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Scala/Spark Developer

Photon
Jersey City, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 10 Feb 2025

About the role

Company Description

One of the largest and fastest growing digital agencies in the world. We work with 40% of the Fortune 100 on their digital initiatives and are known for our ability to integrate strategic consulting, creative design, and technology at scale. 

 

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:  

  • Develop, test, and deploy data processing applications using Apache Spark and Scala.  

  • Optimize and tune Spark applications for better performance on large-scale data sets.  

  • Work with the Cloudera Hadoop ecosystem (e.g., HDFS, Hive, Impala, HBase, Kafka) to build data pipelines and storage solutions.  

  • Collaborate with data scientists, business analysts, and other developers to understand data requirements and deliver solutions.  

  • Design and implement high-performance data processing and analytics solutions.  

  • Ensure data integrity, accuracy, and security across all processing tasks.  

  • Troubleshoot and resolve performance issues in Spark, Cloudera, and related technologies.  

  • Implement version control and CI/CD pipelines for Spark applications.  

  

Required Skills & Experience:  

  • Minimum 8 years of experience in application development.  

  • Strong hands-on experience in Apache Spark, Scala, and Spark SQL for distributed data processing.  

  • Hands-on experience with Cloudera Hadoop (CDH) components such as HDFS, Hive, Impala, HBase, Kafka, and Sqoop.  

  • Familiarity with other Big Data technologies, including Apache Kafka, Flume, Oozie, and Nifi.  

  • Experience building and optimizing ETL pipelines using Spark and working with structured and unstructured data.  

  • Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases such as HBase, Hive, and PostgreSQL.  

  • Knowledge of data warehousing concepts, dimensional modeling, and data lakes.  

  • Ability to troubleshoot and optimize Spark and Cloudera platform performance.  

  • Familiarity with version control tools like Git and CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab). 

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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