Senior Software Engineer, Ocient
Dataset analysis and management platform
Job no longer available
Dataset analysis and management platform
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
101-200 employees
Company mission
To create, advance, sell and support the leading high-performance data platform the world uses to analyze its hyper scale data sets.
Role
Who you are
- BS, MS, or PhD in computer science, computer engineering, or related technical field
- 3+ years of industry experience writing code to solve complex problems using an object-oriented programming language (e.g. C++, Java, C#)
- Familiarity with CPU architecture and assembly code
- Strong understanding and application of data structures and algorithms
- Some experience with C or C++ and Linux/Unix
- Ability to speak and write in English fluently
Desirable
- Experience architecting high performance, distributed systems
- Ability to own and manage all risk associated with large complex problems
- Strong technical leadership and communication skills
- Experience configuring C/C++ build and test tools
What the job involves
- Ocient is searching for an experienced Software Engineer with strong problem-solving skills and a passion for low-level coding and performance optimizations
- You will be working with industry-leading software architects to help implement and test a cutting-edge data warehouse
- You can work in our Chicago office or remotely from anywhere in the United States
Our take
The rate of digital data creation is rising exponentially, and this isn't making data analysis easy for enterprises. Data sets are becoming too large and complex, resulting in it becoming difficult and time-consuming to analyze what could otherwise be actionable data.
Ocient develops a database and analytics software program that is capable of processing billions of rows of data per second. The startup claims that the platform is typically 50 times faster than high-performance alternatives, whilst facilitating integration within existing industry-standard hardware, SQL systems, and machine learning algorithms.
Whilst there are many new platforms arising that focus on the automatic analysis of large datasets, Ocient claims that it focuses on datasets measured in petabytes or exabytes - not the standard terabytes. The startup has demonstrated great foresight by preparing for inevitable bottlenecks that will be seen with the continuous growth of dataset size.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
17% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Apr 2025
$42.1m
SERIES B
Mar 2024
$49.4m
SERIES B
Total funding: $156.5m
Company benefits
- 100% Monthly Premium Paid Medical Insurance For Employees
- 100% Monthly Premium Paid Dental Insurance For Employees
- Vision Insurance
- Long-Term Disability Insurance
- HSA
- FSA – General Purpose Medical, Limited Purpose, and Dependent Care
- Unlimited PTO
- Work Where You Live (Remote-first Policy)
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Assistance Program – connect with a licensed professional to get support when and where you need it
- Blue365 – health and wellness discount program
- “Well on Target” Fitness Program – free and discounted gym memberships
- Work From Home Stipend
- Commuter Benefits
- Equity Incentive Award Program
- Educational Assistance Program
- 401k
- $3,000 Referral Bonus Program
- $1,000 Patent Filing Bonus Program
Company HQ
West Loop Gate, Chicago, IL
Leadership
Chris Gladwin
(Co-Founder & CEO)They studied at MIT before working at Martin Marietta, Zenith Data Systems, Cruise Technologies, and MusicNow. They founded Endstor and Cleversafe before starting Ocient as CEO in October 2014.
Joe Jablonski
(Co-Founder & CPO)They founded Visibility Systems, Acumence, and WeGather before spending 12 years at Cleversafe and co-founding Endstor.
George Kondiles
(Co-Founder)Having studied at the University of Illinois, they co-founded Acumence, WeGather, and Endstor. They left this position in 2016 having co-founded Ocient with Chris and Joe.
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