At NiCE, we don’t limit our challenges. We challenge our limits. Always. We’re ambitious. We’re game changers. And we play to win. We set the highest standards and execute beyond them. And if you’re like us, we can offer you the ultimate career opportunity that will light a fire within you.
We are seeking a Senior Streaming Platform Engineer (6+ years) with deep expertise in enterprise-scale streaming and cloud data platforms. Based in Atlanta, this role collaborates closely with teams in Salt Lake City and Pune, with reasonable overlapping hours. The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience managing scalable, secure, and highly available streaming ecosystems that support real-time analytics, event-driven architectures, and enterprise data platforms — including exposure to AI-assisted engineering and automation practices.
What You’ll Do- Administer, optimize, and govern Kafka, AWS MSK, Kinesis, Kafka Connect, and OpenSearch platforms
- Design scalable, fault-tolerant, and secure streaming architectures
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and performance-tune distributed systems; drive capacity planning
- Implement security controls, automation, and operational best practices
- Support integrations with data lakes, Snowflake, analytics platforms, and downstream systems
- Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform or similar IaC tools
- Leverage AI-assisted development tools (Claude or equivalent) to improve engineering productivity and platform automation
- Collaborate with engineering and analytics teams to enable real-time data processing and AI-driven data solutions
Required:
- 6+ years of experience with Kafka administration and distributed streaming systems
- Strong AWS cloud services experience (MSK, Kinesis, and related services)
in OpenSearch
- Linux administration and automation/scripting skills
- Python development and platform reliability engineering
- Desire to learn and implement evolving and new technologies
Preferred:
- Experience with Flink using Spring Boot
- Snowflake integration experience
- Kubernetes orchestration
- Administration knowledge in OpenSearch clusters
- Familiarity with AI-enabled engineering workflows and tools
- Streaming platforms operate with high availability, performance, and reliability at enterprise scale
- Governance, security, and automation practices are consistently applied across the ecosystem
- Engineering teams are unblocked and empowered through well-integrated data pipelines and real-time infrastructure
- AI tooling meaningfully improves operational efficiency and engineering velocity
About NiCE
NICE Ltd. (NASDAQ: NICE) software products are used by 25,000+ global businesses, including 85 of the Fortune 100 corporations, to deliver extraordinary customer experiences, fight financial crime and ensure public safety. Every day, NiCE software manages more than 120 million customer interactions and monitors 3+ billion financial transactions.
Known as an innovation powerhouse that excels in AI, cloud and digital, NiCE is consistently recognized as the market leader in its domains, with over 8,500 employees across 30+ countries.
NiCE is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, neurotype, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other category protected by law.
Skills Required
- 6+ years of experience with Kafka administration and distributed streaming systems
- Strong AWS cloud services experience
- Linux administration and automation/scripting skills
- Python development and platform reliability engineering
- Desire to learn and implement evolving and new technologies
NICE Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about NICE and has not been reviewed or approved by NICE.
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Healthcare Strength — Benefits are described as broad and comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and mental-health support. Added programs like FSA options and fitness stipends contribute to a well-rounded health and wellness offering.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) is part of the package, sometimes paired with match details that are described as typical to stronger depending on role and time period. Employee stock participation is also positioned as an additional long-term wealth-building component for eligible roles.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible work arrangements are emphasized, including hybrid setups and remote options for some roles. Flex scheduling, paid holidays, and paid sick time add to the perceived flexibility of the overall rewards package.
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What We Do
NICE (Nasdaq: NICE) is the worldwide leading provider of both cloud and on-premises enterprise software solutions that empower organizations to make smarter decisions based on advanced analytics of structured and unstructured data. NICE helps organizations of all sizes deliver better customer service, ensure compliance, combat fraud and safeguard citizens. Over 25,000 organizations in more than 150 countries, including over 85 of the Fortune 100 companies, are using NICE solutions. www.nice.com.
