Senior Software Engineer II

About the Role

We are looking for a talented and driven Software Engineer with expertise in Git/GitHub, Java, Natural Language Processing, and regular expressions to join our Linking team. The successful candidate will play a key role in enhancing, maintaining, and optimizing the core Deduced Abstraction Field Transformer engine, which supports entity extraction, part-of-speech analysis, and the parsing of semi-structured text using regular expressions.

If you’re looking for a place where you’ll be stretched, supported, and surrounded by people who care deeply about their craft, we’d love to hear from you.

Responsibilities:

• Enhance, maintain, and optimize the core Deduced Abstraction Field Transformer engine, focusing on entity extraction, part-of-speech analysis, and parsing of semi-structured text using regular expressions.

• Collaborate with the Linking team to design and implement high-quality software solutions that meet business requirements and technical specifications.

• Lead code reviews and provide constructive feedback to ensure adherence to best practices and code quality standards.

• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues, ensuring the stability and performance of the software.

• Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

• Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry trends, applying this knowledge to drive innovation and efficiency within the team.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related field; advanced degree preferred

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.

• Strong problem-solving skills, with a desire to learn and the ability to grasp new concepts quickly. Must be able to work independently as well as in a team environment.

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

• Proficiency in Java (Java 8 or later), with strong knowledge of object-oriented programming, concurrency, and performance optimization.

• Extensive experience working with traditional Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques, libraries, and frameworks (e.g., spaCy, Stanford NLP, OpenNLP, or similar).

• Strong understanding and practical use of regular expressions for pattern matching, text extraction, and input validation.

Technical Skills

• Solid grasp of data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.

• Knowledge of text pre-processing, tokenization, POS tagging, and entity recognition techniques in traditional NLP.

• Experience working with large-scale text datasets, parsing unstructured data, and optimizing for performance and accuracy.

• Ability to ensure that quality solutions integrate seamlessly with existing data pipelines and architectures.

• Experience building and integrating RESTful APIs and microservices architectures.

• Familiarity with unit testing and test-driven development (e.g., JUnit, Mockito).

• Expertise in Git and GitHub workflows, including branching strategies, pull requests, code reviews, and CI/CD pipelines.

• Proficient with build tools such as Maven or Gradle.

Bonus/Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with machine learning techniques and how they apply to NLP tasks.

• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.

• Exposure to containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes.

Working for you:

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Health Benefits: Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits

• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan

• Wellbeing: Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs

• Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity

• Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits

• Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts

• In addition to annual Paid Time Off, we offer up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice