Senior Software Engineer (Data)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Data): Building and evolving real-time data ingestion platforms, focusing on designing scalable systems that stream high-quality data from Kafka to Snowflake via Snowpipe Streaming. Focus on data quality, observability, pipeline reliability, and developing robust monitoring and alerting systems.

Location: This is a hybrid role based in Melbourne, Australia, with an expectation to be in the office at least 8 days a month.

Company

hirify.global is on a mission to simplify the complexity of business and make it easy for companies and customers to create connections with customer experience software.

What you will do

• Design, build, and maintain data quality systems and pipelines.
• Work with tools such as Snowflake, Kubernetes, and Kafka to enable scalable, observable data movement.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with data producers, analytics engineers, platform teams, and business stakeholders.
• Own the reliability, scalability, and performance of ingestion systems deployed on AWS.
• Architect and build core components of the real-time ingestion platform using Kafka and Snowpipe Streaming.
• Drive the development of platform tools that ensure data quality, observability, and lineage through Protobuf-based schema management.

Requirements

• Must be based in Melbourne, Australia and attend the office for part of the week.
• Solid programming experience, preferably in Java, Python, Go, or Ruby.
• Experience with distributed data systems (Kafka, Snowflake).
• Familiarity with Data Quality tooling and concepts.
• Good working knowledge of SQL (especially for diagnostics and DQ workflows).
• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong debugging, observability, and pipeline reliability practices.

Nice to have

• Experience with GenAI tools or supporting ML/AI data workflows.
• Familiarity with cloud-native data platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP).
• Exposure to dbt or ELT frameworks.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid way of working offering flexibility and connection, collaboration, and learning.
• Offices designed for collaboration, quiet, and events.
• Fulfilling and inclusive experience with a commitment to global diversity, equity, and inclusion.