Description:

Wattpad is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer, Data to join their Data Engineering team.
The role involves designing, building, maintaining, and monitoring a large-scale distributed system that serves millions of users daily.
Responsibilities include building new and updating existing microservices on AWS using Go and Python.
The engineer will maintain and scale an event platform powered by Kafka, which ingests 200K messages per second.
The position requires improving the reliability and performance of core components and existing systems.
The engineer will also configure and maintain the infrastructure that supports these systems and write unit and service tests for all code.
Researching new technologies to address future scaling issues is also part of the job.
Candidates can work remotely in Canada but must align with core EST hours (9am to 5pm EST).

Requirements:

Candidates should have a growth mindset and a passion for learning.
A minimum of 8 years of experience in a software development role is required.
Proficiency in Golang and/or Python is essential.
Experience in building and maintaining complex back-end systems that operate 24/7 at high scale is necessary.
Interest or experience in information retrieval systems, such as Elasticsearch and time-series databases, is preferred.
Familiarity with big data technologies like Airflow, EMR, Dataproc, AWS DMS, AWS Glue, Spark, Redshift, Flink, and Kafka is valued.
Candidates should write clean, readable code that clearly communicates its intent and methods.
Understanding of database fundamentals and experience working on data platforms is required.
Interest in DevOps or infrastructure technologies, such as Kubernetes, is appreciated.
Experience in planning and leading technical initiatives or projects of various scopes and sizes is a plus.
Mentoring experience with other developers is also valued.

Wattpad offers career development opportunities, including mentorship and support for achieving personal goals.
Employees receive top industry health benefits, including vision and dental coverage.
A health/wellness account is provided for annual spending.
The company contributes to RRSP (Canada) and 401K (USA) plans.
Employees enjoy generous vacation time and a maternity/parental leave top-up program.
Corporate discounts for gym memberships are available for employees and their families.
The position allows for remote work from almost anywhere in the world for part of the year.
Wattpad also has a winter break shutdown and offers additional perks.