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Senior Data Engineer (Scala)

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Intellias is hiring a Senior Data Engineer (5+ years) to work remotely from India on US Central Timezone hours for a client. Day to day, the engineer builds and owns batch and streaming data pipelines using Scala, Spark, Kafka, Flink, and Airflow on AWS, and reviews AI-generated code.

Dear Candidates,


We are hiring for a Senior Data Engineer for our client in India, Remote - US Central Timezone


Exp: 5+ years

Job Location: Remote

Work Mode: Remote

Working Hours: US Central Timezone

Notice Period: Immediate to 30 days Max


Skills Required: Data Engineer, Scala, Python, Kafka, AI, Flink, Spark, Streaming, AWS


Role:


  • 5+ years of Data Engineering experience.
  • Strong Scala and Apache Spark.
  • Experience building and owning production ETL/ELT pipelines.
  • Streaming experience with Kafka, Kafka Streams, Flink, or similar.
  • Apache Airflow.
  • Comfortable with Java, Scala, Python, and configuration-heavy code.
  • Strong data modeling, schema design, and source-to-target mapping.
  • Data quality, validation, and production troubleshooting.
  • Strong software engineering practices (testing, CI/CD, versioning).
  • Ability to review AI-generated code.


Strong nice-to-have

  • Flink expertise.
  • ScyllaDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB, or other NoSQL platforms.
  • Customer Data Platform (CDP), identity resolution, loyalty, clickstream, or booking data experience.
  • Experience with SLAs, SLOs, observability, and monitoring.
  • GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor, or similar AI-assisted development tools


Responsibilities:


  • Design, build, and optimize batch and streaming data pipelines using Scala and Spark.
  • Develop and support Kafka/Flink-based streaming solutions.
  • Build and maintain Airflow DAGs, backfills, and production workflows.
  • Design data models, schemas, and source-to-target mappings.
  • Implement data quality controls, validation, and monitoring.
  • Troubleshoot production issues and ensure platform reliability.
  • Review and validate AI-generated code and maintain engineering quality standards.
  • Own systems end-to-end, including performance, cost, scalability, and reliability.



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Regards,

Ankita

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