Francis Alexander


Francis specialises in permanent Data Engineering positions in the German market.

Francis began his career as a promoter, and after producing several successful events in Spain, he came back to the U.K. to become an Estate Agent. After a successful stint, he entered the world of recruitment where he combined his love of technology and relationship management skills.

'I jumped on board with SODA because they understand the changes that are happening within the software landscape and want to build the engineering teams of the future - rather than the past!'

JOBS FROM FRANCIS

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Full Stack Engineer (Typescript/React)
Would building state of the art AI technology used by the likes of Netflix Studios, Amazon Studios, Marvel Studios, AppleTV and many more for their special FX and CGI? Do you want to be in a role where you can own the end-to-end SDLC for the services you build in Typescript, Next and React? If yes, then this is the Full Stack Engineer role for you! What you'll be doing - - Building client-facing front ends that will delight users and connecting them to back-end APIs.   - Working side-by-side in a cross functional team of Full-Stack engineers and Machine Learning Engineers- Own the system-design for the features you build - you design it, you build it, you run it. - What we need from you - - Wizard level experience with Typescript, NextJS and React- You know RESTful API design like the back of your hand. - You're comfortable with DevOps concepts - CI/CD with Jenkins, Docker and AWS deployment.- If you're familiar with Orchestration with Kubernetes - that's a big  - Agile working experiences - ideally Scrum. - Excellent coding practices - Unit Testing/SOLID/DRY. Working arrangements - Remote First but needs to be within the Toronto area for occaisional team meetings/client meetings in the officeBenefits - pension, Medical/Vision/Dental/Life PTO.Submit your CV to be considered!
Francis Alexander Francis Alexander
New York, United States
Senior Product Manager
Would you like to be instrumental in delivering an innovative digital healthcare SaaS platform? Do you want to build technology that genuinely improves peoples lives and empowers them to have seemless access to the services they need for their healthcare needs, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week?If yes, then this Senior Product Manager role is the role for you.What you'll be doing - - Owning the full product lifecycle from concept-to-delivery - including discovery, strategic planning, execution and continuous iteration.  - Working with stakeholders at the highest level to define product strategy based on company goals. - Owning prioritization of initiatives to maximize impact while balancing feasibility. - Giving product leadership to a cross-functional team of software and data engineers, design and operations. What we need from you - - Proven track record of product management within the healthcare or healthcare sectors - ideally with digitial products. - Deep understanding of the product lifecycle for SaaS products. - Product-first perspective - understanding of being led by the customer and - Ability to work autonomously, anticipate need and foresee solutions.- Understanding of healthcare industry compliance requirements - HIPAA or similar. - Deep understanding of system architecture and development lifecycle. - Familiarity with JIRA/Trello/Confluence Working arrangements - Hybrid - 3 days a week in the office (Brooklyn)Benefits - 401K, Medical/Vision/Dental/Life PTO.Submit your CV to be considered!
Francis Alexander Francis Alexander
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Staff Data Engineer
Looking to for a Staff Data Role where you will head up a major infrastructure migration from Spark to Databricks, influence the technical direction of the companies data strategy while working on a SaaS platform that enables millions of children to learn every day? Well look no further! A industry leading Ed-Tech firm is looking for a Staff Data Engineer to join their team and do just that. What we need from you - Hands on experience with DataBricks, EMR and DMS - along with a knowledge of the AWS stack as a whole. Wizard level skills in Python and SQL for building ETL. Experience with migration from one data platform to another (ideally from Spark).An understanding of modernn best practices for Data quality and governance. Proven technical leadership experience. Excellent soft skills with experience managing internal and external stakeholders. What you'll be doing - End-to-end implementation of Databricks across enterprise level data infrastructure. Guiding more junior Data Engineers on best practices and architecture. Influencing the technical direction of the data strategy at the highest levels of the business.Work arrangement - Fully remote positionNo sponsorship - GC or U.S citizens onlyExcellent benefits - 401K Matched/Health wellness insurance/Unlimited PTO/Paid parental leave
Francis Alexander Francis Alexander
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Director of Data
Looking for a Director of Data role where you will be responsible for the conception and implementation of brand new data architecture? Do you want to be spearheading teams that will be completely transforming the data landscape of an asset managment firm with over a trillion AUM? If yes, keep reading.... We are on the hunt for an experienced Director of Data to own the entire data engineering function of one of the largest Asset Management firms in the Boston Area. You'll be responsible for leading the team and executing the data strategy from a technical perspective. What we need from you - -Proven leadership experience of leading data engineering teams - 4+ years-Excellent knowledge of both JVM and Python languages for data engineering. -Deep understanding of modern data engineering best practices and standards. -AWS wizardry - a deep understanding of both AWS cloud infrastructure and it's data stack. -Expertise in data modelling and management -Experience with real-time data pipelines - how to construct them and ensure data integrity.-Hands on experience of design and implementation of data lakes and wearhouses. -Machine learning fundamentals - MLOps in particular. Nice to haves - -Experience with ETL tooling like Talend. -Experience with Snowflake/DataBricksRole specifics - Hybrid from central Boston - 3 days a week in office. Apply with your CV to be considered!
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