REMOTE Lead Cassandra Engineer

Insight Global

Beverly Hills, CA, United States

19 days ago

Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

dejobs.org

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Amazon S3 Software as a Service Cloud Computing Continuous Integration Distributed Systems Monitoring of Systems Identity and Access Management Python (Programming Language) Performance Tuning

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Query Optimization Ansible Prometheus Scripting Apache Cassandra System Availability Large Language Models Grafana Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Gitlab-ci Kubernetes Cassandra Cloudwatch Terraform Splunk

Job description

A high-scale technology client is seeking a Lead Cassandra Engineer to join their team! This individual will lead a Cassandra migration initiative, working closely with engineering teams to design and build scalable infrastructure while ensuring proper configuration and performance. They will develop automation solutions, monitor system health, troubleshoot latency and outages, and run experiments to validate upgrades and changes in production environments. The role also involves influencing architectural decisions, mentoring team members, and ensuring high availability in a distributed system. This is a remote opportunity supporting U.S. time zones with on-call responsibilities; compensation is flexible and the role is full-time.

Requirements

Deep, hands-on Apache Cassandra production experience (not just application-level usage)
Strong expertise in Cassandra schema design, query optimization, performance tuning, compaction, and repair processes
Experience operating Cassandra at scale (multi-region, high-availability environments, large clusters)
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience with Ansible and/or Terraform
Strong automation mindset with proven experience building tooling and automation workflows
Cloud experience (AWS preferred: EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch)
Scripting experience (e.g., Python or similar)
Monitoring and observability experience (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana) with ability to interpret Cassandra metrics
Ability to contribute to architecture discussions and influence design decisions
Experience working in regulated environments (PCI, SOX, or similar)
Experience leveraging AI/LLM tools for development productivity or automation
Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., GitLab CI/CD)
Strong written communication and ownership mindset
Willingness to participate in on-call rotation * Experience with ScyllaDB and/or migration off ScyllaDB
Experience with EKS, Kubernetes, and Helm
Exposure to tools like Vault, Splunk, Vector, or Medusa/Reaper
Enterprise-scale environment experience (ticketing, fintech, e-commerce, gaming, SaaS)
Background in DBA or DBRE/SRE roles