Senior Big Data Engineer

Who is Nexxen?   
Flexible advertising, unified by data. Nexxen empowers advertisers, agencies, publishers and broadcasters around the world to utilize data and advanced TV in the ways that are most meaningful to them. Our flexible and unified technology stack comprises a demand-side platform (“DSP”) and supply-side platform (“SSP”), with the Nexxen Data Platform at its core. With a global footprint, you can be part of a team that is transforming advertising through our creative, flexible and unified solutions. 

Why join the Nexxen team? 
With a global footprint, you can be part of a team that is transforming advertising through our creative, flexible and unified solutions. Employees hustle, commit and dedicate themselves to pillars that make up the Nexxen Way – the 3Cs - Customer Centric, Curious Mindset, Collaborative with No Ego. 

Why Join Nexxen Team?

We're looking for a Senior Big Data Java Developer to join our Data Engineering team in Frankfurt/Main. You will be a part of our Data Management platform, that is responsible for processing, storing, and serving data for all our core systems. As a Senior Big Data Developer, we will encourage you to take a proactive & autonomous approach in research & development while working collaboratively with the team. Our ideal candidate is a fast but thorough problem solver, and a fun person to work with!

This role will be based in the Frankfurt/Main office. Our team follows a hybrid schedule, working in the office three days a week and remotely for the rest.    

Each day can be different here at Nexxen, but some of the things you can expect to be doing daily are: 

What you’ll do:

• Implement high-scale Big Data solutions and contribute to our platform infrastructure and architecture.
• End-to-end feature development and ownership, from design to production.
• Participate in building and designing the next-generation data infrastructure of the company.
• Research innovative technologies for building highly scalable data applications.
• Working with various stakeholders: Product, Engineering, Data providers etc.

What You'll Bring:

• Language: English and German
• 4+ years of data engineering experience 

• 4+ years of experience in Java
• Python and Scala (advantage)
• Strong system architecture knowledge, especially in distributed systems
• Build performant and scalable high-volume applications 

• Experience in maintaining and scaling production systems
• Experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases
• Understanding of Pipelines/ETLs/Hadoop/Hive/Spark/Kafka/Streaming/DBMS
• Working knowledge of Linux, Docker, and Container Orchestration 

• Proficient with the Git version control system 

• Collaboration with developers, product managers, business operations, and customers 

• BS (or higher) in Computer Science or related degree 

• Work in an Agile development process 

• Excellent communication skills 

• Team player

Extra Credit

• Experience with Vertica, Clickhouse, Kafka, MongoDB, RDS, Redis, MySQL, Oracle, Spark, Athena, Trino
• Experience with Kubernetes
• Experience in AI/Machine Learning
• Microservice Experience
• Webserver and HTTP understanding
• Defining data structures and storing formats ER/DDL/
• Basic understanding of online advertising technologies

• Running Linux systems in production 

• System Monitoring using Prometheus, Grafana, DataDog, Kibana, InfluxDB etc. 

• AWS Service Experience (e.g., EC2, ECS, Kinesis etc.)

At Nexxen, we value our differences, varied experiences, and collective contribution. We know that not everyone takes the same career path, so if you don’t match this job description perfectly, don’t worry! We would rather see your application than risk missing out on your potential to make an impact. 

In support of pay transparency and equity, the minimum and maximum full-time annual base salary for this role is €110,000 at the time of posting, with the potential of an incentive or bonus. While this is our reasonable expectation this is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, actual compensation is influenced by a wide range of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, education, certifications, responsibility, and geographic location. Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location. We offer a variety of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, disability insurance, 401(k), EAP, parental leave, unlimited vacation, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available will vary depending on the state, start date, and employment type. Our Talent Acquisition team will be happy to answer any questions you may have. 

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