Open-source has been a part of Berkeley culture since the 1970’s when Bill Joy assembled the original Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). As a reader of this blog, you probably know first-hand the time and effort it takes to create quality open-source software.
Over the last year, the lab has seen exciting growth in the number of users and contributors. In order to keep code quality high, I’ve been hired to build a team of full-time engineers. We have two software engineering positions open immediately. Both positions require strong Linux skills and familiarity with EC2 and git. One position requires experience with one or more of Scala, Java, C++, Hadoop, Hive and NoSQL databases; while the other position will focus on automation where knowledge of scripting, Maven, Jenkins, and rpm/deb packaging is important.
Berkeley has been good to me and I’m certain Berkeley will be good to you.
I come to Berkeley from Cloudera where I worked as a member of the Engineering team during the company’s first four formative years. I met the Cloudera founders through my contacts at Berkeley. In the past, I worked as a Software Engineer at Berkeley doing Grid and cluster research and founded the Ganglia project: a popular monitoring system installed on millions of computers world-wide. I credit the success of Ganglia to the Berkeley focus on long-term design and open-source collaboration.
The AMPLab is an open and collaborative space that has a startup feel. The faculty in the lab have shunned private offices to be more accessible and engaged. You’ll work side-by-side with graduate students that are such prolific designers and engineers; it’s easy to forget they’re working on a Ph.D. and have a full course load. The lab has been an incubator for an impressive array of software projects like Spark, Shark, Apache Mesos and SNAP just to name a few.
As a member of the team, you’ll get an inside look at the new Big Data innovations our sponsors are working on. Additionally, Silicon Valley startups and companies regularly come to Berkeley for tech talks. You’ll not only be informed and intellectually stimulated; you’ll also have a closet full of the latest tech T-shirts.
The lab draws support from a five-year $10M, NSF “Expeditions in Computing” program grant, announced by the White House as part of their “Big Data” research initiative, a 4.5 year, $5M Darpa XData contract , and over $7M (to date) from Industry sources. These investments show the faith that both the private and public sector have in the AMPLab to build a comprehensive software stack to meet the new Big Data challenges.
How to Apply
If you apply soon, you’ll be able to join us for our winter retreat at Squaw Valley Ski Resort in January. We’re staying slope-side so bring your snowboard or skis!
Visit jobs.berkeley.edu and search for “AMPLab” in the Basic Job Search form to find the positions. Please feel free to contact me at massie@cs.berkeley.edu, if you have any questions or issues applying.