Senior Data Engineer (AWS)

TL;DR

Senior Data Engineer (AWS/Kafka): Designing and improving data ingestion, streaming, and event processing for a global flight tracking service with an accent on scalability and reliability. Focus on building robust data pipelines, optimizing cloud-based platforms on AWS, and enhancing production observability.

Location: Must be based in or able to work from the office in Stockholm, Sweden. Relocation is not offered.

Company

hirify.global is the world's most popular flight tracking service, serving over 4 million daily users worldwide.

What you will do

• Design and optimize data ingestion, streaming, and event processing (batch and real-time).
• Refactor and enhance existing data services, pipelines, and infrastructure.
• Implement robust data collection, transformation, and storage solutions.
• Operate and improve AWS-based cloud platforms.
• Increase observability, reliability, and operational tooling for production systems.
• Collaborate with software engineers and analysts to deliver high-quality data products.

Requirements

• Experience with data engineering architectures for ingestion and transformation.
• Several years of hands-on experience building and operating production systems.
• Proficiency with cloud platforms, preferably AWS.
• Deep understanding of databases (OLTP/OLAP, warehouses, query performance).
• Experience with event-driven or streaming architectures (Kafka or similar).
• English: Professional working proficiency required.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to impact a service used by millions of users globally.
• Flexible and social work environment.
• Modern office in downtown Stockholm with free beverages, fruit, and snacks.
• Diverse international team with over 30 nationalities represented.