Senior Software Engineer, Back End Application Team - Audacy, Inc.

Overview:

Audacy  is looking for a Senior Developer with extensive hands-on experience with kafka platform. An ideal candidate will have strong knowledge and comfortability with kafka client apis, kafka internals and kafka architecture and tools. The team is looking to expand and enhance our abilities with event and streaming applications and services across the back end. 

 

We are looking for someone who can lead technical discussions and clearly communicate solutions to stakeholders, technical and non-technical alike. We believe in self-empowered teams that can take a product from concept to delivery.

Responsibilities:

What You'll Do:

• Build and design data stream applications using kafka core concepts and connectors
• Understand scaling and tuning of read and write applications
• Work to improve performance and reduce costs of Data Transformation and enrichment systems
• Strong communication skills and the ability to communicate technical abilities, risks and opportunities around data streaming applications.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to integrate Kafka with other data processing systems
• Developing and maintaining documentation for Kafka configurations and best practices
• Ability to take product requirements and work with architecture to develop cost effective solutions.
• Comfortable with leading other engineers to develop a solution and breaking up work across multiple engineers

Qualifications:

More About You:

 

Required & Preferred:

 

• 5+ years of experience in backend software development (Python/Node/Java) 
• 5+ years of experience working with the kafka architecture
• 5+ years of experience working with relational databases
• 1+ years of Nosql database experience
• 3+ years of working with a containerized deployment system 

 

Preferred Qualifications

 

• Experience with Confluent kafka ecosystem
• Understanding and experience with Flink stream processing
• Experience with OpenSearch 

 

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience

Additional Information:

Pay Transparency:

 

The anticipated starting salary range for Colorado-based individuals expressing interest in this position is $135k-$155K.

Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and location of the applicant, as well as internal and external equity.

 

Audacy offers employees who are eligible for benefits with a comprehensive benefits package which includes: a health care coordinator, medical, dental, vision, mental health, telemedicine, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, disability, life insurance, critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, paid time off (sick, flex-time away/vacation days, personal, parental, volunteer), 401(k) retirement plan, student loan payment assistance program, legal assistance, life assistance program, identity theft protection, discounted home and auto insurance, and pet insurance.

 

We antipicate closing application submissions for this job on 9/15/24. If we extend the deadline we will be sure to update this job posting online

Important Notes::

Please be aware that Audacy will never ask you to send money at any point during the hiring process. Communication from legitimate Audacy representatives will only come from email addresses ending in @audacy.com. If you receive any suspicious requests or communications, please verify their authenticity before responding.

 

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About Us:

Audacy, Inc. is a leading multi-platform audio content and entertainment company that connects with 200 million consumers. Powered by its exclusive, premium audio content that includes unrivaled leadership positions in news and sports radio, Audacy operates one of the country’s two scaled radio broadcasting groups, a rapidly growing direct-to-consumer digital audio platform, multiple audio networks, a major event business and a leading, award-winning podcast studio. Learn more at www.audacyinc.com, Facebook, X, LinkedIn and Instagram.

EEO:

Audacy is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Audacy affords equal employment opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of their race, color, religion or religious creed, sex/ gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age (over 40), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Consistent with our commitment to equal employment opportunity, we provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities who need assistance in applying electronically for a position with Audacy, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship. To request a reasonable accommodation for this purpose, please call 1-610-660-5614. Please note that this phone number is to be used solely to request an accommodation with respect to the online application process. Calls for any other reason will not be returned. Reasonable accommodation requests are considered on a case-by-case basis.