Senior Software Engineer – Data

At Licious, we are building a scalable and reliable data platform that powers critical business decisions, operational intelligence, and next-generation data products.

As a Senior Software Engineer – Data, you will own the design, development, and optimization of large-scale distributed data systems. You will work across streaming, batch processing, data infrastructure, and platform engineering while driving technical decisions and building highly reliable systems at scale.

What You'll Be Doing
- Data Platforms: Design, build, and scale data pipelines and distributed systems supporting real-time and batch workloads.
- Streaming & Processing: Build and optimize high-throughput streaming and batch processing systems using technologies such as Kafka and Spark.
- System Design: Drive architecture and design decisions for scalable, fault-tolerant, and highly available data systems.
- Platform Engineering: Improve platform reliability, observability, developer experience, and operational efficiency.
- Performance & Cost:



Identify bottlenecks and drive improvements in processing performance, resource utilization, and infrastructure costs.
- Production Ownership: Own production systems, troubleshoot complex issues, lead root-cause analysis, and drive long-term reliability improvements.
- Technical Leadership: Lead technical initiatives, mentor engineers, and collaborate with software, platform, product, and business teams.

What You'll Bring
- 5–8 years of experience in Software Engineering, Data Engineering, Backend Engineering, Platform Engineering, or related roles.
- Proven experience building and operating distributed systems and large-scale data platforms.
Technical Skills
- Strong hands-on experience with Apache Spark, Apache Kafka, streaming architectures, and batch processing.
- Solid proficiency in Python; experience with Golang, Java, or Rust is a plus.
- Strong SQL skills and experience working with large-scale datasets.
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📌 SDE 3 (Data) (Bengaluru)
🏢 Licious
📍 Bengaluru