Senior Streaming Engineer (GCP)

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Big Data Engineer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in developing and scaling both stream and batch processing systems and a solid understanding of public cloud technologies especially GCP. This role involves working in a remote environment requiring excellent communication skills and the ability to solve complex problems independently and creatively.

What you will be doing

Build a reusable and reliable code for stream and batch processing systems at scale. This includes working with technologies like Pub/Sub Kafka Kinesis DataFlow Flink Hadoop Pig Hive and Spark. Implementing automation/DevOps best practices for CI/CD IaC Containerization etc.

Requirements:

• Experience in building a reusable and reliable code for stream and batch processing systems at scale.

• Expertise in public cloud services particularly in GCP.

• Experience with GCP managed services and understanding of cloud-based messaging/stream processing systems are critical. Data Proc Cloud Composer GCS DataFlow.

• Experienced in Infrastructure and Applied DevOps principles in daily work. Utilize tools for continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) like Terraform to automate and improve development and release processes.

• Has knowledge in containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes to enhance the scalability and efficiency of applications.

• Ability to tackle complex challenges and devise effective solutions. Use critical thinking to approach problems from various angles and propose innovative solutions.

• Worked effectively in a remote setting maintaining strong written and verbal communication skills. Collaborate with team members and stakeholders ensuring clear understanding of technical requirements and project goals.

• Proven experience in engineering stream/batch processing systems at scale.

• Strong programming abilities in Java and Python.

• Hands-on experience in public cloud platforms particularly GCP. Additional experience with other cloud technologies is advantageous.

Must Have:

• Strong Java 11-17 experience

• Dataflow (Managed Apache Beam)

• Pub/Sub

• Google Associate Cloud Engineer Certification or other Google Cloud Professional level certification

• 4+ years of experience in customer-facing software/technology or consulting

• 4+ years of experience with “on-premises to cloud” migrations or IT transformations

• 4+ years of experience building and operating solutions built on GCP (ideally) or AWS/Azure

• Technical degree: Computer Science software engineering or related

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