Senior Java Data Engineer

Connexity, a Taboola company, is a performance-marketing technology company whose core purpose is to help online retailers find new customers and drive sales at a cost that meets ROI objectives. As the leading independent source of new customers and sales for online retailers, we manage the complexities of a wide range of customer acquisition channels on behalf of thousands of retailers, with 20+ years of proven success in the US, UK, EMEA and APAC. Our Engineers develop next-generation technologies that help retailers reach those qualified consumers.

We have an opportunity available for an experienced back-end Sr. Software Engineer, that is passionate about building reliable, loosely coupled systems while prioritizing security and performance. A good match for this position is someone who is skilled in problem-solving, cares about code quality, keeps up-to-date on industry best practices, is strategic in their vision and tactical in their execution.

Stack

• Currently OnPrem and migrating to GCP
• Kubernetes is our default choice for microservices.
• Current language of choice is Java.
• Datastores: MySQL, Redshift, Oracle
• Data Processing: Hadoop, Beam, Dataflow
• Messaging: Google PubSub, Kafka

Responsibilities:

• Develop data processing pipeline to ingest and enrich product data for internal and external customers
• Develop our search platform that helps our internal and external customers to discover, monetize our product inventory
• Help implement our new applications and infrastructure leveraging: Google Cloud, Kubernetes.
• Ensure high code-quality and high availability of our inventory platform.

Requirements:

• ~8+ years work experience as a backend software engineer in Java
• Strong knowledge of design patterns and scalable architecture.
• Must have a good understanding of API development and knowledge of developing and deploying REST based micro-services.
• Must have hands-on experience working with database engines, such as MySQL, Oracle or Postgres.
• Must have hands-on experience with big-data technologies, such as Hadoop, Spark, Apache Beam
• Must have experience with comprehensive testing (e.g. unit, integration, etc.).
• Experience working with modern, cloud-native paradigms and technologies (e.g. Kubernetes, containers, microservices, etc.) is a plus.
• Must have a strong commitment to code quality using mechanisms like code review, code analysis, testing etc.
• Experience with programmatic management of digital ad platforms (e.g. Google Ads, Bing Ads, Facebook Ads, etc) is a plus.

Benefits:

Voted “Best Places to Work,” our culture is driven by self-starters, team players, and visionaries. Headquartered in Santa Monica, the company operates sites and business services in the US, UK, EMEA and APAC. We offer top benefits including flexible time off, paid holidays, competitive comp, equity, and more!

• Health Care Plans (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k Matching)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D), LTD & STD
• Paid Leave Benefits (Maternity, Paternity & Medical)
• Learning & Development Program (educational tool)
• Free Food & Snacks
• Wellness Resources
• Equity

We are committed to providing a culture at Connexity that supports the diversity, equity and inclusion of our most valuable asset, our people. We encourage individuality and are driven to represent a workplace that celebrates our differences, and provides opportunities equally across gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, and all other demographics. Our actions across Education, Recruitment, Retention, and Volunteering reflect our core company values and remind us that we’re all in this together to drive positive change in our industry.

The pay offered may vary depending on several factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Compensation packages include a variety of perks such as equity, competitive 401(k) match, rich benefits, etc.

This position requires one day per week to be worked in our Santa Monica office, if the candidate resides within a reasonable commuting distance. We are also open to remote work in CA for the suitable candidate.