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Senior Backend/Data Platform Engineer

Merican Inc

 

Atlanta, GA, USA

Posted On: 30+ days ago
Experience: 5+ years
Availability: Hybrid
Openings: 1
Category: Data Platform Engineer
Tenure: Contract - Corp-to-Corp
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Description

Key Responsibilities:

  • Audience & Segmentation Systems
  • Build scalable audience computation and segmentation services for large datasets
  • Develop audience materialization pipelines (batch/persistent outputs) Implement identity-aware audience logic (deduplication, user stitching, cross-channel identity resolution) Customer Profile & Serving Layer Build and optimize customer profile serving systems for low-latency access
  • Enable real-time profile lookup and enrichment for downstream applications
  • Real-Time Activation & Streaming Develop real-time activation pipelines using Kafka / Azure Event Hubs
  • Enable event-driven data flows for audience activation into downstream systems
  • Ensure scalable and reliable stream processing architectures

Data Platform & Performance Optimization:

  • Optimize audience preview (low-latency queries) and materialization (batch pipelines) Work with: Databricks / Spark for large-scale processing Delta Lake for storage and reliability Click House / Pinot for high-performance analytical queries Use Redis for caching and fast data access Backend & API Development Build scalable APIs and services using Python (FastAPI preferred) Design robust microservices and distributed systems
  • Ensure high performance, availability, and reliability Cloud & DevOps Deploy and manage services on Kubernetes / AKS Implement CI/CD, monitoring, and scaling strategies
  • Ensure fault-tolerant and resilient systems

Required Skills:

  • Strong Python with backend frameworks (FastAPI preferred)
  • Experience with Spark, Databricks
  • Strong knowledge of Delta Lake and ClickHouse/Pinot Hands-on with Kafka / Event Hubs and Redis
  • Strong understanding of distributed systems and streaming architectures
  • Experience with Kubernetes / AKS

Nice to Have:

  • Experience with Customer Data Platforms (CDP) / audience systems
  • Exposure to identity resolution and customer 360 solutions
  • Experience with large-scale datasets (TB/PB)

Key Expectations:

  • Strong ownership of backend + data platform components
  • Ability to design low-latency, high-scale systems
  • Experience in real-time and batch data processing Strong problem-solving and system optimization skills Business Impact
  • Enable scalable audience segmentation, customer profile serving, and real-time activation, driving personalization and engagement at scale

Education

Bachelor's degree

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