Cermati.com

Financial product marketplace and application service

Lead Data Engineer - Java expertise required

Engineering LeadershipConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

Candidates must be based in Bangalore only.
Candidates must have at least 5 years of hands-on Java experience in large enterprise projects.
Candidates should understand dependency injection and its use in unit testing frameworks.
Candidates should have working knowledge of Java best practices.
Candidates should have experience writing multithreaded Java programs and understand the Java memory model.
Candidates should understand multithreading best practices.
Candidates must demonstrate humane leadership, the ability to make tough decisions, and receptiveness to employee feedback.
Candidates require strong working knowledge of Linux-based systems, including Linux system programming and practical Linux system monitoring experience.
Candidates require deep experience with SQL and PostgreSQL databases.

Responsibilities

Lead a technical team of 5–10 engineers in the data platform team.
Manage people through performance reviews, one-on-one sessions, mentoring, and career growth for reportees.
Manage projects through timeline estimation, project planning, deadline tracking, and unblocking developers.
Develop the technical roadmap with senior software engineers and handle day-to-day operations.
Establish on-call and operational-excellence processes, including on-call rotations, monitoring, and alerting systems.
Perform hands-on coding and system design for selected project features.

Desired Qualifications

Prior experience with people management and project management.
Good working knowledge of Kubernetes.
Experience with Google Cloud Platform and its data analytics products, including BigQuery.
Previous experience working on a data platform team.
Experience with Apache Flink, Debezium for change data capture, Apache NiFi, Apache Airflow, and dbt.

Job Description

The candidate will lead a technical team of 5-10 engineers in the data platform team. We can think of this role as that of a staff software engineer plus management.

Typical responsibilities will include

People management, in the form of performance reviews, 1:1 session, mentoring and career growth for reportees
Project management, in the form of timeline estimation, project planning, making sure deadlines are met, unblocking developers, etc
Technical roadmap and planning - The candidate will work with senior software engineers to develop a technical roadmap as well as handle day to day operations
Taking care of Oncall and Operational excellence by putting in place due processes like oncall rotation, monitoring and alerting sysems etc
Hands on coding and System Design for selected features in the project

Qualifications

Required

Candidates must be based in Bangalore only
Expertise in Java is required. Please do not apply without having worked hands-on in Java for at least 5 years in big enterprise projects.
- Candidate should be aware of dependency injection and how it is used in unit testing frameworks.
- Candidates should have working knowledge of Java best practices, as laid out in (for example) "Effective Java by Josh Bloch".
- Candidates should have experience in writing multi-threaded java programs and should be aware of such things as the java memory model.
- Candidates should be aware of multi threading best practices as specified in (for example) "Java Concurrency in Practice by Brian Goetz etc"
Candidates must be "People Smart". They should be able to provide humane leadership and have the ability to take tough decisions, while also being receptive to employee feedback
Candidates require a strong working knowledge of linux based systems. This incluedes both theoritical knowledge as laid out in (for example) "linux system programming by Robert Love" as well as practical experience in linux system monitoring as laid out in (for example) "Systems Performance by Brendan Gregg"
Depth of experience in SQL and PostgreSQL database.

Preferable

Prior experience with People Management and Project Management. Although this is desirable, we will accept technically strong candidates who do not have prior management experience
Good working knowledge on kubernetes
Experience in Google Cloud Platform and its data analytics products like BigQuery etc
Previous experience working in a data platform team will be helpful
Experience with Apache Flink, Debezium for change data capture, Apache Nifi, Apache Airflow, DBT

Additional Information

The candidate should be willing to relocate to Bangalore.

About the Company

Cermati.com

Financial product marketplace and application service

Cermati operates a financial e-commerce platform in Indonesia that lets users research, compare, and apply for financial products such as credit cards, loans, mortgages, auto loans, savings accounts, insurance, and bill payments. It aggregates product information from banks and financial institutions into a standardized format and guides, and sometimes processes, applications on behalf of partners, earning commissions from successful applications. The service differentiates itself by offering free access, a wide product catalog, and handling parts of the application and documentation flow to speed up approvals, turning a simple comparison site into an integrated fintech marketplace. Its goal is to expand financial inclusion in Indonesia by making financial products easier to find, compare, and access for people who are online but historically underserved by formal finance.

Company size: 501-1,000
Company stage: Series A
Total funding: $1.9M
Headquarters: Jakarta, Indonesia
Founded: 2015

Recently Posted Jobs

Explore more opportunities at Cermati.com

See more jobs