Senior Data Platform Engineer

Posted Aug 31

Upwork ($UPWK) is the world’s work marketplace. We serve everyone from one-person startups to large, Fortune 100 enterprises with a powerful, trust-driven platform that enables companies and talent to work together in new ways that unlock their potential.

Last year, more than $3.8 billion of work was done through Upwork by skilled professionals who are gaining more control by finding work they are passionate about and innovating their careers.

This is an engagement through Upwork’s Hybrid Workforce Solutions (HWS) Team. Our Hybrid Workforce Solutions Team is a global group of professionals that support Upwork’s business. Our HWS team members are located all over the world.

Work/Project Scope 

  • We are looking to add a team member to work on our real time streaming pipeline.  
  • Work will involve developing new features and fixing bugs in our streaming services
  • Creating tooling to improve operations and automation
  • Monitoring and adjusting the pipeline infrastructure capacity

Must Haves (Required Skills)

  • Strong Java and Python skills
  • Extensive systems and software engineering experience
  • Real work experience with multiple AWS resources
  • Kinesis, Lambda, Cloudwatch
  • Experience in Linux and shell scripting
  • Comfortable working with a globally distributed team with minimum supervision and attention to detail.
  • Able to work full-time with an overlap of 8-11AM PST Pacific Standard Time.

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