Sr Software Engineer, Data Enablement

McGraw Hill

Posted 2mo ago

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Write custom event schema extensions for each application
Code alongside application teams during event emission integration
Consult with application teams on schema design decisions
Provide technical guidance during app team sprint planning
Build and maintain integration tooling and automation
Author integration runbooks, troubleshooting guides, and go-live readiness checklists
Execute schema upgrade migrations hands-on
Validate event conformance against the canonical event schema
Advise app teams on self-service integration practices
Diagnose and resolve non-standard integration patterns

5+ years of experience in software integration engineering, data platform integration, or hands-on technical delivery across distributed systems
Strong proficiency writing and validating event schemas (JSON Schema, Avro, or Protobuf)
Hands-on experience instrumenting telemetry, logging, or analytics events directly in application codebases (Python, Node.js, Go, or equivalent)
Proficiency in SQL and data architecture
Expereience designing and integrating RESTful API’s
Demonstrated ability to work concurrently across multiple application codebases
Proficiency with Python SDKs
Strong communication and consulting skills
Strong written communication skills

Experience building integration automation: schema linting tools, conformance validators, or self-service onboarding pipelines
Experience with medallion architecture (bronze/silver/gold) data platforms
Familiarity with Databricks, Azure cloud services, or similar data infrastructure
Prior work in EdTech, AI/ML platforms, or multi-product SaaS environments
Experience writing and executing schema migration scripts with backward-compatibility validation
Track record of coaching or enabling distributed teams to adopt platform standards independently

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