Senior Data and Backend Engineer - INTL India

Data & Backend Engineer

We are seeking a highly skilled Data & Backend Engineer to design, build, and scale modern data platforms and backend services. This role will focus on real-time data processing, event-driven architecture, and cloud-native development leveraging Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and distributed systems technologies. You will play a key role in building high-throughput, low-latency data pipelines and backend systems that power enterprise-scale applications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and develop scalable backend services and APIs using Java (Spring Boot)
• Build and maintain real-time and batch data pipelines using Apache Spark
• Develop event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka (producers, consumers, streaming patterns)
• Integrate with distributed databases such as Cassandra for high-volume, low-latency data storage
• Work with GCP services (Big Query, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, etc.) to build cloud-native solutions
• Design and implement data ingestion and CDC pipelines from legacy systems (e.g., DB2) into modern data platforms
• Optimize performance, scalability, and reliability of backend systems and data pipelines
• Collaborate with product, data, and platform teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Ensure best practices across CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and observability
• Troubleshoot production issues and continuously improve system resilience