Java Software Engineer – Real-Time Data (Kafka & Big Data)

Vonage Engineering Mission

Vonage is the emerging leader in the $100B+ cloud communications platform (CPaaS) market. Customers like Airbnb, Viber, Whatsapp, Snapchat, and many others depend on our APIs and SDKs to connect with their customers all over the world. As businesses continue to shift to a real-time, customer-centric communications model, we are experiencing a time of impressive growth.

Why this role matters

The Engineering team at Vonage is a fast growing group of talented engineers. They face multiple challenges associated with high performance, distributed systems, and processing large volumes of data in real time. We are looking for a Software Engineer to join a team dedicated to transforming the data pipeline to a real-time event-driven one. The team has numerous data related exciting initiatives in the works, with ample opportunities to make your own mark.

What you'll do

• Design & build systems to process and analyze tens of millions of daily events
• Real-time data processing using stream technologies (Kafka streaming or similar)
• Work with big data technologies
• Write efficient and scalable code
• Develop on a public cloud infrastructure

The Stack contains:

• AWS (RDS, S3, EMR, ...) 
• Google Cloud (BigQuery, GDS)
• Kafka
• Java (and somePython) 
• Docker,
• Kubernetes 

What's required for application

• Strong software engineering skills with interest in data
• Java
• SQL / NoSQL 
• Experience dealing with event-driven pipeline (Kafka or other).
• Willingness to learn and use new technology/programming language.

Nice to have:

• Experience with streaming framework
• Experience with open source OLAP system (Druid, Pinot…)
• Telecommunication knowledge
• Docker and Kubernetes exposure
• Experience with public cloud
• Python

What's in it for you

In addition to providing exciting work, career advancement opportunities, and a collaborative work environment, Vonage provides competitive pay and benefits including unlimited discretionary time off and tuition reimbursement.

Note: The purpose of this profile is to provide a general summary of essential responsibilities for the position and is not meant as an exhaustive list. Assignments may differ for individuals within the same role based on business conditions, departmental need or geographic location.

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