Data Platform Engineer - Assistant Vice President

We are seeking a talented and passionate engineer to join our growing team. As a key member of our data platform team, you will design, develop, and maintain a high-performance platform for streaming data pipeline and analytics using cutting-edge technologies. You will work closely with the Platform Lead Engineer and other team members to deliver innovative solutions that drive data-driven decision-making within the organization.

Responsibilities:

* Design, develop, and maintain robust and scalable data platform using Java and related technologies (e.g., Apache Flink, Kafka, Trino). * Advise data engineers on how to build and optimize real-time and batch data processing applications to support low-latency requirements. * Extend the platform with data integration solutions between various data sources and targets, including databases, APIs, and streaming platforms. * Contribute to the design and development of event-driven architectures. * Write clean, well-documented, and testable code. * Collaborate effectively with other engineers, product managers, and stakeholders throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC), adhering to Agile methodologies. * Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in the data engineering space.

Qualifications:

* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. * Minimum 5 years of experience developing and deploying production-ready Java applications in a data engineering context. * Strong experience with core Java (version 11 or higher), SQL, and database APIs. * Proven experience working with distributed stream processing frameworks like Apache Flink, Spark Streaming, or Kafka Streams. * Experience with event-driven architectures and real-time data processing. * Solid understanding of OOP concepts, multithreading, and thread pools. * Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and deployment platforms like Openshift, ECS, or Kubernetes is a plus.

* Experience producing high quality code using agentic coding assistants * Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

* Master’s degree in a relevant field. * Contributions to open-source projects. * Experience working in a cloud environment (AWS, GCP)

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Applications Development

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Time Type:

Full time

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