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DX-4996 Lead Recently added

Senior Data Engineer

Spain
13 years
Flexible
Employee

Built end-to-end pipelines and APIs for historical and near-real-time news analytics, supporting customer data access and ongoing dataset updates. Improved ingestion efficiency by consolidating database writes through batch processing, reducing per-record overhead.

  • Functional program design in Scala
  • Big-data analysis with Scala and Spark
  • Published research on intelligent interactive systems
  • Distributed data-platform engineering
Data EngineeringSoftware EngineeringDistributed SystemsData PipelinesData AnalyticsData Science
Interviewing now €50k-60k/yr
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AG-5969 Senior Recently added

Data Engineer

United Kingdom
7 years
Hybrid
Employee

Engineered large-scale data processing pipelines using Apache Spark and Scala, significantly enhancing data throughput. Developed real-time data ingestion systems with Apache Kafka, ensuring high availability and fault tolerance. Expert in streaming analytics, applying Flink for dynamic data transformations in IoT applications.

  • Integrated Scala Play for responsive web data visualization
  • Utilized Cats Effect for functional programming concurrency control
  • Designed a custom schema registry for Kafka message validation
  • Implemented end-to-end data encryption in distributed environments
ScalaApache SparkKafkaFlinkScala PlayCats Effect
Available in 3+ months £80k-95k/yr
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#HIRED Lead Recently hired

Senior Data Engineer

Germany
12 years
Hybrid
Employee
Experienced software engineer with strong background in distributed systems and cloud-native architecture. Proven track record delivering production systems at scale. Skilled in designing fault-tolerant services, optimising CI/CD pipelines, and mentoring junior developers across cross-functional teams.
  • Led migration of monolithic system to microservices architecture
  • Built high-throughput data pipeline processing 1M+ events per second
  • Designed and implemented real-time monitoring and alerting platform
ScalaFlinkAirflowIcebergGCPDockerSparkKubernetes
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GZ-8621 Principal

Big Data Engineer

Poland
15 years
Flexible
Employee / Freelancer

Led the design and implementation of distributed data processing systems handling petabyte-scale datasets. Spearheaded the integration of Kafka with Spark for real-time analytics pipelines in financial services. Architected a high-performance data ingestion framework using Akka to optimize processing speed and reliability.

  • Developed custom SQL query optimization techniques for large datasets
  • Implemented Git versioning for complex data workflows
  • Pioneered Akka-based microservices for scalable data processing
  • Optimized Spark jobs reducing runtime by 30%
SparkScalaSQLKafkaAkkaGit
Available in 2 weeks €35-44/hr
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WZ-4811 Lead

Software Engineer / Data Engineer

Canada
24 years
Flexible
Employee / Freelancer

Developed large-scale distributed data processing systems for real-time analytics. Specialized in building high-performance ETL pipelines and data warehousing solutions. Designed and optimized custom consensus protocols for fault-tolerant systems.

  • Implemented complex event-driven architectures for financial services.
  • Architected scalable microservices using Go and Rust.
  • Enhanced database internals for improved query performance.
JavaScalaRustGoC++TypeScript
Interviewing now $110k-140k/yr
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EN-3115 Principal

Senior Big Data Engineer

Greece
14 years
Remote
Employee

Engineered large-scale data processing frameworks leveraging Scala and Apache Spark for real-time analytics. Integrated complex event processing on cloud platforms, achieving seamless interoperability across AWS and Google Cloud. Pioneered the deployment of robust streaming solutions with Kafka, ensuring high-throughput data ingestion.

  • Implemented Airflow for orchestrating complex ETL workflows.
  • Designed scalable data lakes on Google Cloud Storage.
  • Enhanced Spark job performance with custom memory management.
  • Built self-healing data pipelines with automated fault recovery.
ScalaApache SparkGoogle Cloud PlatformAWSAirflowKafka
Available in 1 month €60k-70k/yr
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NU-3141 Principal

Staff Data Engineer

Germany
12 years
Flexible
Employee / Freelancer

Architected large-scale data pipelines using Apache Spark and Scala, optimizing for real-time analytics in the e-commerce domain. Spearheaded the migration of data infrastructure to Databricks, enhancing processing speed and reliability. Developed a custom data validation framework in Python, ensuring data integrity across distributed systems.

  • Implemented Rust-based data transformation tools for performance gains
  • Designed SQL-based ETL workflows for complex data models
  • Automated data quality checks using custom-built Python scripts
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KZ-7471 Principal

Staff Protocol Engineer

United States
15 years
Remote
Employee / Freelancer

Designed MLS group-state features for secure messaging, including per-field permissions, in-place migration of live groups, and invite flows based on external commits. Built a Rust and Go bidirectional streaming transport with ordered delivery, heartbeats, reconnect handling, and database transaction boundaries enforced through async traits.

  • Reduced 100-device invite payloads from 8 MB to 200 KB
  • Cut full group loads from 13 database reads to one
  • Built Rust-backed GraphQL and FFI layers for untrusted drivers
  • Worked on edge computer-vision and blockchain-indexing systems
RustGoTypeScriptSwiftKotlinJava
Interviewing now $240k-280k/yr
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JG-3928 Lead

Senior Data Engineer

France
11 years
Flexible
Freelancer

Built a medallion-based data platform with Airflow and PySpark to standardize raw-material, production, supplier, and pricing data for margin analysis. Developed cross-entity data integration that mapped product relationships across heterogeneous source systems, enabling end-to-end product and cost traceability.

  • Deployed data workloads across Azure and Kubernetes
  • Modeled analytical data in PostgreSQL
  • Instrumented pipelines and services with Grafana
  • Refactored legacy Scala and TypeScript with expanded unit coverage
ScalaZIOAkkaPekko StreamsCatsCats Effect
Interviewing now €70-100/hr
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EE-9763 Lead

Senior Big Data Engineer

Slovakia
19 years
Flexible
Employee / Freelancer

Replaced a costly external service with an in-house near-real-time platform processing 1.5 billion events daily, reducing latency from 15 minutes to 5. Designed custom watermark joins and dependency handling for late-arriving data, preserving unmatched records until upstream datasets were complete and correctly matched.

  • Built Spark and Airflow production pipelines
  • Operated workloads on Kubernetes and AWS
  • Delivered audience data to roughly 30 partners
  • Used Aerospike for durable intermediate state
Claude CodeScalaFunctional ProgrammingCatsCats EffectDoobie
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SJ-2856 Staff

Software Engineer

United Kingdom
8 years
Flexible
Employee

Built full-stack systems spanning frontend delivery, backend services, relational database design, and deployment operations. Implemented Kafka-based ingestion across multiple servers with Spark processing for real-time analytics and data storage.

  • Erlang development on the BEAM runtime
  • Continuous integration for rapidly changing feature releases
  • ScalaTest, Cucumber, and Selenium test automation
  • Unit, acceptance, integration, and performance testing
ScalaPythonErlangJavaC#SQL
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GP-5036 Principal

Data Engineer / Contractor

Poland
12 years
Hybrid
Freelancer

Specialized in building data pipelines using Scala and Java for large-scale ETL processes. Designed graph database solutions using Cypher and CQL to improve data retrieval efficiency.

  • Automated data processing workflows with Groovy
  • Enhanced data integration using Python scripts
  • Implemented graph algorithms for advanced data insights
ScalaJavaPythonGroovyCypherCQL
Available in 2 weeks Salary on request
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JE-6958 Principal

Freelance Software | Data | ML Engineer

Denmark
12 years

Developed machine learning pipelines for real-time data analysis and prediction. Deployed distributed systems on AWS Fargate for scalable processing.

  • Optimized text processing with TF-IDF and k-NN
  • Automated data migration using AWS DMS
  • Implemented dimensionality reduction with PCA for feature optimization
PythonAWS FargateTF-IDFk-NNPCAAWS DMS
Salary on request
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NE-4576 Principal

Software Engineer IV

Netherlands
30 years
Hybrid
Employee

Developed high-performance distributed systems for financial trading platforms, optimizing latency and throughput for real-time data processing. Designed and implemented scalable consensus protocols for blockchain networks, enhancing security and reliability. Spearheaded the migration of legacy systems to cloud-native architectures, significantly improving deployment efficiency and scalability.

  • Architected microservices for telecom billing systems handling millions of transactions
  • Built custom compilers for domain-specific languages in the automotive industry
  • Implemented machine learning pipelines for predictive analytics in healthcare
  • Optimized graph-based algorithms for social network analysis applications
ScalaJavaBashPythonC++Rust
Available in 1 month Salary on request
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UZ-8843 Lead

Senior Data Engineer

India
15 years
Remote
Employee

Designed and implemented robust data pipelines using PySpark and Scala for large-scale analytics. Developed and optimized Lakehouse and Medallion architectures to streamline data processing and storage. Spearheaded the migration of legacy data systems to cloud-based solutions, improving performance and scalability.

  • Built real-time data ingestion frameworks with Python and SQL
  • Engineered automated ETL processes for high-volume data environments
  • Enhanced data governance through advanced schema management techniques
PythonSQLPySparkScalaLakehouse architectureMedallion architecture
Available in 1 month €60k-80k/yr
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