Real-Time Data Engineering Lead — Flink & Kafka Expert

Hitachi Digital Services; Reading (Berks County); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Digital Services seeks a Hands-On Data Engineering Lead to architect, build, and operate production-grade streaming platforms using Apache Flink and Kafka. You will lead teams, define standards, and drive end-to-end delivery in 24x7 environments.

The role requires deep Flink expertise, strong Java/Python/SQL skills, and collaboration across engineering, data, and cloud-platform groups. Join a global digital solutions organization focused on transformative outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 10+ years of software engineering, data engineering, or distributed-systems experience.
• 7+ years of recent hands-on Apache Flink engineering.
• Deep production experience with AWS Managed Service for Apache Flink, including deployments and troubleshooting.
• Strong programming skills in Java, Python, and SQL with production-grade streaming experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor data engineers and architects while remaining hands-on in design, implementation, and troubleshooting.
• Act as the technical authority for Apache Flink, Flink on AWS, and Kafka-based streaming.
• Lead architecture, design, code, deployment, and production-readiness reviews.
• Establish engineering standards, coding practices, test discipline, and production-support procedures.
• Coordinate technical decisions across application, data, cloud-platform, performance, and operations teams.
• Build and operate fault-tolerant streaming architectures meeting throughput and latency targets.

Skills

Apache Flink

Kafka

Java

Python

SQL

Distributed systems

Real-time streaming

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

Flink API

Flink SQL

AWS MSK Apache Flink

Kafka

Job description

Hitachi Digital Services seeks a Hands-On Data Engineering Lead to architect, build, and operate production-grade streaming platforms using Apache Flink and Kafka. You will lead teams, define standards, and drive end-to-end delivery in 24x7 environments.

The role requires deep Flink expertise, strong Java/Python/SQL skills, and collaboration across engineering, data, and cloud-platform groups. Join a global digital solutions organization focused on transformative outcomes.