Coders Connect is partnering with a cutting-edge data tech company that operates one of the largest real-time social data collection and processing platforms globally — handling tens of millions of posts daily across thousands of nodes worldwide. They serve top-tier clients in AI, cyber defense, and investment through powerful data and analytics APIs.
As a Senior Data Platform Engineer, you’ll be the guardian of their core data infrastructure, focusing on enhancing reliability, scalability, and cost-efficiency. You’ll work hands-on with streaming, storage, APIs, and big data pipelines to build the next generation of “data-as-a-service” products.
What You’ll Do:
- Own and evolve the platform backbone: Kafka streaming, S3 data lakes, PySpark processing, and OLAP via ClickHouse
- Build and optimize APIs for data analytics, search, and multi-tenant access
- Manage ingestion pipelines with high throughput (millions of events per hour) and maintain schema and data quality controls
- Drive operational excellence through monitoring, autoscaling, and disaster recovery plans
- Collaborate closely with a small, agile team reporting directly to founders — quick decision-making and high autonomy
Requirements
- 5–7+ years of experience with production data platforms, streaming, databases, and real-time systems
- Deep hands-on expertise with Kafka, ClickHouse, Kubernetes, PySpark, Typesense (or similar full-text search), and S3 or other cloud data lakes
- Proven track record building scalable, reliable data pipelines and data/analytics APIs in a fast-moving environment
- Strong product mindset focused on cost-efficiency, automation, and API-first delivery
- Comfortable working in a small, highly autonomous team with responsibility and freedom to influence tech and culture
Benefits
Why This Role?
- Be a key player in a trailblazing company that processes massive social data streams daily
- Work in Lyon with hybrid flexibility
- Competitive salary plus equity (BSPCE)
- Direct access to founders and leadership — your ideas and work will have immediate impact
- Shape the future of data platforms and analytics-as-a-service
Ready to step up and own the data platform? Apply today!!!