What We’re All About:
Q2 is proud of delivering our mobile banking platform and technology solutions, globally, to more than 22 million end users across our 1,300 financial institutions and fintech clients. At Q2, our mission is simple: Build strong, diverse communities by strengthening their financial institutions. We accomplish that by investing in the communities where both our customers and employees serve and live.
What Makes Q2 Special?
Being as passionate about our people as we are about our mission. We celebrate our employees in many ways, including our “Circle of Awesomeness” award ceremony and day of employee celebration among others! We invest in the growth and development of our team members through ongoing learning opportunities, mentorship programs, internal mobility, and meaningful leadership relationships. We also know that nothing builds trust and collaboration like having fun. We hold an annual Dodgeball for Charity event at our Q2 Stadium in Austin, inviting other local companies to play, and community organizations we support to raise money and awareness together.
The Job At-A-Glance:
Q2 is seeking a Platform Engineer to join our organization. As part of the Data Platform Engineering team, you will build and maintain the Cloud infrastructure for streaming data pipelines and messaging solutions. Our team collaborates closely with cross-functional teams to integrate Kafka into various applications and ensures optimal performance and reliability of the data infrastructure.
A Typical Day:
- Design, implement, and manage Kafka-based data pipelines and messaging solutions to support critical business operations and enable real-time data processing.
- Configure, deploy, and maintain Kafka clusters, ensuring high availability and scalability to maximize uptime and support business growth.
- Monitor Kafka performance and troubleshoot issues to minimize downtime and ensure uninterrupted data flow, enhancing decision-making and operational efficiency.
- Collaborate with development teams to integrate Kafka into applications and services.
- Develop and maintain Kafka connectors such as JDBC, MongoDB, and S3 connectors, along with topics and schemas, to streamline data ingestion from databases, NoSQL data stores, and cloud storage, enabling faster data insights.
- Implement security measures to protect Kafka clusters and data streams, safeguarding sensitive information and maintaining regulatory compliance.
- Optimize Kafka configurations for performance, reliability, and scalability.
- Automate Kafka cluster operations using infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or Ansible to increase operational efficiency and reduce manual overhead.
Bring Your Passion, Do What You Love. Here’s What We’re Looking For:
- Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in (relevant degree) and a minimum of 5 years of related experience; or an advanced degree with 3+ years of experience; or equivalent related work experience.
- Advanced knowledge in multiple areas of data transformations, data pipelines, workflow automation, and scheduling systems data-centric systems architecture software engineering and distributed software design database systems, data warehouses, distributed file storage and compute platforms
- Experience with several of the technologies we currently use:
- Cloud Providers: AWS, Azure
- Data Movement Tools: Kafka, Redis, Kinesis
- Data Pipelines: Apache Airflow, dbt
- Data Tools: Pyspark, Snowpark, AWS Glue, Pandas, Databricks, SageMaker
- Databases: Snowflake, SqlServer, Postgresql
- Containerization: Kubernetes, Docker
- Languages: Python, C#, Golang, Bash, SQL
- CI/CD: GitLab, Azure DevOps
- SCM: Git, Github, GitLab
We look for engineers that are comfortable working in a team setting as well as working individually under their own responsibility. Regardless of experience level, all our engineers strive to learn more than they knew yesterday. We pride ourselves on elevating the folks around us. We grow leaders and encourage engineers at all levels of experience to take ownership of challenging work.
This position requires fluent written and oral communication in English.
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
Health & Wellness
Hybrid Work Opportunities
Flexible Time Off
Career Development & Mentoring Programs
Health & Wellness Benefits, including competitive health insurance offerings and generous paid parental leave for eligible new parents
Community Volunteering & Company Philanthropy Programs
Employee Peer Recognition Programs – “You Earned it”
Click here to find out more about the benefits we offer.
How We Give Back to the Community:
You can learn more about our Q2 Spark Program, Q2 Philanthropy fund, and our employee volunteering programs on our Q2 Community page. Q2 supports dozens of wide-reaching organizations, such as the African American Leadership Institute, and The Trevor Project, promoting diversity and success in leadership and technology. Other deserving beneficiaries include Resource Center helping LGBTQ communities, JDRF, and Homes for our Troops, a group helping veterans rebuild their lives with specially adapted homes.
At Q2, our goal is to be a diverse and inclusive workforce that fosters mutual respect for our employees and the communities we serve. Q2 is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
Applicants in California or Washington State may not be exempt from federal and state overtime requirements
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