Data Platform Engineer

One of our clients in Los Angeles is looking for a Data Platform Engineer with the following skills and experience:

Role Overview:

As a key member of the team, you'll lead the development efforts for our cutting-edge big data and backend projects. Your role involves building and mentoring a team of skilled engineers, architecting robust data platforms, and driving innovation in cloud-based infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

Team Leadership: Build and nurture a talented team of big data and backend engineers to successfully deliver high-impact projects.

Platform Development: Spearhead the creation of components for large-scale data platforms, catering to both real-time and batch processing needs. Own the development of features for big data applications, ensuring alignment with evolving business requirements.

Infrastructure Enhancement: Lead the development of next-generation cloud-based big data infrastructure, focusing on enhancing performance, scalability, and availability.

Architectural Guidance: Strike a balance between various architectural and design considerations, including performance, scalability, reusability, and flexibility issues.

Engineering Best Practices: Advocate for and implement best engineering practices, encompassing design patterns, continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD), code review, and automated testing.

Talent Development: Recruit, mentor, and guide team members in their professional and technical growth, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or electrical engineering.


• 4+ years of professional programming experience in Java, Scala, Python, or similar languages.


• 3+ years of hands-on experience in big data development using technologies such as Spark, Flink, Singlestore, Kafka, Nifi, and AWS big data services.


• Proficiency in system and application design, with a focus on building industry-level, high-available, and scalable services.


• Strong passion for technology and a willingness to collaborate across interdisciplinary teams.


• Desirable Skills:


• Experience handling large volumes of data at the petabyte level.


• Proficiency with cloud infrastructure technologies like Terraform, Kubernetes (K8S), Spinnaker, IAM, ALB, etc.


• Familiarity with additional big data tools and platforms such as ClickHouse, Druid, Snowflake, Impala, Presto, Kinesis, etc.


• Exposure to popular web frameworks like SpringBoot, React.js, Vue.js, Angular, etc.

Interested candidates may submit their resumes online or call at for further information regarding the position.

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Company Profile:

Beacon Hill Technologies, a premier National Information Technology Staffing Group, provides world class technology talent across all industries utilizing a complete suite of staffing services. Beacon Hill Technologies' dedicated team of recruiting and staffing experts consistently delivers quality IT professionals to solve our customers' technical and business needs.

Beacon Hill Technologies covers a broad spectrum of IT positions, including Project Management and Business Analysis, Programming/Development, Database, Infrastructure, Quality Assurance, Production/Support and ERP roles.

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We look forward to working with you.

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