Staff Apache Flink Engineer | REF#308028

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Staff Apache Flink Engineer at BairesDev

We are seeking a Staff Apache Flink Engineer to lead the architecture and development of large-scale streaming platforms. You'll design advanced pipelines, optimize Flink runtime, and influence technical direction across teams and ecosystem integrations.

What You'll Do

• Contribute actively to Apache Flink and related open source projects as a core contributor.
• Design and optimize distributed streaming pipelines with stateful processing.
• Drive performance tuning, checkpointing strategies, and fault-tolerant stream processing.
• Lead integration improvements with Kafka, Hive, Iceberg, and other systems.
• Provide technical guidance and leadership to engineering teams on stream processing best practices.

What We Are Looking For

• 10+ years of experience in software development.
• Strong expertise in distributed systems, real-time data processing, and stream pipelines.
• Deep understanding of Apache Flink architecture, state management, checkpointing, event-time processing, and exactly-once semantics.
• Proficiency in Java (primary), Scala, and Python (PyFlink) for ecosystem integrations.
• Proven experience in designing, tuning, and scaling large streaming systems.
• Core contributions to Apache open source projects (Flink, Kafka, Spark, Hive, or similar).
• Advanced level of English.

How We Make Your Work (and Your Life) Easier

• Excellent compensation in USD or your local currency if preferred.
• Paid parental leave, vacation, & national holidays.
• Innovative and multicultural work environment.
• Collaborate and learn from the global Top 1% of talent in each area.
• Supportive environment with mentorship, promotions, skill development, and diverse growth opportunities.