Software Engineer, Big Data & Olap
Conviva
Conviva helps the world’s top brands to identify and act on growth opportunities across mobile and web apps, video streaming services, and Agentic AI experiences. Our platform delivers real-time performance analytics to transform every customer interaction into actionable insight, connecting experience, engagement, and technical performance to business outcomes. By analyzing client-side session data from all users as it happens, Conviva reveals not just what happened, but how long it lasted and why it mattered—surfacing behavioral and experience patterns that give teams the context to retain more customers, resolve issues faster, and grow revenue.
As a Software Engineer, Big Data at Conviva, you’ll have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and solve some of the most challenging problems in big data and real-time processing. Your work will directly shape the future of our products and services, enabling millions of users to benefit from real-time data insights. Join Conviva you will be part of a rapidly growing company where your contributions are valued, and your career can thrive.
What Success Will Look Like
As a key member of our engineering team, you will:
- Design and build cutting-edge big data processing systems for both live streaming and offline data pipelines, enabling real-time insights and analytics at scale.
- Tackle complex engineering challenges in managing big data processing, with a focus on reliability, scalability, and flexibility to meet evolving business needs.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to design, build, and launch innovative products that deliver measurable value to our users.
- Drive continuous improvement by optimizing existing systems and introducing new technologies to enhance performance and efficiency.
Who You Are & What You've Done:
We’re looking for someone who has:
- Educational Background: A BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Proven Experience: 1-5 years of hands-on experience as a software engineer in data area, with a track record of developing and delivering core product code.
- Technical Expertise:
- Proficiency in Big Data technologies focusing on Storage & OLAP areas, include but not limited to Hadoop, Kafka, Spark, OLAP (Druid / ClickHouse / Doris /StarRocks etc.) and Data Lake(Iceberg / Paimon / Hudi / Polaris etc.)
- Strong programming skills in Java / Scala /Python (language, libraries, debugging) or C++
- Experience building massively scalable & stable data infrastructure using both commercial and open-source tools.
- Deep understanding of distributed systems and the ability to design and implement solutions that handle high-scale data processing.
- Foundational Knowledge:
- Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and design principles, especially in distributed systems.
- Familiarity with server testing and debugging methodologies to ensure robust and reliable systems
- Growth Mindset: systematic thinking, a passion for working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and a strong desire to contribute to the success of a rapidly growing company.
- Communication Skills: Strong English communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with global teams and stakeholders.
Privately held, Conviva is headquartered in Silicon Valley, California with offices and people around the globe. For more information, visit us at www.conviva.com. Join us to help extend our leadership position in big data streaming analytics to new audiences and markets!