Senior PostgreSQL Engineer, Qloo
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AI-powered recommendation API
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AI-powered recommendation API
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
+ Equity
21-100 employees
Company mission
To demystify the intricacies of global tastes and preferences.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will possess significant PostgreSQL experience, with a knack for optimizing existing systems and enhancing application development for the future
- Degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field
- 5 - 10 years of experience in database administration, performance tuning, and security
- Proficiency in PostgreSQL, SQL and experience with PL/SQL
- Demonstrated ability in developing and optimizing data structures and functions
- Strong understanding database design principles
- Previous experience with Linux/Unix and scripting languages such as Bash and Python
- Experience with AWS RDS and Aurora PostgreSQL
- Strong experience supporting high availability and disaster recovery environments, and VLDBs
- Good understanding of hardware, memory and storage subsystems
- Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality outcomes
What the job involves
- Your expertise will be crucial in speeding up request processing, as well as designing and implementing new functions and data structures to support our upcoming features
- Collaborate with the API team to refine and enhance SQL capabilities
- Optimize existing PostgreSQL databases for improved performance and efficiency
- Design and develop new functions and data structures to support innovative features
- Play a pivotal role in application development, focusing on database optimization and expansion
- Contribute to the improvement of request processing speeds through strategic optimizations
- Foster a culture of innovation and continuous learning within the team
Our take
Powered by AI, Qloo is aiming to understand taste and cultural correlations. While giants like Spotify, Expedia and Netflix dominate their sectors, they inadvertently create "data silos", where valuable information remains isolated. A unified system, however, could help understand and predict diverse personal tastes across various domains.
To confront this, Qloo provides companies with AI-generated correlation data spanning numerous cultural and entertainment domains. Leveraging its platform, a user's taste in one category or genre can seamlessly inform recommendations in another, leading to more personalized experiences. For example, Starbucks is using Qloo to create in-store music playlists tailored to specific neighborhoods, enhancing customer engagement.
With an influx in funding over 2023 and 2024, Qloo is now introducing an accessible self-service interface, aiding small and mid-sized enterprises in charting consumer and taste analytics. Additionally, it has introduced the "multi-person recommendation AI", capable of matching profiles based on individual preferences stored in its database, which further solidifies its position as a leader in personalized recommendation solutions.
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Company benefits
- Champion your health: We offer 100% health insurance coverage, with the ability to join group dental and vision for a nominal fee.
- Invest in your future: Qloo’s competitive 4% 401K matching program helps you build a financial foundation for the years ahead.
- Generous PTO: With 20 days of PTO and 10+ annual company holidays, we encourage taking time to rest and investing in your life outside of work.
- Thrive in Soho: Our sun-lit, spacious office in Soho boasts standing desks, team lunches every Thursday, monthly outings, and a tight-knit community of hard workers.
- Parental Leave: Whether you’re welcoming a child through birth or adoption, Qloo supports all new parents with three months of paid parental leave.
- Ownership Mentality: We provide stock options to all positions, ensuring that everyone, regardless of level, has a stake in our success and shares in our achievements.
Company HQ
SoHo, New York, NY
Leadership
Alex Elias
(Founder & CEO)Previously served as a Principal at APE Capital for 4 years before founding Qloo in 2012.
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