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Software Developer, Intern (Big-Data-As-A-Service Team)

Ancestry

Software Developer, Intern (Big-Data-As-A-Service Team)

San Francisco, CA
Internship
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Job Description

    Ancestry seeks a highly motivated Software Developer intern to join our Big-Data-as-a-Service team. The Big-Data-as-a-Service team seeks to provide clean and usable data to our internal data science team so they can make our products better for Ancestry’s customers, including but not limited to personalized search and hints discovery for new tree connections and relevant documents. In doing so, we work closely with data scientists to help build machine learning models and provide data collection pipelines. As a software developer on the Big-Data-as-a-Service team you will assist in creating RESTful APIs for both internal and external consumption. You will also have the opportunity to learn Big Data technologies such as Apache Spark and AWS EMR which will be used to process large quantities of data.

    WHAT YOU’LL DO:

    • Work with existing code to add new features and adapt code to new data schemas.
    • Create new scripts to help with monitoring of jobs.
    • Write SQL queries to extract and validate data.
    • Help create infrastructure for our services using our Infrastructure as Code (IAC) framework.
    • Create tests to ensure quality.
  • Qualifications

    Qualifications

    WHO YOU ARE:

    • Currently pursuing a bachelor’s, master’s or Ph.D. level degree
    • Must be currently enrolled in a university and graduating after Summer 2019
    • Must have experience with Java
    • Must be familiar with REST principles
    • Must have experience with SQL
    • Must be familiar with data structures
    • Experience with Big Data and/or Machine Learning is not necessary but is a plus
    • AWS experience is not required but is a plus.

    For more information on what we do and to apply to open Ancestry internships, visit our careers page: https://www.ancestry.com/corporate/careers/search-jobs/department/internships

    Additional Information

    Ancestry, the global leader in family history and consumer genomics, harnesses the information found in family trees, historical records, and DNA to help people gain a new level of understanding about their lives. Ancestry has more than three million paying subscribers across its core Ancestry websites with an extensive collection of over 10 billion digitized historical records and has sold over 14 million AncestryDNA kits to date. Since 1996, users have created over 100 million family trees and 11 billion ancestor profiles on the Ancestry flagship site and its affiliated international websites. Ancestry offers a suite of family history products and services including AncestryDNA, Archives, AncestryProGenealogists, Newspapers.com and Fold3. AncestryDNA is owned and operated by Ancestry.com DNA, LLC, a subsidiary of Ancestry.com Holdings LLC.

    Ancestry is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Ancestry via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Ancestry. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Ancestry as a result of the referral or through other means. Ancestry is an Equal Opportunity Employer that makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and medical conditions related thereto), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, age (40 and older), mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), medical condition (cancer and genetic characteristics), veteran status, citizenship, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis that is prohibited by applicable law.   The Company also makes reasonable accommodations to applicants or employees with qualifying disabilities who request them and who otherwise meet the requirements of applicable law.  If you would like to request an accommodation during the application process, please contact our Director of Recruiting.  All job offers are contingent on a background check screen that complies with applicable law.  For San Francisco office candidates, Ancestry will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of San Francisco's Fair Chance Ordinance.

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