Senior Software Engineer, Data Engineering

WHAT WE DO

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, build, and maintain high-throughput streaming and batch data processing services, with a primary focus on raw and bronze-level ingestion.
• Develop and operate stream–based applications responsible for real-time data transformation, enrichment, validation, and routing.
• Own and evolve event schemas and data contracts, including Avro schemas and Schema Registry governance.
• Ensure scalability, fault tolerance, and performance of streaming and ingestion pipelines under heavy load.
• Contribute to platform-level concerns such as deployment automation, observability, operational tooling, and CI/CD.
• Participate in the design and implementation of cloud-native data infrastructure supporting real-time and batch workloads.

REQUIREMENTS

• 5+ years of professional experience building production software systems, preferably in a distributed or data-intensive environment.
• Strong experience with Java (and/or Scala) as well as Python, in backend or data processing applications.
• Experience designing and operating streaming systems using Kafka or Kafka Streams (or similar).
• Experience working with event-driven architectures, including schema evolution and compatibility.
• Experience building real-time and/or near-real-time data pipelines at scale.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems concepts (partitioning, fault tolerance, backpressure, exactly-once/at-least-once semantics).
• Familiarity with Avro, Protobuf, or similar serialization formats and schema governance practices.

PLUSES

HOW TO APPLY

• Please apply with a resume and cover letter demonstrating how you meet the skills above. If we would like to move forward with your application, a Rockstar recruiter will reach out to you to explain next steps and guide you through the process.
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• The pay range for this position in Andover, Massachusetts at the start of employment is expected to be between the range below* per year. However, base pay offered is based on market location, and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations.
• Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an "at-will position" and the company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation or benefit program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.