need any adjustments to support your application, such as information in alternative formats, special requirements to access our buildings or adjusted interview formats please contact us at [email protected] and we’ll do everything we can to help.

Inclusivity at Curinos: 

We believe strongly in the value of diversity and creating supportive, inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed. As such, Curinos is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or other protected characteristics.