Senior Data Engineer, Streaming & Real-Time Platforms

Rockstar Games; Andover (MA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading game development studio in Andover, Massachusetts, seeks a Senior Software Engineer specializing in Data Engineering. You'll be part of a team developing a cutting-edge game analytics platform to enhance player experience. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in building reliable production software, particularly in Java and Kafka. This full-time position offers a salary range of $130,000 to $150,000 USD annually along with competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience building production software systems, preferably in a distributed or data-intensive environment.
• Strong experience with Java and/or Scala as well as Python, in backend or data processing applications.
• Experience designing and operating streaming systems using Kafka or Kafka Streams.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain high-throughput streaming and batch data processing services.
• Develop and operate stream-based applications for real-time data transformation.
• Ensure scalability, fault tolerance, and performance of streaming and ingestion pipelines.

Skills

Java

Python

Kafka

Distributed Systems

Event-driven Architecture

Tools

Kafka Streams

Databricks

Terraform

Apache Spark

Job description

A leading game development studio in Andover, Massachusetts, seeks a Senior Software Engineer specializing in Data Engineering. You'll be part of a team developing a cutting-edge game analytics platform to enhance player experience. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in building reliable production software, particularly in Java and Kafka. This full-time position offers a salary range of $130,000 to $150,000 USD annually along with competitive benefits.