Senior Data Engineer

Senior Associate Data Engineering (L2)

Role Summary

As a Senior Associate L2 in Data Engineering, you will design and build large-scale, production-grade data systems using Scala as your primary programming language. You will translate business requirements into high-performance data pipelines and distributed systems, driving technical design independently while ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability across batch and real-time workloads.

Your Impact

Design and build Scala-based batch and streaming data pipelines

Develop high-performance Spark applications using functional programming best practices

Architect scalable ingestion, transformation, and processing frameworks

Build real-time analytics, search, and aggregation platforms

Optimize distributed workloads for latency, throughput, and cost

Contribute to data platform design, governance, and reliability

Required Skills & Experience

6+ years overall experience with 4+ years in Big Data engineering

Strong hands-on expertise in Scala (mandatory, primary language)

Deep experience with Apache Spark (Core, SQL, Streaming) using Scala

Strong understanding of distributed systems, data modeling, and pipeline design

Hands-on with Kafka / Pulsar / Flink / Hadoop ecosystem components

Experience with NoSQL / MPP platforms such as HBase, Cassandra, MongoDB, Redshift, BigQuery, Snowflake, etc.

Strong fundamentals in performance tuning, memory optimization, and fault-tolerant systems

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Experience with any one cloud platform AWS, Azure, or GCP

Familiarity with cloud-native data services, storage layers, and compute orchestration is a plus, not mandatory

Set Yourself Apart With

Advanced Scala functional programming, type systems, and concurrency patterns

Experience building real-time streaming platforms at scale

Performance optimization of Spark jobs and distributed pipelines

Knowledge of data governance, metadata management, and lineage tooling

Exposure to microservices architectures and event-driven systems

Relevant Scala, Spark, or cloud certifications

Benefits of Working Here

Gender-neutral policies

18 paid holidays annually

Generous parental leave programs

Flexible work arrangements

Comprehensive wellness and employee assistance programs

A Tip from the Hiring Manager

Join us to work on Scala-first, high-scale data platforms that directly power mission-critical business decisions for global clients.

About Publicis Sapient

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping organizations modernize through strategy, experience, engineering, and data. With 20,000+ people across 53 offices globally, we deliver agile, cloud-scale, and data-driven solutions that create measurable business impact.