Senior Data and Backend Engineer - INTL India
Job Description
We are seeking a highly hands-on Core Data Engineer with strong software engineering fundamentals and deep expertise in building scalable data solutions. This is not a traditional ETL-focused role. The ideal candidate will have a strong coding background and experience developing business logic, optimizing large-scale data processing systems, and building high-performance data applications on GCP.
You will be responsible for developing and maintaining Spark jobs, enhancing business logic within data pipelines, integrating with Kafka and BigQuery, and improving the performance and scalability of our data platform.
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Skills and Requirements
5+ years of experience in Data Engineering and Backend Software Engineering
Strong programming expertise in Scala (preferred), Java, or Python
Deep hands-on experience developing and optimizing Apache Spark applications
Experience building and maintaining Kafka-based data pipelines
Strong experience working with BigQuery and large-scale analytical datasets
Advanced SQL skills with experience tuning complex queries Experience with Apache Airflow
Experience working within Google Cloud Platform (GCP)