Senior Software Engineer - Event Sourcing & Stream Processing

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Big Data): Building and maintaining high-throughput, event-driven pipelines responsible for processing massive volumes of assets and vulnerabilities with an accent on real-time data accuracy and scalability for cybersecurity solutions. Focus on designing systems to handle massive scale, solving complex data processing challenges like collapsing millions of findings into an accurate state record, and ensuring system reliability in production.

Location: Hybrid in Northern Virginia or Columbia, Maryland, US

Salary: $136,500 - $181,833.33 USD

Company

hirify.global is an Exposure Management company helping 44,000 organizations globally understand and reduce cyber risk with best-in-class cybersecurity solutions.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain high-throughput, event-driven pipelines for processing massive volumes of asset and vulnerability data.
• Design and implement scalable systems to calculate and maintain the "state of the world" from data streams.
• Architect and transition existing systems to a more efficient and reliable event-driven architecture.
• Own the full lifecycle of services, including deployment, monitoring, and ensuring health in production using DevOps practices.

Requirements

• 4+ years of Backend Engineering experience with a focus on high-volume data processing or distributed systems.
• Strong JVM proficiency (Java, Kotlin, Scala) with an understanding of memory management and performance.
• Proven experience with Event-Driven Architecture, specifically Apache Kafka or RabbitMQ.
• Knowledge of Distributed Systems challenges including microservices, eventual consistency, and data resiliency.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform for infrastructure-as-code and observability tools like Datadog.
• Proficiency with SQL and NoSQL data stores (PostgreSQL, DynamoDB or similar).

Nice to have

• Experience with Event Sourcing or CQRS patterns.
• Background in migrating legacy services to modern architectures (e.g., Scala to Kotlin).
• Security background (Big Data/Data Pipeline experience is prioritized).

Culture & Benefits

• Work with talented and passionate people in a culture of belonging, respect, and excellence.
• Comprehensive and competitive benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
• 401(k) retirement savings with company match and an employee stock purchase plan.
• Paid time off (PTO), company-paid holidays, and parental leave.
• Education assistance and Employee Assistance Program (EAP).