Data Engineer

Working on top of worldwide research content, actions & knowledge, our Information Discovery,

Machine Learning & Data Engineering teams explore new ideas and develop novel, AI-powered solutions which help publishers & researchers to know more, do more & achieve more. At the same time, our goal is to highlight low-quality research and ensure research (data) integrity identifying signals of potential research misconduct.

We are looking for a talented and self-directed Data Engineer to work on the following areas:

Information Retrieval, Semantic Search, Recommendation services (on top of Elasticsearch also leveraging LLMs/Embeddings and GenerativeAI)

Large scale distributed data processing (based on Apache Spark / Scala)

Streaming data processing (based on Google DataFlow/ApacheBeam)

Senior-level ML engineers are preferred, but all levels may apply.

- Requirement: Military obligations fulfilled for male candidates

How You Will Make An Impact Work cross-functionally collaborating with AI/ML engineers and product management to develop AI-powered, highly efficient data & search solutions on all the above-mentioned areas. Design, build, orchestrate,



and scale various streaming or batch processing data pipelines utilizing optimal patterns, technologies and frameworks.

Be comfortable navigating the following technologies and programming languages: Java,

Python, Scala, ElasticSearch, Apache Spark, Spring Boot, Apache Beam, Airflow etc.

Minimum Qualifications

What we look for

MSc with solid GPA in Computer Science/ Engineering

2+ years of work experience in data, backend and/or search engineering

Solid background and experience in CS and S/W development (especially in backend development, databases etc)

Experience with Java (and/or Python) backend APIs / development frameworks also supporting long running tasks (e.g., Spring Boot, FastAPI), microservices architecture, IoC/DI patterns and containerization.

Strong Engineering Skills And Experience In Java

Background and experience with (at least one) of the following technologies:

Lucene-based search Engines (e.g., ElasticSearch)

Distributed Data Processing using ApacheSpark (preferably in Scala)

📌 Associate Architect (Bengaluru)
🏢 Virtusa
📍 Bengaluru