Company Description
With over 7,000 experts in 20 countries, Talan is a global consulting and technology group dedicated to accelerating our clients' transformation through technology, data, and innovation. We’re proud to be a Certified Great Place to Work and are on track to reach €1 billion in revenue by 2025.
At Talan, our philosophy is simple yet powerful: Positive Innovation—leveraging technology to benefit people and society.
Join us and be part of meaningful change!
Job Description
We are looking for a Senior Big Data Software Engineer with strong Java skills and experience with cloud technologies. You will play a key role in developing and evolving our data lake platform and event streaming solutions.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and implement technical solutions in cloud environments using Java, Spark, Hive, Avro, Parquet, Kubernetes, Spring Boot, Elastic Search, Logstash, Kibana, Oozie, and PostgreSQL.
- Lead the design, implementation, and performance optimization of Kafka-based event streaming architectures, ensuring scalability, reliability, and high availability.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and tune Kafka clusters to maintain optimal system performance.
- Collaborate with Product Owners to break down customer requirements into actionable user stories.
- Deliver clean, tested, and maintainable code that meets acceptance criteria and Definition of Done.
- Manage deployment, CI/CD pipeline monitoring, and production stability activities.
- Engage in pair programming and write unit and BDD-style tests with JUnit, Mockito, and Cucumber.
- Participate actively in backlog refinement, sprint planning, and agile ceremonies.
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Qualifications
Required Technical Skills:
- Strong Java 8+ skills with Spring Boot
- Proven experience leading Kafka design, deployment, and performance tuning
- Strong Kafka internals and troubleshooting skills
- Big Data tools: Spark, Hive, Avro, Parquet
- Kubernetes and container orchestration
- Elastic Search, Kibana, Logstash
- Cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or similar)
- Agile methodologies and automated testing (TDD, BDD)
Education and Experience
- BS/master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or relevant technical field.
- 5-10 years of experience working as Senior Programmer Analyst role
- Possess the first-hand experience working in a real Change and Release management environment
- Experience with business analysis methodologies, processes, and documentation standards
Company’s Benefits
At Talan, we invest in our employees' well-being and empower them with benefits, including:
- 💵 The yearly salary range for this role is USD 75,000-115,000
- 💸401(k) retirement plan with company matching
- 🌴15 days of paid vacation per year at hire and up to 27 according to seniority (annual untaken vacation days are cashed out)
- 📴8 paid holidays + 5 sick days + 2 personal days per year
- ❤️🩹Company health, dental, and vision insurance plans + FSA
- 🦺Voluntary STD and LTD
- 🚍 Commuter/transit benefits
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.