Hirehangar

Hirehangar

Software Engineer, Real-Time Data

Columbia - Maryland

No sponsorshipDetected 2 days ago
TypeScriptPythonGoReactNext.jsNode.jsBackend DevelopmentRedisElasticsearchAWSGCPCloud PlatformsDockerKubernetesKafkaSparkAirflowData EngineeringData Visualization

About the role

  • This role sits at the intersection of backend data infrastructure and front-end visualization, supporting a product that ingests high-volume social and web data in real time and visualizes complex network relationships.
  • The ideal candidate is comfortable working across graph databases, streaming data pipelines, and modern front-end frameworks, and thrives in a fast-moving, early-stage engineering environment.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain backend services that interface with graph databases to model and query complex relationship data
  • Develop and maintain real-time data ingestion pipelines handling high-throughput social and web data
  • Build and optimize web scraping and crawler infrastructure to support continuous data collection
  • Develop front-end features and dashboards that visualize network and relationship data in an intuitive, performant way
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to translate product requirements into scalable technical solutions
  • Experience building or working with data pipelines, ETL processes, or web scraping/crawler infrastructure

Requirements

  • Hands-on experience with graph databases (such as Neo4j, TigerGraph, Dgraph, ArangoDB, or Amazon Neptune) and graph query languages (such as Cypher or Gremlin)
  • Experience with real-time/streaming data infrastructure (such as Kafka, Kinesis, Flink, or Spark)
  • Strong proficiency in at least one backend language such as Python, Go, or Node.js/TypeScript
  • Front-end development experience with React, Next.js, and TypeScript
  • Must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship

Nice to have

  • Experience with data visualization libraries such as D3, Cytoscape, Sigma.js, vis.js, or Recharts, particularly for graph/network visualizations
  • Experience with social listening, social media data, or large-scale web data platforms
  • Familiarity with Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, Redis, or Airflow
  • Prior experience at a seed-to-Series B startup
  • Experience with AWS, GCP, Docker, or Kubernetes
  • Tools & Technology:

Skills

  • Graph database platforms (Neo4j, TigerGraph, Dgraph, ArangoDB, or similar)
  • Streaming/data pipeline tools (Kafka, Spark, Flink, or similar)
  • React, Next.js, TypeScript
  • Python, Go, or Node.js
  • Cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP), Docker, Kubernetes

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship

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