BuildZoom is looking for a data engineer to play moneyball with home improvement

BuildZoom is a marketplace for remodeling and construction that reduces risk and simplifies the hiring process.

We analyze millions of building records from sources that include over 100 contractor licensing agencies and 500 local building permit departments to provide users with incredibly reliable and accurate improvement recommendations they can’t get anywhere else.

We're looking for a supremely talented engineer with expertise dealing with large data sets, for a leadership role in our company.

Here are some of the problems we're working on right now:

1. Allowing users to visualize current remodeling activity in their neighborhood so they can find and hire a contractor with local expertise. Challenges include accurately geo mapping remodeling permit data to specific property coordinates; ensuring low page load times as users navigate around on a map.

2. Help users visualize seasonal pricing info for different classes of projects so they can hire at the perfect time. Challenges: processing and delivering complex statistical data while ensuring consistent performance of charts in areas of the site getting hammered by users.

Requirements:

1. Expertise in structuring and managing large data sets 2. Ability to get immediate productivity while balancing long-term goals 3. Relevant academic/professional experience 4. Experience with probabilistic classifiers (e.g. Naive Bayes) and statistical analysis is a plus 5. Passion for using data to empower consumers and improve the status quo

Perks

1. Opportunity to be the lead data engineer at a start-up that is solving a big, real world problem 2. Competitive equity, salary & benefits 3. Great HQ located near Caltran 4. Work with a talented, diverse team 5. Flexible work schedule that places a premium on productivity

If you're interested in having a conversation with one of the founders to learn more, e-mail us at founders@buildzoom.com