Senior Software Engineer (Data Engineering)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Data Engineering): Developing and implementing real-time streaming data pipelines to process billions of user signals with an accent on sub-second latency and high-throughput reliability. Focus on building scalable Kafka-based streaming infrastructure and leveraging Apache Dataflow to ensure data freshness for large-scale identity and advertising insights.

Salary: $128,250 - $266,875/yr

Company

hirify.global is a global technology company providing digital products and omnichannel advertising solutions to hundreds of millions of users.

What you will do

• Develop and optimize real-time streaming pipelines for user event ingestion and third-party ID mutations.
• Build scalable Kafka-based infrastructure capable of handling millions of events per second with exactly-once processing.
• Implement Apache Dataflow and Beam jobs for complex stream processing, enrichment, and data validation.
• Collaborate with storage and platform teams to design high-throughput Cloud Spanner write patterns.
• Design monitoring, error handling, and data quality frameworks to ensure pipeline SLA compliance.
• Participate in on-call rotations to maintain production streaming services with 99.9% uptime.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience building production data systems.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with real-time/streaming data processing systems at scale.
• 2+ years of experience with GCP (Dataflow, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, Spanner) or AWS equivalents.
• Strong proficiency in Python, Java, or Scala.
• Demonstrated expertise in distributed messaging systems like Kafka or Pub/Sub.

Nice to have

• Experience with high-throughput Cloud Spanner write patterns.
• Knowledge of adtech, identity platforms, or consumer data systems.
• Familiarity with schema registry management and event-driven architectural patterns.
• Contributions to open-source streaming projects such as Apache Beam or Kafka.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible hybrid work options with occasional in-person team sessions.
• Comprehensive benefits including healthcare and 401k plans.
• Support for professional development through education stipends.
• Inclusive environment with 11 active employee resource groups (ERGs).
• Access to backup childcare and other employee support programs.