Senior Data Engineer (Flink)

LocationCairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
SenioritySenior
DepartmentEngineering
Company size1,001–5,000 people
PostedSep 17, 2026 · 3w ago
Verified live1d ago
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Strong hands-on experience with Apache Flink, including DataStream API and Flink SQL
Experience with high-volume Kafka streaming and real-time data processing
Strong knowledge of event time processing, checkpointing, savepoints, and state management
Experience with data modelling for analytics and streaming into a lakehouse
Experience monitoring pipeline health and handling job recovery and failures
Skills
Apache Flink
Kafka
Java
Scala
Python
SQL
Docker
Kubernetes
Apache Iceberg
Airflow
Responsibilities
Builds and runs real time streaming pipelines, keeping latency low and jobs recoverable at high
volume.
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Strong hands
on Apache Flink across DataStream API and Flink SQL.
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Event time processing, checkpointing, savepoints, and state management in
production.
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High volume Kafka streaming.
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Data modelling for analytics and streaming into a lakehouse.
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Monitors pipeline health and handles recovery when jobs fail.
Requirements
Requirements
pache Flink
(DataStream, Flink SQL), Kafka, Java, Scala, Python, SQL, Docker, Kubernetes
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Strong hands-on experience with Apache Flink, including DataStream API and Flink SQL.
•
Experience with high-volume Kafka streaming and real-time data processing.
•
Strong knowledge of event time processing, checkpointing, savepoints, and state management.
•
Experience with data modelling for analytics and streaming into a lakehouse.
•
Experience monitoring pipeline health and handling job recovery and failures.
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Apache Iceberg or other open table formats.
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Airflow.
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On premises or self managed cluster experience.