Senior Functional Scala Engineer

CompStak envisions a commercial real estate industry in which accurate and transparent data leads to better, faster deals for everyone. We gather critical information that is hard to access, then make it instantly and seamlessly available to our platform members.

CompStak, a prominent data startup, focuses on gathering unique datasets via crowdsourcing and providing unprecedented insights to the Commercial Real Estate industry via state of the art data-intensive applications. We are expanding our tech team in NYC and looking for a talented Sr Data Scala Engineer to help us bring our unique data products to the market. What you will work on will challenge the status quo and change our industry forever.

Scala based public and private APIs

Machine learning systems for processing and analyzing crowdsourced and public data

Automated DevOps via k8s, Argo & Terraform

Polyglot development environment

Data-driven product offerings

Sophisticated search tech, based on Elasticsearch

And much more.

We are looking for senior data or platform engineers with 7+ years of experience who have a proven track record of delivering high-quality, maintainable data-driven software.  Your experience should include:

Designing and implementing distributed data systems

Deep experience with Scala and purely functional libraries such as Cats, cats-effect/ZIO, FS2 and others

Relational and NoSQL data stores (Mostly SQL)

Domain-Driven Design

Microservice architecture – Cloud computing with AWS (S3, EMR …)

API design

Property based testing

Scala 3 is a plus

Kafka/Kafka Streams is a big plus

Elasticsearch is a big plus

Event sourcing is a plus.

At CompStak we provide a fantastic environment for your continuous personal and professional growth, and in return, we hope that:

You love data-driven products

Your professional mission is to develop rock-solid systems and write clean and maintainable code

You are focused on solving problems via well designed composable systems 

Successfully worked in a startup environment

Worked within a Scrum process

Strong communication skills

Good coding flow (usually correlates with productivity)

Always eager to learn no matter the depth of your experience

Kind person who has an easy time collaborating with other people.

Launched in 2012, we’ve built a network of over 30,000 brokers, appraisers and research professionals across the country, using a unique crowdsourced model.  Our clients enjoy the foremost lease and sale transaction data combined with a robust analytics platform. CompStak’s unique data and intuitive platform is used by the world’s largest real estate investors, lenders, brokers and appraisers to compare properties, underwrite investments and loans, close deals and track market trends.

 

CompStak has over 100 team members in the US and overseas; and we continue to grow.  We’re backed by top VCs and industry players like Morgan Stanley, Canaan Partners, IA Capital, Transamerica, Moody’s, RealPage, 500 Startups, and Daily Mail Group, and have raised over $75m to date. Our HQ is in New York City, we have regional offices in Atlanta, Chicago and Los Angeles, and we have an international office in Belgrade, Serbia.

We pride ourselves on an environment that is fun, collaborative, and rewards hard work. We look forward to the value that future employees will add to our amazing teams!

CompStak is an equal opportunity employer that celebrates employees and applicants of all identities, backgrounds, abilities, and perspectives. We foster a welcoming work environment that supports diversity and inclusion, and we reject discrimination or harassment of any individual. If you are a person with a disability and require assistance with any part of the application process, please let us know. All employment decisions are made on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.