Senior Backend & Data Platform Engineer (Java)

3M HEALTHCARE; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 300,000 - 425,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Equity awards

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Parental leave

Wellness benefits

Paid time off

Mental health resources

401(k) options

Job summary

Roku is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Content Platform to design, build, and optimize distributed data pipelines and backend solutions handling large-scale data. The role focuses on Java, real-time processing, and big data technologies.

Ideal candidates have extensive experience with Spark, Kafka, Flink, and Java-based frameworks, and can contribute to a hybrid work environment in California. The team values building scalable, reliable systems for streaming platforms.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in backend development and distributed data processing.
• Proven expertise in designing and building scalable systems with Java.
• Hands-on experience with Big Data technologies such as Spark, Kafka, and Flink.
• Proficiency in Java and Java-based frameworks (Spring, Spring Boot, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Architect, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems and APIs using Java and Akka.
• Build distributed data pipelines for batch and real-time data processing.
• Design efficient and scalable systems that process large volumes of data.
• Leverage big data technologies such as Apache Spark, Kafka, and Flink to build high-performance data pipelines.
• Work on data transformation, ingestion, and integration for both structured and unstructured data.
• Implement solutions for data lake and data warehouse integrations.
• Develop and maintain real-time data processing applications to support business-critical use cases.
• Optimize real-time data flows for low latency and high throughput.
• Write clean, efficient, and reusable code in Java, adhering to industry best practices.
• Optimize Java applications for performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Leverage Java frameworks such as Spring Boot for backend development.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize backend and data systems to ensure high availability and reliability.
• Design and implement performance tuning strategies for large-scale distributed systems.

Skills

Java

Distributed systems

Backend development

Spring Boot

Cloud platforms

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Apache Spark

Kafka

Flink

Job description

Roku is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Content Platform to design, build, and optimize distributed data pipelines and backend solutions handling large-scale data. The role focuses on Java, real-time processing, and big data technologies.

Ideal candidates have extensive experience with Spark, Kafka, Flink, and Java-based frameworks, and can contribute to a hybrid work environment in California. The team values building scalable, reliable systems for streaming platforms.