Senior Software Engineer - Data Pipe Infrastructure

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New York, NY

Posted Nov 10, 2023 - Requisition No. 121551

The DataHub Engineering team provides a distributed platform for hosting datasets, complete with managed data stores, search, discovery, lakehouse and real-time stream processing capabilities. The platform provides a single place in the company to discover, access, publish and subscribe to data. 

This is the team that introduced the abstraction of “dataset”, invented a schema language to formally define all data at Bloomberg, complete with schema evolution, versioning, and a true point in time semantics.  We're the first to introduce Kafka, Avro, company-wide Dataset Schema Registry, Mesos, Clustered MySQL, Vitess and Spark for ETL, at Bloomberg for designing this new Data Intensive Platform that is the hub of financial datasets. 

The DataHub’s Data Pipe Infrastructure, built on Apache Kafka, streams the most critical datasets influencing the financial markets. 

We’ll trust you to:

  • Write software for Kafka based Data Pipes for the company wide Data Mesh
  • Debug and diagnose intricate failures, functional and performance regressions, with Apache Kafka, data codecs, low latency services, Spark streaming 
  • Contribute to upstream bug reports and commits.  
  • Collaborate and share extensively with fellow engineers 

You’ll need to have:

  • 4+ years experience programming in Java/Scala
  • Expertise in Apache Kafka and Distributed Systems 
  • A Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, similar field of study or equivalent work experience
  • Experience building reliable data infrastructure

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Salary Range: 160,000 - 240,000 USD Annually + Benefits + Bonus

The referenced salary range is based on the Company's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level.

We offer one of the most comprehensive and generous benefits plans available and offer a range of total rewards that may include merit increases, incentive compensation [Exempt roles only], paid holidays, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, life insurance, and various wellness programs, among others. The Company does not provide benefits directly to contingent workers/contractors and interns.

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