Application Architect
MSP•Jersey City, NJ
•Onsite
About The Position
Genesis10 is seeking a Senior Apache Spark Developer for a 12+ month contract position with a Global Financial Institution in Jersey City, NJ. This role focuses on designing and developing distributed data processing solutions using Apache Spark within an enterprise Kafka ecosystem. The successful candidate will be instrumental in scaling data processing capabilities, facilitating cloud adoption, and supporting strategic migration initiatives involving Databricks and AWS.
Requirements
- 5+ years of hands-on development experience with Apache Spark
- Strong expertise in Spark SQL, Structured Streaming, DataFrames/Datasets, performance tuning and optimization
- Experience integrating Spark with Apache Kafka
- Strong development skills in Java and Python
- Experience designing and supporting large-scale distributed systems
- Solid understanding of software engineering principles, object-oriented design, and testing practices
- Experience working with relational and distributed data platforms
- Bachelor's Degree
Nice To Haves
- Databricks experience (SQL)
- AWS experience, including services such as S3, EMR, Glue, Lambda, ECS/EKS
- Experience supporting large-scale cloud migration initiatives
- Experience with lakehouse architectures and modern data platform patterns
- Experience handling multi-terabyte or petabyte-scale datasets
- Financial services or regulated industry experience
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and optimize Spark-based applications for large-scale data processing
- Build streaming and batch data solutions leveraging Apache Kafka and Apache Spark
- Develop reusable frameworks and components supporting enterprise data engineering initiatives
- Support migration efforts from on-premises data platforms to Databricks and AWS
- Collaborate with architects and platform engineers to implement cloud-native data solutions
- Optimize Spark jobs for performance, scalability, reliability, and operational efficiency
- Participate in system design, code reviews, testing, and production support activities
- Implement CI/CD, monitoring, and observability practices for distributed data applications
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across Spark, Kafka, Databricks, and cloud environments and with other enterprise messaging systems
Benefits
- Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
- The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
- Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
- Behavioral Health Platform
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- Health Savings Account
- Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
- Voluntary Term Life Insurance
- 401K
- Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
- Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
