Client:                         Minerva Analytics 

Position:                     Sr. Software Engineer

Location:                    Cambridge, MA

job description

    
 Minerva Analytics, the latest team to emerge from Cogo’s proven
incubator model, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our
team. Using Cogo’s extensive data warehouse, the Minerva team is
building communities of users on the internet through a combination of
rapid-development web property tools, scalable user acquisition, and
extensive competitive and performance analysis.
 At our core we are a media company that employs data-driven, analytical
methodologies to create profitable web businesses.
 As the Sr. Software Engineer at Minerva, you will have the opportunity to
design, implement, and scale Minerva’s technological platform
alongside the existing Minerva Engineering team.
 We will look to you to set the technical direction for Minerva’s platform,
while diving in and helping that vision come to life.
 Your technical mentorship will help elevate the rest of the Engineering
team, leading by example to help grow and develop the Engineering
skills and culture at Minerva.
 You will work closely with Engineering Leadership to help size,
prioritize, and communicate technical tasks with those outside the
Engineering organization. 
Responsibilities:
 Architect solutions for growing and scaling Minerva’s internal tool
supporting our media platform
 Build maintainable and performant software in many diverse areas (web
apps, backend processes, internal libraries, etc.)
 Mentor the entire Engineering team around best technical practices in
order to grow a culture of Engineering Excellence
 Identifying and investigating emerging technology opportunities to better
serve Minerva’s Media Brand platform
 Communicate tradeoffs to senior leadership around approach,
prioritization, and rational for technical direction
 Participate in Agile ceremonies, helping the Engineering team
continuously improve over time
Qualifications:
 4 or more years of experience in software development
 Experience leading and/or mentoring a small team of Engineers
 Demonstrated ability to create, plan, and execute longer term technical
vision spanning multiple products and systems
 Extremely familiar with designing, implementing, and working with
REST or similar APIs.
 Experience designing relational DB architectures for medium to large
scale projects.
 An excellent verbal and written communicator who can work directly
with technical and non-technical project managers.
 Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related
field
 Professional experience building applications in React or Django
 Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud Platforms, and CI/CD
pipelines
 Mastery of Javascript, Typescript, or Python
 Expert-level skill with something unrelated to computers (Legos, an
instrument, carpentry, precision ax-throwing, anything).