Senior Real-Time Data Engineering Lead

Weekday 1; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Weekday is hiring a Lead Engineering Manager to serve a client in the USA. You will architect and deliver real-time data processing solutions, mentor engineering teams, and coordinate with product and data stakeholders to translate requirements into robust systems.

The role emphasizes architecture leadership, distributed systems, and building scalable, low-latency pipelines using Apache Flink and Java, with strong focus on reliability and CI/CD in cloud environments.

Qualifications

• 10-12 years of overall software engineering experience with distributed systems focus.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Apache Flink including windowing, state management, checkpoints, and event-time processing.
• Advanced proficiency in Java, including concurrency, multithreading, memory management, and performance tuning.
• Deep understanding of data streaming architectures and real-time processing frameworks.
• Experience deploying and managing applications in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of real-time data processing pipelines using Apache Flink.
• Develop and maintain high-performance backend services and distributed systems using Java.
• Design scalable event-driven architectures capable of handling high-throughput and low-latency workloads.
• Optimize streaming jobs for performance, fault tolerance, and resource efficiency.
• Ensure best practices in code quality, testing, observability, and CI/CD processes.
• Collaborate with data engineering, DevOps, and product teams to define technical roadmaps and system requirements.
• Conduct design reviews, troubleshoot production issues, and implement long-term reliability improvements.
• Mentor and guide engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.
• Contribute to infrastructure decisions related to distributed processing, cloud deployment, and containerized environments.

Skills

Apache Flink

Java

Distributed systems

Kafka

Cloud platforms

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

Weekday is hiring a Lead Engineering Manager to serve a client in the USA. You will architect and deliver real-time data processing solutions, mentor engineering teams, and coordinate with product and data stakeholders to translate requirements into robust systems.

The role emphasizes architecture leadership, distributed systems, and building scalable, low-latency pipelines using Apache Flink and Java, with strong focus on reliability and CI/CD in cloud environments.