Senior Data Engineer (Kafka & RAG) – Flexible Benefits

Energy Innovation Corp; Bentonville (AR); On-site; USD 108,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Marcus & Millichap is seeking a senior Data Engineer with prioritization experience to join our Bentonville, AR team. You will influence data-driven decisions, design scalable data pipelines with Kafka, and leverage Power BI to turn insights into action.

You will lead architecture reviews, manage error budgets, and decide when to buy or build RAG capabilities, ensuring stability across high-growth products for clients alike.

Qualifications

• 6 years of prioritization experience.
• Experience with data engineering and analytics.
• Strong knowledge of Kafka and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead Kafka design reviews to prevent costly Bentonville build mistakes.
• Monitor prioritization budgets and intervene before overruns.
• Drive data-driven prioritization features through code freeze without destabilizing systems.
• Architect fault-tolerant distributed systems using RAG and Power BI.
• Decide when to buy vs build RAG for Marcus & Millichap's stack.

Skills

Kafka

Power BI

Hypothesis Testing

Collaboration

Distributed Systems

Tools

RAG

Job description

Marcus & Millichap is seeking a senior Data Engineer with prioritization experience to join our Bentonville, AR team. You will influence data-driven decisions, design scalable data pipelines with Kafka, and leverage Power BI to turn insights into action.

You will lead architecture reviews, manage error budgets, and decide when to buy or build RAG capabilities, ensuring stability across high-growth products for clients alike.