Careers

At BlastPoint, we know the path to success isn’t followed alone.

That’s why we surround ourselves with great people who are willing to share their great ideas along the journey, so we can succeed together.

If you’re looking to join a fast-paced company that values team collaboration, are looking to surround yourself with great people, and believe you qualify for one of our available positions, we’d love to hear from you.

Some perks of working with BlastPoint:

  • We’re excellent to each other.
  • We welcome fresh thinking.
  • We have a dynamic office in a great neighborhood.
  • We offer generous parental leave accommodations, paid time off and all the good holidays.

Check out the available positions below. If you like what you see, email careers@blastpoint.io or click here to submit a cover letter and résumé.

Senior Lead Developer

Job Description 

As a senior software developer at BlastPoint, you’ll be responsible for the architecture, design, implementation and deployment of our software-as-a-service platform. You’ll create solutions that allow our customers to understand their large datasets through data visualization and geospatial tools. You’ll work closely with the executive team to translate product vision and business needs into clean and scalable code. We are a small startup, so you will have a lot of responsibility, but also autonomy and flexibility in how you choose to accomplish your goals. As we grow, you’ll collaborate with our data science team to integrate machine learning tasks into our platform.

Professional Requirements
  • 3+ years of professional programming experience
  • Proven experience as a full stack developer or similar role
  • Expert knowledge of Python (strongly preferred) or other object-oriented language
  • Expert knowledge of a web framework, such as Django, Flask or Rails
  • Understanding of REST principles, service-oriented architecture and API development
  • A history of writing clean code, refactoring and participating in code review
  • Knowledge of Unit Testing and Test-Driven Development
  • Strong MySQL or PostgreSQL skills
  • 1+ years experience with React/Redux
  • Understanding of Linux and Ubuntu operating systems
  • Experience with the AWS ecosystem (EC2, RDS, S3, CodePipeline)
  • Familiarity with Docker, Docker Compose and best practices
  • Experience deploying code to cloud-based and on-prem infrastructure
  • Good written and oral communication skills
  • Authorized to work in the United States
  • Ability to commute to the Pittsburgh, PA office daily
Preferred Skills and Experience
  • Experience or familiarity with Django Rest Framework and Swagger
  • Knowledge of Pandas and/or noted experience with ETL operations
  • Experience with Mapbox (experience with vector tiles is amazing!)
  • An interest in geospatial technologies and knowledge (can you name all 50 state capitals?)
  • Experience with CI/CD pipeline tooling and deployments
  • A love of data, including, but not limited to, sources such as Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (BFRO) or NUFORC database of UFO sightings from US and Canada.