ZipRecruiter
Senior Software Engineer, Big Data
Santa Monica, CA · Senior · Full-time
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odds of building a lasting career here
Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.
Personalize to your clock →H-1B wage level
the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
$21,637 more — $161,637 — moves this role to Level III and 3 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $161,637 would place this position at wage Level III. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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Green-card follow-through: 100%
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About the role
- ZipRecruiter has the #1 rated job search app on iOS & Android.
- We provide an essential service and have a thriving business as a result.
- Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location, and the range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations.
Responsibilities
- Build data processing and exploration pipelines along with ML infrastructure to power our intelligence
- Help drive the innovation and evolution of ZipRecruiter
- We're working on building an efficient marketplace of jobseekers and employers and need generalist software engineers to build fast, scalable, and effective applications, stream and batch data processing, ML infrastructure and a variety of other systems all to help connect people to their next job.
- We're working on data driven systems and applications and need people who can build fast services and processes to power all of the intelligence we use to help change people's lives.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional software development experience with a focus on big data technologies
- Experience with Hadoop, Spark, Hive, and/or other big data technologies
- Experience with containerization technologies like Docker and/or Kubernetes
- Most US-based positions can also be performed remotely (any exceptions will be noted in the Minimum Qualifications below.)
Nice to have
- 8+ years of professional software development experience, with a focus on big data technologies
- BS/MS/PhD in Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, related technical field or equivalent practical experience
- Experience with data integration tools like Apache Kafka, Flume, and NiFi
- Familiarity with data storage technologies such as Delta Lake, HBase, Cassandra, and MongoDB
- Familiarity with Apache Hudi, Apache Beam, Apache Flink, Google Cloud Dataflow, Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics, and/or Azure Databricks
- Competitive compensation
- Employer-matched 401(k) plan
Compensation
- Competitive compensation
Benefits
- Our team has a unique opportunity to work on applications and data at scale, serving millions of jobseekers and tens of thousands of customers.
Company info
- ZipRecruiter is a leading online employment marketplace. Powered by AI-driven smart matching technology, the company actively connects millions of all-sized businesses and job seekers through innovative mobile, web, and email services, as well as through partnerships with the best job boards on the web. ZipRecruiter has the #1 rated job search app on iOS & Android.
- Summary:
- Our team has a unique opportunity to work on applications and data at scale, serving millions of jobseekers and tens of thousands of customers. We're working on building an efficient marketplace of jobseekers and employers and need generalist software engineers to build fast, scalable, and effective applications, stream and batch data processing, ML infrastructure and a variety of other systems all to help connect people to their next job. We provide an essential service and have a thriving business as a result.
- Our stack is complex and we're looking for engineers who know how to write evolvable, properly instrumented, and efficient code as part of a growing distributed system. We're working on data driven systems and applications and need people who can build fast services and processes to power all of the intelligence we use to help change people's lives.
- ZipRecruiter is a leading online employment marketplace.
- Powered by AI-driven smart matching technology, the company actively connects millions of all-sized businesses and job seekers through innovative mobile, web, and email services, as well as through partnerships with the best job boards on the web.
- Our stack is complex and we're looking for engineers who know how to write evolvable, properly instrumented, and efficient code as part of a growing distributed system.
- To actively connect people to their next great opportunity.
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