Position: Java/Scala Data Engineer Team Leader
Company: Playtika
Category: Scala
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper
Published: 2021-02-01T00:00:00+02:00

If you are interested in working with talented and passionate teammates and becoming a driving force for the evolution of Big Data and Machine Learning systems, then Playtika Minsk will be the right fit for you.
You will work with many exciting technologies like Apache Spark, Spark Streaming, Kafka, Hadoop, Vertica and Kubernetes to name a few.

Responsibilities:
•	Lead a team of skilled data SW engineers and data automation engineers
•	Training, mentoring and hiring data engineers
•	Collaborating with our architects, product owners, data scientists, QA and DevOps
•	Promote best practices coding, code complete standards, and design patterns
•	Be part of the global team building data platform to support gaming tenants
•	Build and deploy scalable and reliable data processing pipelines to move and aggregate large amounts of data
•	Monitor and Maintain production level streaming and batch applications
•	Tune and ohptimize data applications architecture to reach real-time capabilities.

Requirements:
•	BSc. in computer science/software engineering
•	At least 2 years experience as data engineering team leader
•	Practicing modern SW development processes (SCRUM, Unit tests, source control, TDD, CI, CD, deployment automation)
•	Passion for data engineering, quality, automation and efficiency, self-starter, loves challenges, independent and a tech savvy
•	Proficient in Java/Scala with +3 years of experience in writing Spark based batch and streaming data applications (Streaming\Structured Streaming\SparkSQL)
•	Strong understanding of the Hadoop ecosystems (especially Kafka, hdfs, Zookeeper, Yarn, ORC, Parquet, Hive) and related technologies with +2 years of experience
•	English (both spoken & written)

WE OFFER:
•	Competitive salary, performance-based bonuses and flexible working hours
•	Social package, including gym membership compensation, medical insurance with dental coverage
•	Paid vacation and sick leaves
•	Training programs, certifications, conferences including international events
•	Corporate English classes
•	Referral program
•	Corporate celebrations, team buildings, and fun activities
•	Free meals twice a day, refreshments, happy hours