Senior Software Engineer (Java)

Company Description

Who we are:

At The Stepstone Group, we have a simple yet very important mission: The right job for everyone. Using our data, platform, and technology, we create opportunities for job seekers and companies around the world to find a perfect match, in fair and equitable way. With over 20 brands across 30+ countries, we strive for fair and unbiased hiring.

Join our team of 4,000+ employees and be part of reshaping the labour market and becoming the world’s leading job-tech platform.

Job Description

Fully automated Data Platform based on Data Mesh principles with streaming (Kafka) in its core. Our goals:

• Enable Data Domains with easy-to-use tools and automated processes
• Empower Data Ownership
• Data available everywhere, self-serve
• Data security by design
• Data Governance
• Help the organization to have the same understanding of the business
• Remove data isolation
• Create a source of truth with trusted data
• Speed-up discovery using data
• Speed-up data science and analytics activities

Your responsibilities:

• Design, implementation and maintainance of our Data Platform infrastructure using technologies such as Kafka, Kafka Streams, Terraform and JVM languages
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into technical specifications
• Develop and maintain CI/CD processes to automate deployment and testing of data platform components
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues in production environments
• Stay updated on emerging trends and best practices in data engineering and architecture

Qualifications

Your skills and qualifications: 

• High proficiency in programming languages such as Java and optionaly Scala
• Solid understanding of distributed systems and event-driven architectures
• Proven experience and deep understanding of Apache Kafka
• Experience with AWS cloud platforms and infrastructure-as-code tools: Terraform
• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools (e.g. Docker)
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams

Additional Information

What we offer:

• Unlimited access to our development environments where you can explore top notch cloud-based technologies
• From the very first day at StepStone you will be welcomed and supported by a cooperative team
• Become a member of the data engineering chapter community to help you reach your professional career plans and training goals
• Participate in workshops dedicated to innovation: get familiar with a new technology or try out a new idea!
• Participate in the best Big Data conferences
• Join a dynamic workplace promoting informal direct communication on a first name basis from trainee to CEO, laid back, helpful and engaged colleagues and flexible working hours
• Work in modern and attractive offices or from home (hybrid work model)

And more:

• Medical and stomatological care
• Life insurance
• Worksmile platform
• Workshops, international conferences
• Hackathons, Knowledge Sharing Hours
• In-house projects
• Events and integration parties
• English lessons
• Game room and chillout zone

Our commitment:

Equal opportunities are important to us. We believe that diversity and inclusion at The Stepstone Group are critical to our success as a global company, so we want to recruit, develop, and keep the best talent. We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of background, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, ethnicity, belief, age, family or parental status, and any other characteristic.