Senior Data Engineer – Real-Time Streaming

Remote Full-time
About the position

We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design and build high-performance real-time data platforms that power analytics, machine learning, and operational intelligence. This role focuses on streaming data pipelines, distributed processing, and large-scale event data systems.
You will work on building and operating low-latency data pipelines using technologies such as Apache Flink, Apache Druid, Kafka, and modern data infrastructure, enabling real-time insights across large volumes of structured and unstructured data.
This role requires strong experience in stream processing architectures, distributed systems, and scalable data infrastructure.

Responsibilities
• Design and implement real-time streaming data pipelines for high-volume event data.
• Develop and operate distributed data processing systems using technologies such as:
Apache Flink
Apache Kafka
Apache Druid
• Build scalable ingestion pipelines capable of handling millions of events per second.
• Design low-latency analytical data stores for operational dashboards and real-time analytics.
• Optimize data pipelines for performance, scalability, and fault tolerance.
• Work with product and analytics teams to translate business needs into real-time data models.
• Build and maintain data observability, monitoring, and reliability frameworks.
• Implement schema evolution and data quality controls across streaming pipelines.
• Contribute to data platform architecture decisions and infrastructure design.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote best practices in data engineering and distributed systems.

Requirements
• 7+ years of experience in data engineering or distributed systems development
• Strong experience building streaming data pipelines
• Hands-on experience with at least one major streaming framework
• Experience with real-time analytical databases
• Experience with large-scale distributed systems
• Strong SQL skills and experience designing analytical data models
• Experience building fault-tolerant, highly scalable pipelines
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages:
Java
Python
• Experience with AWS

Nice-to-haves
• Experience operating Apache Flink clusters in production
• Experience with Apache Druid real-time ingestion
• Experience building low-latency OLAP analytics systems
• Experience with Kubernetes-based data infrastructure
• Experience with Iceberg / Hudi / Delta Lake
• Experience with real-time ML feature pipelines
• Experience building observability for data platforms
• Experience with high-volume event streams (billions of events/day)

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