Senior Software Engineer for Platform Metrics

With over 60 million members, Credit Karma is working to make financial progress possible for everyone. Since 2007, we have been knocking down barriers that block the path to financial health, helping our members make informed choices and feel confident about their opportunities.

Credit Karma’s platform metrics team is responsible for all aspects of building a hybrid cloud monitoring and visibility platform that will power KPI, profiling, and operation of micro-services. This new team is going to leverage Google cloud service, EC2, as well as private cloud; we research, design and implement a real-time data platform on top of big data technologies. Responsibilities include designing systems with high-availability and high-scalability, planning and executing multiple projects. Our ideal candidate is an experienced software engineer who thrives in fast-paced environments, enjoys multitasking, and is able to work independently or as part of a project team. Provide research, recommendations and solutions for redundancy, availability, scalability, and performance improvement. Ability to prioritize projects and tasks based on business needs.

* Minimum 4-5 years in software development, in the domain of microservices, monitoring, or real-time data processing * Expert knowledge of Linux (RHEL, CentOS), Apache, PHP, Java, Kafka, and MySQL * Experience with data platform, map-reduce, and performance tuning * Experience writing streaming engines to automate data processing and detecting data anomaly * Experience with public and private cloud technologies and virtualization. * Background in big data, data platform is strongly preferred * Excellent written and verbal communication skills * Able to jump in and learn new systems very quickly. Self-starter, able to operate with minimal guidance * Enthusiastic, motivated, and above all eager to learn something new