Senior Streaming Engineer at Streamkap · Remote (United States)
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Distributed Systems
A time you used Distributed Systems: the problem, what you did yourself, and what happened.
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Java
A time you used Java: the problem, what you did yourself, and what happened.
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Kafka
A time you used Kafka: the problem, what you did yourself, and what happened.
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Python
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3+ years of experience
How your experience adds up to what they ask for (3+ years), and the parts most like this job.
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Education
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The ad says: “Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.”
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Proven experience in designing, building, and maintaining streaming pipelines.
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Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
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Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team.
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Why they ask: Rigour.
How to answer: Metric choice, baselines, offline vs online tests.
Why they ask: Communication.
How to answer: Problem, approach, impact, limits.
Why they ask: Distributed Systems is named in the posting.
How to answer: One concrete project, one honest lesson.
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Why they ask: Java is named in the posting.
How to answer: One concrete project, one honest lesson.
Why they ask: Opener to see how you frame your story.
How to answer: Two minutes: current role, one achievement that matches this job, why this company now.
Why they ask: Checks ownership and depth.
How to answer: Use situation, action, result. Quantify the result.
Why they ask: Tests accountability and learning.
How to answer: Pick a real failure, own your part, show the fix and what changed afterwards.
Why they ask: Checks judgement under pressure.
How to answer: Describe a concrete framework and one example of a trade-off you made.
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