About this role
Sr. Software Engineer, Data Streaming Systems
Technology
Burbank
Full-Time
On-Site
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Summary
The Applied Intelligence Data Engineering team seeks a Senior Software Engineer specializing in large-scale, real-time data streaming systems. It builds high-performance, fault-tolerant streaming applications for real-time analytics, APIs, AI workflows, and mission-critical data services.
You will architect distributed, event-driven systems using Java, Kafka, Kubernetes, and modern reactive frameworks. As a senior engineer, you will shape technical direction, mentor engineers, and drive production-grade reliability across streaming platforms. This role requires deep expertise in distributed systems, concurrency, and cloud-native microservices.
Primary Responsibilities Design & Build Real-Time Streaming Applications
- Develop high-throughput, low-latency streaming applications using Java and Kafka.
- Design event-driven microservices that process, enrich, and route real-time data at scale.
- Implement reactive, non