Data Engineer II

At HackerRank, we help over 2,500 of the most prestigious logos across industries find, hire and upskill amazing developer talent using our SaaS-based Developer Skills Platform. We pioneered and continue to lead the developer skills market. At HackerRank, we are passionate about our mission to "Change the world to value skills over pedigree”. This position is full-time and Hybrid in Bangalore,India.

We are seeking a Data Engineer for Our data team which is on a mission to democratize data at HackerRank, making it accessible and actionable for all. We recently achieved a 10x performance boost with our export service, showcasing our drive for impactful, scalable solutions. With a balanced mix of synchronous and async collaboration, we foster efficiency, inclusivity, and seamless teamwork.

What You Will Do

• Evaluate technologies, develop POCs, solve technical challenges and propose innovative solutions for our technical and business problems
• Delight our stakeholders, customers and partners by building high-quality, well-tested, scalable and reliable business applications.
• Design, build and maintain streaming and batch data pipelines that can scale.
• Architect, develop and maintain our Modern lake house Platform using AWS native infrastructure
• Designing Complex Data Models to deliver insights and enable self-service
• Take ownership of scaling, performance, security, and reliability of our data infrastructure
• Hiring, guiding and mentoring junior engineers
• Work in an agile development environment, participate in code reviews
• Collaborate with remote development teams and cross-functional teams

What You Will Also Bring

• 3+ years of experience with designing, developing and maintaining data engineering & BI solutions.
• Experience with Data Modeling for Big Data Solutions.
• Experience with Spark, Spark Structured Streaming (Scala Spark)
• Experience with database technologies like Redshift or Trino
• Experience with BI Solutions like Looker, Power BI, Amazon Quicksight, Tableau etc is a big plus
• Experience with ETL Design & Orchestration using platforms like Apache Airflow, MageAI etc is a big plus
• Experience querying massive datasets using Languages like SQL, Hive, Spark, Trino
• Experience with performance tuning complex data warehouses and queries.
• Able to solve problems of scale, performance, security, and reliability
• Self-driven, initiative taker with good communication skills, ability to lead and mentor junior engineers, work with cross-functional teams, drive architecture decisions

Bonus Skills

• Knowledge of Kafka, Kafka Connect and related technologies is a huge bonus

You Will Thrive In This Role, If

• You love solving tough challenges that create real-world impact and are excited to dive into uncharted territories.
• You enjoy fast-paced, dynamic environments where collaboration isn’t just encouraged—it’s essential
• You care about understanding product challenges and finding creative solutions, beyond just coding tasks.
• You value shipping solutions quickly while refining and enhancing them as you go.
• You’re willing to break boundaries and contribute wherever needed, even if it’s outside your usual responsibilities.

Benefits & Perks

• One-time home office set up stipend
• Monthly Remote Work Enablement Stipend
• Professional Development Reimbursement
• Wellbeing Benefits (Headspace, etc)
• Flexible paid time off and paid leave for new parents
• Insurance for all employees (term life, personal accident, medical) along with medical insurance for their dependents
• Employee stock options, flexible work hours, and time off

About HackerRank

HackerRank is a Y Combinator alumnus backed by tier-one Silicon Valley VCs with a total funding of over $100 million. The HackerRank Developer Skills Platform is the standard for assessing developer skills for 2,500+ companies across industries and 26.5M developers worldwide. Companies like LinkedIn, Stripe, and Peloton rely on HackerRank to objectively evaluate skills against millions of developers at every hiring process, allowing teams to hire the best and reduce engineering time. Developers rely on HackerRank to turn their skills into great jobs. We’re data-driven givers who take full ownership of our work and love delighting our customers!

HackerRank is a proud equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. We provide equal opportunity to everyone for employment based on individual performance and qualification. We never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.