Data Engineer SR - Apache Flink

Important Information 

Location: Brazil
Job Mode: Full-time 
Work Mode: Work from home

Job Summary

As a Data Engineer, you will work with stream processing technologies, particularly Apache Flink and Kafka Connect. In this role, you'll design, implement, and maintain scalable data pipelines that process real-time and batch data, enabling critical business insights and data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Design, develop, and optimize data pipelines using Apache Flink for stream and batch processing;
  
• Implement and maintain Kafka Connect connectors for seamless data integration;
  
• Build and maintain data infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP);
  
• Design and optimize BigQuery tables, views, and stored procedures;
  
• Collaborate with product managers and analysts to understand data requirements;
  
• Ensure data quality, reliability, and proper governance;
  
• Troubleshoot and resolve data pipeline issues;
  
• Document data flows, transformations, and architecture.
  

Essential Skills

• Experience as a Data Engineer;
  
• Strong experience with Apache Flink, including knowledge of the DataStream and Table APIs;
  
• Experience with Kafka and Kafka Connect for data integration · Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes);
  
• Experience in Cloud Infrastructure platforms such as AWS, GCP;
  
• Solid SQL skills with specific experience in BigQuery SQL dialect;
  
• Experience with data modeling and schema design;
  
• Proficient in at least one programming language (Java or Python);
  
• Experience with version control systems (Git) and CI/CD pipelines.
  

Additional Skills

• Knowledge and hands-on experience with Kafka Infrastructure (i.e. managing and configuring Kafka components);
  
• Experience with other stream processing frameworks (Spark Streaming, Kafka Streams);
  
• Knowledge of data governance and security best practices · Proficiency with Google Cloud Platform services, particularly:
  - Google Cloud Storage;
  - Dataflow;
  - Pub/Sub;
  - BigQuery;
• Experience with Apache Airflow;
  
• Experience with BI tools such as Tableau or PowerBI · Familiarity with monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana;
  
• Certifications such as Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer.

About Encora

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