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Raft Company Website

Senior Engineer

San Diego, CA · On-site

$100K - $170K/yr

Manage a wide array of open-source applications (NiFi, Kafka, Zookeeper, MinIO, Keycloak, Longhorn ... Public-sector modernization is critical for us to live in a better world. We, at Raft, want to ...

Raft Company Website

Senior Engineer

San Diego, CA

$100K - $170K/yr

Manage a wide array of open-source applications (NiFi, Kafka, Zookeeper, MinIO, Keycloak, Longhorn ... Public-sector modernization is critical for us to live in a better world. We, at Raft, want to ...

Raft

Senior Engineer

San Diego, CA · On-site

$100K - $170K/yr

Manage a wide array of open-source applications (NiFi, Kafka, Zookeeper, MinIO, Keycloak, Longhorn ... Public-sector modernization is critical for us to live in a better world. We, at Raft, want to ...

Raft

Senior Engineer with Security Clearance

San Diego, CA · On-site

$100K - $170K/yr

Manage a wide array of open-source applications (NiFi, Kafka, Zookeeper, MinIO, Keycloak, Longhorn ... Public-sector modernization is critical for us to live in a better world. We, at Raft, want to ...

Raft Company Website

Senior Engineer

San Diego, CA

$100K - $170K/yr

Manage a wide array of open-source applications (NiFi, Kafka, Zookeeper, MinIO, Keycloak, Longhorn ... Public-sector modernization is critical for us to live in a better world. We, at Raft, want to ...

Walmart

Principal, Software Engineer

Elm Springs, AR · On-site

$110K - $220K/yr

Proficiency in Kafka, No SQL databases. At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance ... For information about PTO, see Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for ...

Walmart

Principal, Software Engineer

Decatur, AR · On-site

$110K - $220K/yr

Proficiency in Kafka, No SQL databases. At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance ... For information about PTO, see Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for ...

Sirius XM Radio

Staff Software Engineer, Python

NJ · Remote

$106K - $200K/yr

... live events, and podcasting. No matter their individual role, each of our employees plays a vital ... Strong foundation in distributed systems and data pipelines, with hands-on experience in Kafka ...

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Senior Scala Spark Engineer (Kafka, AWS, Streaming Data)

DKMRBH Inc

New York, NY • On-site

$700 - $800/day

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Job description

Senior Scala Spark Engineer (Kafka, AWS, Streaming Data)

Location: NYC

Work Model: Onsite / Hybrid (as per client)

Visa: Open

Interview: Technical rounds focused on Spark + problem solving
Role Snapshot

  • Owning Spark/Scala pipelines powering enterprise data warehouse systems
  • Working on streaming + batch ingestion (Kafka + Spark)
  • Tuning performance, fixing bottlenecks, and supporting live systems

Environment

  • High-scale, data-intensive financial platform
  • Streaming + distributed systems (Spark EMR, Kafka, AWS, EKS)
  • Fast-paced, production-first engineering culture

What this role actually owns day-to-day

  • Build and evolve Spark ETL pipelines using Scala
  • Add and onboard new data feeds into Kafka/Spark pipelines
  • Tune jobs for performance (memory, partitions, execution plans)
  • Support production pipelines and debug failures under load
  • Work with data consumers (BI, analytics, trading systems) to shape usable datasets
  • Own delivery end-to-end—from development through release and support

Key Responsibilities

  • Write and maintain Spark jobs (Scala) handling high-volume data
  • Integrate Kafka streams into batch + streaming pipelines
  • Profile jobs and optimize execution time and resource usage
  • Handle pipeline failures, reruns, and production fixes
  • Build and maintain automated tests (unit + integration + performance)
  • Collaborate with engineering and data teams across regions

Must-Have Requirements (Non-Negotiable)

  • 4+ years hands-on Scala + Apache Spark (including streaming) in production
  • Experience building and maintaining ETL/data pipelines at scale
  • Strong understanding of distributed processing and performance tuning
  • Experience with Kafka or event-driven data pipelines
  • Solid background in Java, C++, or C#
  • Database experience across relational or distributed systems
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About DKMRBH

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Recruiting and staffing services

Company size

11 - 50 Employees

Headquarters location

Wilmington, DE, US

Year founded

2012

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