Drimva

ZipRecruiter

Senior Software Engineer, Big Data

$170K–$240K

Remote +1 · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jan 17, 2025

Location
Remote
Santa Monica, CA, United States
Experience
5+ years required; 8+ years preferred.
Education
BS/MS/PhD in Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience (preferred).

About the job

Build scalable data processing systems and ML infrastructure that power ZipRecruiter’s job marketplace and intelligence.

What you'll do

  • Build data processing and exploration pipelines and ML infrastructure.
  • Deploy cloud-based technologies for critical projects.
  • Write, test, instrument, and deploy code to a Kubernetes environment.

What they ask for

  • 5+ years of professional software development experience focused on Python and big data technologies.
  • Experience with Spark, Kafka, Hadoop, Hive, and/or other big data technologies.
  • Computer science fundamentals in coding, object-oriented programming, data structures, and algorithms.
  • Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and/or Kubernetes.

Nice to have

  • 8+ years of professional software development experience focused on Python and big data technologies.
  • Experience with data integration tools, data storage technologies, or other listed big data frameworks and platforms.

Pay

$170,000-$240,000 USD base salary

Tools

Python, Spark, Kafka, Hadoop, Hive, Docker, Kubernetes, Apache Flume

AI focus

Build ML infrastructure and data systems that power the company’s intelligence.

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