Data Engineer

Posted:
1/5/2026, 9:47:05 PM

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Data & Analytics ⋅ Software Engineering

Workplace Type:
Hybrid

Orion Innovation is a premier, award-winning, global business and technology services firm.  Orion delivers game-changing business transformation and product development rooted in digital strategy, experience design, and engineering, with a unique combination of agility, scale, and maturity.  We work with a wide range of clients across many industries including financial services, professional services, telecommunications and media, consumer products, automotive, industrial automation, professional sports and entertainment, life sciences, ecommerce, and education.

We are looking for an experienced Data Engineer to join us. 

Focus:

Design, implement, and maintain the ingestion, storage, and data flow backbone for Replays, ensuring session replay data (captured via RRWeb) flows efficiently from frontend capture to backend analytics and AI systems.

Responsibilities:

- Own the ingestion architecture: Kafka (Confluent) → MongoDB/ClickHouse.
- Define and evolve the data schema for session replay events and associated metadata. - Build Node.js APIs and background workers to process and persist session data efficiently.
- Maintain data quality, observability, and cost efficiency across the pipeline.
- Work closely with AI engineers to expose structured data for insight generation and RAG pipelines.
- Collaborate with frontend engineers to optimize capture payloads and replay synchronization logic.

Technical Stack:

Node.js (TypeScript)

RRWeb

Kafka (Confluent)

MongoDB

ClickHouse

Supabase

Fly.io

Vercel

Requirements:

- 5+ years backend or data infrastructure experience.
- Proven experience with high-volume, event-driven systems.
- Strong Kafka and distributed data systems background.
- Experience with ClickHouse and real-time analytics pipelines - Startup mindset with focus on delivery and iteration.
- Familiarity with LLMs and generative AI
- Experience with productivity tools like Cursor, Claude Code, or GitHub Copilot

What we offer:

  • Dynamic and supporting international teams.
  • Regular assessments and performance reviews. You will have the opportunity for
  • promotion, bonuses and a raise in accordance with the pace at which you develop and your performance.
  • Remote, hybrid or office work.
  • 20-25 vacation days per year.
  • Equipment for work, laptop and all necessary additions.
  • Access to trainings and courses.
  • Private health insurance.
  • FIT Pass card for many sports’ facilities.

 

Orion is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Orion Innovation

Website: https://www.orioninc.com/

Headquarter Location: Edison, New Jersey, United States

Employee Count: 1001-5000

Year Founded: 1993

IPO Status: Private

Last Funding Type: Undisclosed

Industries: Big Data ⋅ Cloud Computing ⋅ Information Technology