Senior Data Engineer

Our Senior Java Data Engineer is a key member of the engineering staff working across the organization to provide a friction-less experience to our customers and maintain the highest standards of protection and availability. Our team thrives and succeeds in delivering high quality technology products and services in a hyper-growth environment where priorities shift quickly. The ideal candidate has broad and deep technical knowledge and all points in between, and a proven background in Java, Linux, Microservices, Containers (Kubernetes), database modeling, open-table format, performance tuning, query optimization, data sharding, partitioning, building, configuring, and maintaining data solutions on open-source data stack.

Position Responsibilities
As a Senior Java Data Engineer, you will: 

• Scope, design, and build scalable, resilient distributed systems to ingest, transform and manage the data from variety of data source types into open table format at peta-byte scale.

• Build product definition and leverage your technical skills to drive towards the right solution

• Engage in cross-functional collaboration throughout the entire software lifecycle 

• Lead in design sessions and code reviews with peers to elevate the quality of engineering across the organization

• Define, create, and support reusable application and database components/patterns from a business and technology perspective.

• Utilize programming languages like Java, Python, Scala and Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of Azure tools and services across the software development life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment, operations, real-time communication) to perform advanced-level Java application design implementation, and maintenance under minimal direction.

• Mentor other engineers 

• Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams 

Qualifications:

• Fluency and specialization with at least two modern languages such as Java, Python, Scala including object-oriented design. 

• Proven understanding of micro-services (SpringBoot/Micronaut) architecture and extensible REST APIs 

• Advanced understanding of DevOps Concepts and Cloud Architecture 

• Experience building the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems 

• Experience with application monitoring tools and performance assessments

• Knowledge of security protocols and products: Understanding of Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, OAuth 

• Knowledge of Kubernetes or willingness and ability to learn

• Experience with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code 

• Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment, operations, real-time communication) 

• In-depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms 

• Advanced SQL scripting skills 

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Excellent problem-solving skills and proactive in troubleshooting

• Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment

• Practical knowledge of working in Agile environment (Scrum/Kanban/SAFe).

Experience:

• 6+ years of Data Engineering within a Java framework (J2EE, web containers and Java) 

• 3+ years of experience with architecture and design 

• 3+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service 

• 2+ years of experience with streaming-based system processing preferably with Kafka, Spark or Flink

• 2+ years of experience in open-source frameworks 

• Good to have experience with open-table format database design, implementation, and administration like iceberg, delta or hudi.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience 

 

GEICO will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

 

Benefits:

As an Associate, you’ll enjoy our Total Rewards Program* to help secure your financial future and preserve your health and well-being, including:

• Premier Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance with no waiting period**
• Paid Vacation, Sick and Parental Leave
• 401(k) Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
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