Senior Software Engineer, Datasite
Python
Office located in Sealk, Paris
SaaS provider for the M&A industry
Job no longer available
SaaS provider for the M&A industry
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
Office located in Sealk, Paris
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower the dealmaking community to work smarter and faster.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering
- Strong proficiency in Python programming language (4+ years)
- Experience developing and maintaining RESTful APIs using frameworks like Flask
- Familiarity with machine learning concepts and algorithms
- Experience with data stores such as Elasticsearch (mandatory), Pinecone, and MongoDB
- Solid understanding of software engineering best practices, including unit testing and code review
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment
What the job involves
- We are seeking a talented Software Engineer to join our team, specializing in developing and maintaining features for recommendation systems
- In this role, you will collaborate closely with both machine learning and frontend engineers to implement and optimize recommendation algorithms, exposing them through RESTful APIs
- You will be responsible for designing, building, and scaling the API infrastructure to serve recommendations efficiently to our users
- This position offers an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology in a dynamic and collaborative environment
- Collaboration with ML Engineers: Working closely with ML engineers to understand the requirements for recommendation algorithms and integrating them into the REST API infrastructure
- API Development: Building and maintaining RESTful APIs using frameworks like Flask/uWSGI to expose recommendation functionality to the frontend
- Retrievers Implementation: Developing retrievers leveraging ElasticSearch and Pinecone (vector database). Responsibilities include query preparation, managing filters, sorting, pagination, implementing feedback loop, and re-ranking strategies to optimize recommendation accuracy and relevance
- Data Management: Communicating with databases like MongoDB to fetch and save lists, user preferences, and other relevant data necessary for generating recommendations. This includes designing efficient database schemas, implementing data access logic, and ensuring data consistency and integrity
- Performance Optimization: Optimizing API performance for scalability and responsiveness, especially when dealing with compute-intensive requests. This involves caching strategies with Redis, query optimization, and parallel processing techniques. Implementing tools to facilitate monitoring of recommendations accuracy over time
- Testing and Quality Assurance: Writing unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end tests to ensure the reliability and correctness of the API functionalities. This includes testing different scenarios, error handling, and edge cases
- Documentation and Communication: Documenting API endpoints, parameters, and usage guidelines for developers (front-end) and clients (using API). Communicating effectively with stakeholders, including ML engineers, product managers, and other team members, to gather requirements, provide updates, and address issues
Our take
As M&A deals continue to increase in both size and frequency, key stakeholders have been actively seeking tools to streamline their work. Datasite emerges as a solution. Having transitioned from its original focus on communications, the company now offers a suite of SaaS products tailored for M&A professionals, serving approximately 75% of the leading legal firms in the field.
Benefiting from its extensive experience in the industry, Datasite has successfully transformed into a more contemporary business entity. It has recently introduced highly acclaimed AI-powered technology to assist in deal preparation, asset marketing, and facilitating buy-side acquisitions.
With significant global expansion and strategic acquisitions, Datasite remains committed to enhancing its platform capabilities. Notably, in March 2023, it unveiled Datasite Cloud, specifically designed to streamline every aspect of the dealmaking process within a unified platform.
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Company benefits
- Culture and benefits built around work-life balance
- Extensive resources to support physical and mental health
- Employee assistance program
- Generous retirement plans
- Incentives for referring new colleagues
- Learning, training and mentoring programs
- Cross-functional projects
- Stretch assignments to help you progress
- Receive feedback and earn bonuses from peers & managers
- Employee bonding activities
- ESG and charitable team initiatives
Company HQ
Downtown West, Minneapolis, MN
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Leadership
Rusty Wiley
(President & CEO, not founder)Before joining Datasite, Rusty held various executive roles at IBM Corporation, most recently, as General Manager, Banking & Financial Markets. Upon joining Datasite in 2014, Rusty led the successful transformation from a communications and print-related business into a global M&A SaaS technology company.
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