Sr. Data Engineer

TL;DR

Sr. Data Engineer (AI): Build and scale high-throughput streaming pipelines ingesting 400M+ monthly MLS updates across 350+ integrations using Airflow, Spark Streaming, Kafka, and Iceberg with an accent on reliability, performance, and data correctness. Focus on modeling production-grade real estate datasets, strengthening data quality and observability, and leveraging AI to improve data operations.

Location: Remote (Canada)

Company

hirify.global is building the AI growth platform for real estate, a Series C company backed by top investors like Bessemer Venture Partners, serving over 87,000 real estate professionals.

What you will do

• Build and scale high-throughput streaming pipelines using Airflow, Spark Streaming, Kafka, and Iceberg for 400M+ monthly MLS updates across 350+ integrations.
• Model and deliver high-quality, production-grade real estate datasets, balancing freshness, accuracy, and cost.
• Strengthen data quality and observability with checks, monitoring, and alerting.
• Leverage AI to improve data operations, including triage, debugging, and resolving issues.
• Shape platform architecture and drive AI-powered product delivery as a technical leader.

Requirements

• Located in Canada for remote work.
• 6+ years of professional data engineering or software engineering experience.
• Strong experience with distributed data processing and streaming systems (Spark/PySpark, Kafka).
• Proficiency in Python (Pydantic preferred); familiarity with Node/TypeScript a plus.
• Experience building data pipelines on AWS using Airflow, Spark Streaming, and Iceberg.
• Solid understanding of data modeling, large-scale datasets, event-driven systems (Kafka, SQS), data quality checks, and monitoring.
• Proven track record leading high-impact initiatives in a SaaS environment; expert in software design and multi-tenant architectures.

Culture & Benefits

• AI-first engineering culture: unlimited budget for AI tools like Anthropic tokens; use AI agents for code writing, review, and shipping.
• Fast-paced, ambiguous environment in a high-growth Series C company with real ownership.
• Collaborative team that communicates clearly, celebrates wins, and enjoys building together.
• Ranked on Inc. 5000 and BuiltIn Best Places to Work lists; innovative proptech leader.