Staff Engineer

Who you are

• 10+ years of experience in Data engineering or Software engineering positions (ideally with DevOps exposure)
• Strong technical foundations in backend, data or distributed systems, with significant experience using Java
• Proven experience with streaming technologies either Kafka or Flink
• Ability to work effectively with Product, engineering and domain stakeholders to translate business priorities into clear technical and delivery outcomes
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and architectural trade-offs
• Significant professional use of AI agents
• Experience working in a cloud environment (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Strong command of written and spoken English
• Proven experience of batch technologies: Spark
• Exposure to Infrastructure as code (Terraform, Pulumi)
• Professional experience using Python or Scala
• Don’t meet every single requirement? Research shows that women and people of color are less likely than others to apply if they feel like they don’t match 100% of the job requirements. Don’t let the confidence gap stand in your way, we’d love to hear from you!

What the job involves

• As a Staff engineer you will be part of the engineering leadership within Kpler, responsible for aligning priorities and ensuring the delivery of key initiatives across team and department boundaries
• You will be responsible for raising the bar on the operational maturity of our pipelines while overseeing and defining Kpler’s data architecture
• Design, develop and maintain real-time and batch data pipelines
• Improve reliability and observability, taking ownership of the operational excellence of the data pipelines
• Own complex cloud-based infrastructure (You build it, you run it.)
• Manage data products with a diverse set of stakeholders
• Provide strategic and technical leadership, supporting and mentoring other engineers in the team
• Gain a deep understanding of a complex domain with many cross-team dependencies
• Own features from end to end

Benefits

• Hybrid working environment: Work in office spaces at central locations, sponsored co-working hubs or in a full-remote set-up.
• WFH monthly allowance: We provide top of the range office equipment along with a set-up budget for whatever you need. Along with a monthly allowance for electricity and wi-fi.
• Health insurance coverage: We offer health insurance coverage for employees to ensure you are always safe and healthy.
• Time-off when you need it: Global maternity, parental, medical, festivals, and compassionate leave policies aligned to the contemporary needs of the family, and individual choices.
• Regular outings and social events: We hold regular events (online and on-site) for staff to socialise and interact with each other in the team.