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: