Hadoop Big Data Developer

Location: 100% remote within the United States

Salary: $86,000–$103,000 annually

Company

hirify.global is a technology consulting and software development company delivering cloud, AI, data, and enterprise solutions across the United States.

What you will do

• Design, build, and operate large-scale data processing pipelines on Hadoop and related big-data platforms.
• Ingest, transform, and analyze massive volumes of structured and unstructured data.
• Develop production workloads supporting enterprise analytics, machine learning, and reporting.
• Build streaming data solutions using platforms such as Kafka, Spark Streaming, or Flink.
• Implement workflow orchestration with tools such as Airflow or Oozie.
• Troubleshoot, debug, document, and optimize data platforms for reliability, performance, and cost efficiency.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience designing and operating big-data pipelines on Hadoop; the posting indicates 6+ years of overall experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Strong production experience with Apache Spark using Scala, Python, or Java.
• Hands-on expertise with Hive, HDFS, Sqoop, HBase, SQL, relational databases, and NoSQL data stores.
• Understanding of distributed systems concepts, including partitioning, replication, and fault tolerance.
• Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States as U.S. citizens, Green Card holders, EAD holders, or H-1B transfer candidates. New H-1B visa petitions cannot be sponsored.

Nice to have

• Experience running Hadoop on AWS EMR, Azure HDInsight, or Databricks.
• Familiarity with Delta, Iceberg, or Hudi lakehouse formats.
• Exposure to Apache Atlas or Collibra data governance tooling.
• Experience with Kubernetes-based data platforms, including Spark-on-Kubernetes or Trino.
• Experience with CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code for data engineering workflows.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time direct W-2 employment.
• Remote work arrangement within the United States.
• Career growth opportunities within an established technology organization.
• Equal employment opportunity and a workplace free from discrimination and harassment.