Staff Engineer (Real Time Data Processing) @ Innovaccer

About the Role

We are looking for a Staff EngineerReal-time Data Processing to design and develop highly scalable, low-latency data streaming platforms and processing engines. This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy building core systems and infrastructure that enable mission-critical analytics at scale. Youll work on solving some of the toughest data engineering challenges in healthcare.

A Day in the Life

• Architect, build, and maintain a large-scale real-time data processing platform.
• Collaborate with data scientists, product managers, and engineering teams to define system architecture and design.
• Optimize systems for scalability, reliability, and low-latency performance.
• Implement robust monitoring, alerting, and failover mechanisms to ensure high availability.
• Evaluate and integrate open-source and third-party streaming frameworks.
• Contribute to the overall engineering strategy and promote best practices for stream and event processing.
• Mentor junior engineers and lead technical initiatives.

What You Need

• 8+ years of experience in backend or data engineering roles, with a strong focus on building real-time systems or platforms.
• Hands-on experience with stream processing frameworks like Apache Flink, Apache Kafka Streams, or Apache Spark Streaming.
• Proficiency in Java, Scala, or Python or Go for building high-performance services.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, event-driven architecture, and microservices.
• Experience with Kafka, Pulsar, or other distributed messaging systems.
• Working knowledge of containerization tools like Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes.
• Proficiency in observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures and services (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Bachelor's or Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Heres What We Offer

• Generous Leave Benefits: Enjoy generous leave benefits of up to 40 days.
• Parental Leave: Experience one of the industry's best parental leave policies to spend time with your new addition.
• Sabbatical Leave Policy: Want to focus on skill development, pursue an academic career, or just take a break? We've got you covered.
• Health Insurance: We offer health benefits and insurance to you and your family for medically related expenses related to illness, disease, or injury.
• Pet-Friendly Office*: Spend more time with your treasured friends, even when you're away from home. Bring your furry friends with you to the office and let your colleagues become their friends, too. *Noida office only
• Creche Facility for children*: Say goodbye to worries and hello to a convenient and reliable creche facility that puts your child's well-being first. *India offices