Senior Software Engineer II (Data & AI Platform)

StepStone Group; London Borough of Southwark; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

29 days holiday

Private medical

Pension up to 10%

Employee Assistance Programme

Life Assurance

Cycle to work

Dog-friendly office

Job summary

The Stepstone Group is seeking a Senior Software Engineer II for the Data Platform to provide technical leadership and shape architecture across data, platform and infrastructure domains.

You will collaborate with Engineering Managers, Product Managers, and Enterprise Architects to deliver scalable data capabilities that support analytics and AI-driven products while driving observability and engineering excellence.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Senior Software Engineer or Senior Data Engineer in an equivalent senior individual contributor role.
• Strong background in data platforms, distributed systems and cloud-native architectures, with experience shaping technical direction across teams and stakeholders.
• Solid expertise in AWS, Terraform, Kafka/MSK, Airflow, Glue or Spark, and building scalable data solutions.
• Experience with modern data ecosystems including data lakes/lakehouse architectures, Iceberg or similar table formats, as well as batch and streaming processing
• Knowledge of data quality, governance, cataloguing and observability tools (e.g. Datadog), with DBT or AI-assisted engineering practices as a plus

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the technical vision, roadmap and architecture of the Data Platform, driving decisions across data, platform and infrastructure domains.
• Establish engineering standards, best practices and reusable patterns while partnering with Enterprise Architecture and influencing technical direction.
• Drive engineering excellence by improving code quality, testing, observability, reliability and operational practices.
• Support end-to-end delivery by guiding teams through complex technical challenges, improving decision-making, and contributing to planning and risk management.
• Mentor engineers, grow senior technical capabilities and champion AI-assisted development and engineering automation.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

Kafka/MSK

Airflow

Spark

Data lakes

Lakehouse

DBT

Observability

AI-assisted engineering

Tools

Datadog

Job description

Senior Software Engineer II (Data & AI Platform)

• Legal Entity: The Stepstone Group Polska sp. z o.o.

At The Stepstone Group, we have a simple yetveryimportantmission: The right job for everyone. Using our data, platform, and technology, we create opportunities for jobseekers and companies around the world to find a perfect match in fair andequitableway. With over 20 brands across 30+ countries, we strive for fair and unbiased hiring.Join our team of 3,000+ employees and be part of reshaping the labour market and becoming the world’s leading job platform.

Join our team and you’ll be responsible for providing technical leadership for our Data Platform team, defining technical direction and driving architectural decisions across data, platform and infrastructure domains.

Working in the Data Platform department you will build scalable, reliable and well-governed data platform capabilities that support analytics, AI and business-critical products, while collaborating closely with Engineering Managers, Product Managers and Enterprise Architects.

This is so important to us. By joining our team, you will be playing a vital role as together we reimagine the labour market to make it work for everybody.

Your responsibilities

• Define and evolve the technical vision, roadmap and architecture of the Data Platform, driving decisions across data, platform and infrastructure domains
• Establish engineering standards, best practices and reusable patterns while partnering with Enterprise Architecture and influencing technical direction
• Drive engineering excellence by improving code quality, testing, observability, reliability and operational practices
• Support end-to-end delivery by guiding teams through complex technical challenges, improving decision-making, and contributing to planning and risk management
• Mentor engineers, grow senior technical capabilities and champion AI-assisted development and engineering automation

Your skills and qualifications

• Proven experience as a Senior Software Engineer or Senior Data Engineeror in an equivalent senior individual contributor role
• Strong background in data platforms, distributed systems and cloud-native architectures, with experience shaping technical direction across teams and stakeholders
• Solid expertise in relevant technologies such as AWS, Terraform, Kafka/MSK, Airflow, Glue or Spark, and building scalable data solutions
• Experience with modern data ecosystems including data lakes/lakehouse architectures, Iceberg or similar table formats, as well as batch and streaming processing
• Knowledge of data quality, governance, cataloguing and observability tools (e.g. Datadog), with DBT or AI-assisted engineering practices as a plus

We’rea community here that cares as much about your life outside work as how you feel whenyou’rewith us. Because your jobshouldn’ttake over your life, it should enrich it. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• 29 days holiday allowance + bankholidays
• Private medical and dentalhealthcare
• Pension contribution up to 10%
• 24/7 Employee AssistanceProgramme
• Life Assurance Cover
• Cycle to workscheme
• andyou can bring your dog to the office!

Our commitment

Equal opportunities are important to us. We believe that diversity and inclusion at The Stepstone Group are critical to our success as a global company, so we want to recruit, develop, and keep the best talent. We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of background, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, ethnicity, belief, age, family or parental status, and any other characteristic.

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