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Qodea

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Enterprise • SaaS • B2B

Qodea is a leading cloud technology partner specializing in Google Cloud solutions. With over 15 years of experience and more than 300 experts, Qodea helps businesses unlock the full potential of Google's cloud technology to drive digital transformation and achieve real-world success. As Europe's largest dedicated Google Cloud partner, Qodea supports major brands in harnessing cloud technology, ensuring seamless transitions, and maximizing business value. The company offers comprehensive services in infrastructure modernisation, data activation, AI integration, and security, tailoring solutions to meet UK and EU regulatory requirements.

201 - 500 employees

🏢 Enterprise

☁️ SaaS

🤝 B2B

📋 Description

• Drive the modernization and evolution of core data processing platforms. • Lead the architectural design and technical roadmap for modernizing and scaling data ingestion and processing pipelines using Scala and GCP Dataflow. • Drive performance and throughput enhancements through the migration of services to Cloud Functions. • Partner with Staff Engineers to expand functionality of data export systems for external partners. • Oversee support and expansion of existing data integrations. • Refactor and modernize legacy Scala codebases. • Collaborate closely with teams using Node.js APIs and Python for data transformations. • Mentor and guide a team of engineers, championing engineering best practices. • Act as a key technical communicator, defining approaches and engaging in rapid, iterative development cycles.

🎯 Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline. • 8 + Extensive experience of software engineering, with experience, with a proven track record of designing, building, and operating large-scale, high-traffic distributed systems in production. • Deep expertise in Scala and its functional programming paradigms. • Demonstrable, hands-on experience with GCP Dataflow (Apache Beam). Experience with other major streaming/batch frameworks (e.g., Apache Spark, Akka Streams) is also highly valuable. • Strong proficiency in the GCP ecosystem, including critical services like BigQuery, Pub/Sub, and Cloud Functions. • Solid understanding of data engineering principles, including data modeling, schema design, and data lifecycle management. • Experience building and maintaining data export feeds to external systems (e.g., SFTP, GCS, S3). • Proven ability to lead technical projects, mentor other engineers, and influence architectural decisions across multiple teams. • Excellent communication skills, with experience working in polyglot environments (interfacing with Node.js, Python, etc.) and a proactive, inquisitive approach to problem-solving. • Ability to be available for key synchronous meetings and standups between 4:00 - 6:00 PM UK time. • **Nice to Have** • Familiarity with CI/CD best practices and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes). • Working knowledge of Node.js or Python for data-related tasks. • Experience with other data stores (e.g., NoSQL, time-series databases) or data orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow).

🏖️ Benefits

• Annual salary reviews. • We follow LAS (Employment Protection Act) regarding termination of employment, insurance requirements, etc. • Occupational pension plan for all employees with a significantly higher contribution than standard practice and no age limit. • All employees are provided with a work setup that includes a computer and a mobile phone. • We provide a generous wellness allowance or a membership at TIQQE Crossfit. • We include premium waiver insurance, health insurance, group life insurance (TGL), work injury insurance (TFA), accident insurance, healthcare insurance, rehabilitation insurance, business travel insurance, and liability insurance. • We offer advice on employment benefits and insurance coverage. • We offer visual display terminal glasses if needed. • Central office in Örebro but also we also offer distributed (remote) work. • Regular employee surveys. • 5 extra vacation days per year in addition to the statutory 25 days (therefore all employees have 30 vacation days per year). • We do not work on bridging days (days between a public holiday and a weekend). • Flexible working hours. • Continuous development talks. • Certification bonus. • Leadership programs and opportunities for further personal development • Diversity and Inclusion at Qodea, we champion diversity and inclusion. We believe that a career in IT should be open to everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, or neurotype. We value the unique talents and perspectives that each individual brings to our team, and we strive to create a fair and accessible hiring process for all.