Common Lisp Developer

About us

At RavenPack we are at the forefront of developing the next generation of generative AI tools for the finance industry and beyond. With 20 years of experience as a leading big data analytics provider for financial services we empower our clientsincluding some of the worlds most successful hedge funds banks and asset managersto enhance returns reduce risk and increase efficiency by integrating public information into their models and workflows. Building on this expertise we are launching a new suite of GenAI and SaaS services designed specifically for financial professionals.

Join the company that is powering the future of finance with AI

RavenPack has been recognized as the Best Alternative Data Provider by WatersTechnology and has been included in this years Top 100 Next Unicorns by Viva Technology. We have recently launched a next-generation platform aimed at transforming financial decision-making.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced developer with an interest or background in Common Lisp to join RavenPacks Analytics team. We are a group of engineers and professionals that thrives when working together. Wed love for you to be a part of our company and join us in Marbella.

You will be reporting to the Analytics Manager and you will interact with peers
across various lines of business and technical teams to support projects that
will span text classification big data analysis and product development among
others.

The ability to communicate effectively in English both in writing and verbally
is a must. Knowledge of Spanish is not a business requirement.

Responsibilities

As a software developer you will be focused on the development and maintenance
of applications that among other things extract data from incoming news and
deliver user and machine-friendly analytics to customers.

• You will be assigned various projects with the objective of improving your
  skills and knowledge of our systems. More responsibility will be granted as
  knowledge and performance improve.

• Researching advanced techniques in text processing.

• Developing in Common Lisp to the highest quality.

• Helping to manage various internal applications that form part of our
  infrastructure.

• Integration with other services within the company

• Assorted other small applications that may include some work in other languages.

Qualifications

• Professional experience developing in Lisp is not a requirement but if you
  are not currently a Lisp expert you are eager to become one.

• Professional experience working as a developer in any language or equivalent
  quality personal projects.

• Experienced in developing for distributed infrastructures and making scalable systems.

• Strong understanding of functional and object-oriented programming.

• Adaptable and willing to learn new technologies independently.

• Good documentation and communication skills.

Desirable

• You are fluent in modern software development practices including
  multi-threading and distributed systems.

• Knowledge and experience with cloud computing especially AWS.

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.

• Familiarity with container technologies such as Docker.

• Experience with software testing methodologies.

• Experience writing text analysis or NLP software.

• Experience working with Oracle and other databases SQL knowledge.

• Experience with document-oriented & search databases like Elasticsearch.

• Experience with using Machine Learning as a tool for NLP.

Whats in it for You

• Growth Opportunity: Join a rapidly growing company with 180 team members with offices in New York Madrid and Marbella building AI that truly matters for business and finance

• Best in Class: You will work with top engineers with experience using Python Java React and Lisp on cutting-edge innovative technology.

• Competitive Salary: In RavenPack we believe that your time and experience needs to be fairly rewarded.

• Continuous learning: We provide the support needed to grow within the team.

• Innovation: Innovation is the key to our success so we encourage you to speak up and tell us about your vision.

• Hybrid work arrangement: 3 days in the office 2 days remote (post-onboarding).

• Shuttle bus (Málaga): From Malaga Fuengirola La Riviera and Estepona is available for free from the company.

• Diversity is in our DNA! You will work in an international environment (over 29 nationalities and 24 languages spoken!)

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion colour national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status.