Senior Software Engineer -Data Platform (Batch Processing & Data Security)

Job Requisition ID #

26WD96382

Position Overview

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Data Platform team, focusing on Batch Processing and Data Security/Governance. This role is critical in building scalable,reliable, and secure data pipelines that power enterprise-wide analytics, machine learning, and
business decision-making. You will work on designing and operating large-scale data platforms using modern lakehouse architectures, ensuring high data quality, observability, and compliance with security and governance standards

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the team’s vision and articulate strategies to have fundamental impact at our massive scale

  
  

• You will need a product-focused mindset. It is essential for you to understand business requirements and architect systems that will scale and extend to accommodate those needs

  
  

• Diagnose and solve complex problems in distributed systems, develop and document technical solutions and sequence work to make fast, iterative deliveries and improvements

  
  

• Build and maintain high-performance, fault-tolerant and scalable distributed systems that can handle our massive scale

  
  

• Ideate and drive innovative projects that will improve user experience

  
  

• Provide solid leadership within your very own problem space, through data-driven approach, robust software designs, and effective delegation

  
  

• Participate in, or spearhead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to adopt what’s best suited amongst available technologies

  
  

• Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency)

  
  

• Automate cloud infrastructure, services, and observability

  
  

• Develop CI/CD pipelines and testing automation

  
  

• Establish and uphold best engineering practices through thorough code and design reviews and improved processes and tools

  
  

• Groom junior engineers through mentoring and delegation

  
  

• Drive a culture of trust, respect and inclusion within your team
   

  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field.

  
  

• 5–8+ years of experience in data engineering / backend engineering.

  
  

• Strong experience with:

  
  

• o Apache Spark (PySpark/Scala)

  
  

• o SQL and large-scale data processing

  
  

• o Cloud platforms (AWS preferred)

  
  

• Experience building batch data pipelines at scale.

  
  

• Solid understanding of data modeling, partitioning, and performance tuning.

  
  

• Experience with workflow orchestration tools (Airflow or equivalent).

  
  

• Strong programming skills (Python / Java / Scala).

  
  

• Preferred Qualifications

  
  

• Experience with Apache Iceberg / Delta Lake / Hudi.

  
  

• Exposure to data governance tools (e.g., data catalog, lineage systems).

  
  

• Experience with streaming systems (Kafka, Flink, etc.).

  
  

• Knowledge of data security best practices (PII masking, encryption, IAM).

  
  

• Familiarity with CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code.

  
  

• Experience working with large-scale enterprise data platforms.

  
  

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