Senior Software Engineer (Cloud Data Platform Team- Bengaluru)

Key Skills

Agile methodologies, Amazon EMR, Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Apache Flink, Apache Hadoop, Apache Hive, Apache Kafka, API, AWS, AWS Glue, AWS Kinesis, Big Data Technology, Cloud computing, Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery - CI/CD, Java Programming, SaaS, Scala Programming, Software Development, Spark Core

Job Description

Are you passionate about building large scale multi-tenant cloud-native data platforms? Do you have prior experience in building data platform/data lake and analytics SaaS services in the public cloud? Do you have expertise in modern Big Data stack (Kafka, Hadoop, Spark, Flink, Hive), Java, and/or Scala?

Come join our Data platform and Analytics team. This team owns, builds, and operates Guidewire’s cloud-native data platform and analytics SaaS offerings. Guidewire’s data platform is targeted to be best-in-class in enabling our customers with mission-critical insights and decision-making capabilities. The platform is designed to support all of our analytics, data science, and data applications. You will work in a highly collaborative environment building next-generation platforms and services.

Required Skills

• Excellent programming skills in Java and/or Scala
• Understanding of distributed systems concepts and principles (consistency and availability, liveness and safety, durability, reliability, fault-tolerance, consensus algorithms)
• Deep understanding of Algorithms, Data Structures, and Performance Optimization Techniques
• Experience with Big Data and distributed systems
• Eager to learn new things and passionate about technology!
• Working experience with Kubernetes, AWS, Docker, and Terraform.
• Prior experience in building data platforms using Big Data stack (Kafka, Hadoop, Spark, Flink, Hive) on public cloud is a plus.

What you would do

• Design, develop and run cloud-native data platform and analytics SaaS services
• Hands-on coding>90% of the time
• Design and build large scale real-time stream processing systems
• Design, develop and run micro-services and analytics SaaS solutions
• Own Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) for your services
• Own scalability, availability, and data security for your services
• Own tackle & resolve code defects

What you would need to succeed

• 6+ years of required work experience
• Prior experience and passion for building large scale multi-tenant cloud-native data platform
• Emphasize team wins over individual success
• Strong technical interpersonal skills
• Excellent software development skills in one or more of the following languages: Java/Scala
• Experience with Big Data and distributed systems.
• Working experience with Kafka, and Hadoop ecosystem
• Understand microservices architecture patterns pattern like Service Discovery/API Gateway/Domain Driven Design etc
• Experience with containers technology
• Ability to work in an agile fast-paced environment
• BS or MS degree (Computer Science or Math)

Bonus

• AWS (EMR, S3, Glue, Kinesis)
• ELK