Software Engineer, Data Platform

Elliptic; London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Elliptic seeks a Software Engineer for its Data Platform team in London. This role focuses on data processing, collaboration, and utilizing technologies like Scala and Spark. Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to building safer cryptocurrency ecosystems while receiving mentorship and opportunities for growth.

Benefits

£500 Remote working budget

$1,000 Learning & Development budget

25 days of holiday plus bank holidays

Enhanced parental leave

Private Health Insurance

Life Assurance for 4 times salary

Cycle to Work Scheme

£100 cryptocurrency bonus

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience in software engineering.
• Familiarity with Java, Python, or similar programming languages.
• Eager to learn Scala and functional programming.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineers and product managers to design solutions.
• Work with Spark and Databricks for data processing.
• Design and implement features for various stakeholders.

Skills

Data Processing

Problem Solving

Collaboration

Functional Programming

Cloud Platforms

Tools

Spark

Databricks

Airflow

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22.06.2025

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06.08.2025

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Help Shape the Future of Value Transfer — Learn Scala, Work with Big Data, and Make an Impact

Are you an ambitious software engineer with a passion for data, problem-solving, and building meaningful products? Are you eager to learn new technologies like Scala and big data platforms in a supportive, forward-looking environment?

At Elliptic, we’re building the technology that powers safer cryptocurrency ecosystems—and we want you to grow with us.

We’re looking for a UK-based software engineer with 2–4 years of experience to join our growing Data Platform team. You’ll collaborate with talented engineers, data scientists, and product managers to tackle challenges in blockchain analysis, high-scale data processing, and real-time event streams.

Don’t know Scala yet? No problem! We’re happy to support developers with Java, Python, or similar experience who are hungry to learn and apply functional programming principles on a modern data platform.

Why Elliptic?

Transparency, continuous learning, and user-focused design are foundations for growth for both our products and our people. If you're curious, love solving complex challenges, and want to help shape the future of financial trust, you’ll thrive here.

Key Responsibilities

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineers, data scientists, and product managers to design scalable and reliable solutions
• Work with tools like Spark, Databricks, and Airflow to process large-scale data in batch and streaming environments
• Apply (and learn!) functional programming principles in Scala to build clean, maintainable systems
• Design, implement, and ship features used by law enforcement, financial institutions, and blockchain companies around the world
• Take ownership of your work: from discussing a product idea to writing code and deploying it into production
• Help shape architecture and contribute to a platform that supports investigations, visual dashboards, and API services across Elliptic

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

Who You Are:

• You have 2–4 years of experience in software engineering and are comfortable with a mainstream programming language like Java, Python, or similar
• You’re excited to learn (or further develop) your skills in Scala and functional programming
• You’re familiar with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and understand the basics of distributed systems
• You care about writing clean, understandable code and believe tests are a vital part of the development process
• You’re thoughtful about trade-offs and performance considerations in software design
• You enjoy working collaboratively with people from different disciplines and welcome open discussion of ideas

Bonus Points for:

• Prior exposure to big data tools like Spark, Databricks, Airflow or similar
• Knowledge of event-driven or streaming systems
• Interest or experience in cryptocurrency, blockchain technology, or financial security
• Experience deploying containerised services with Docker, Kubernetes, or Helm
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code principles (Terraform, CloudFormation)

Why You’ll Love Working Here:

• Transition support into Scala and functional programming, including mentorship and curated learning resources
• Collaborative, open engineering culture where your ideas and input have a real impact
• Opportunity to work on meaningful problems affecting the real world—from financial crime to market transparency
• Values-driven company focused on learning, experimentation, and impact
• Flexible hybrid working (UK-based), generous holiday allowance, and a strong growth mindset across teams

Apply today and grow with us as we build scalable, secure tools for one of the most innovative and fast-moving industries in the world.

> How we work:

• Hybrid working and the option to work from almost anywhere for up to 90 days per year
• £500 Remote working budget to set up your home office space
• $1,000 Learning & Development budget to use on anything (agreed with your manager) that contributes to your growth and development
• Holidays: 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays
• An extra day for your birthday
• Enhanced parental leave: we provide eligible employees, regardless of gender or whether they become a parent by birth or adoption, 16 weeks fully-paid leave and leave.
• Private Health Insurance - we use Vitality!
• Full access to Spill Mental Health Support
• Life Assurance: we hope you will never need this - but our cover is for 4 times your salary to your beneficiaries
• £100 cryptocurrency for you!
• Cycle to Work Scheme

Elliptic is the leader in digital asset decisioning, we have built the most comprehensive platform for efficiently extracting crypto data and intelligence across blockchains with the greatest accuracy.

Our platform’s unrivalled uptime, scalability, depth and breadth of our data and intelligence means exacting organizations choose Elliptic for their compliance, risk management, intelligence operations and blockchain infrastructure needs.

Founded in 2013, Elliptic is headquartered in London with offices in New York, Washington D.C., UAE, Singapore and Tokyo. To learn more, visit www.elliptic.co and follow us on LinkedIn and X.