The Role
The Senior Data Engineer will design and scale data infrastructure, manage the service lifecycle, and ensure data quality while collaborating with multiple teams.
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The Role
We’re looking for an experienced Data Engineer to join our DEX Platform and help drive the next stage of our growth. In this role, you’ll design, build, and scale data infrastructure and advanced processing pipelines that power real-time insights and intelligent automation across our platform.
As a senior data engineer, you’ll own the full service lifecycle—from architecture and development to deployment, monitoring, and scaling—while ensuring data quality, reliability, and compliance. You’ll work closely with backend, AI, and data teams to deliver robust, production-ready systems that support our AI-first strategy and our mission to make the workplace run itself.
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of backend/data engineering experience
- Proficiency with Java (Vert.x, Spring or similar) - a must
- Hands-on experience with Kafka and streaming frameworks like Kafka Streams, Flink, Spark, or Beam - a must
- Experience in Node.js (NestJS/Express) - a big advantage
- Solid understanding of microservices architecture and cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP)
- Familiarity with AI-first development tools (GitHub Copilot, Cursor) – an advantage
- Experience working in production-aware, observability-driven environments - monitoring troubleshooting, and optimizing
- Knowledge of Postgres, Redis, MySQL or similar, Clickhouse
- Strong foundation in object-oriented design, design patterns, and clean code practices
- Comfortable designing, deploying, and maintaining backend services and data flows
- Passion for learning, experimenting with new tech, and building reliable systems at scale
Top Skills
AWS
Azure
Beam
Clickhouse
Flink
GCP
Java
Kafka
Kafka Streams
MySQL
Node.js
Postgres
Redis
Spark
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The Company
What We Do
Today, millions of us work remotely, and we wouldn’t want it any other way. We’ve discovered that having more flexibility to work wherever and however we want frees us to bring our best at work and in life. ControlUp's Digital Employee Experience management platform empowers IT teams to make remote work simple and more reliable.
