Senior Data Platform Engineer for Scalable Analytics

StepStone Group; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 10,155,600 - 12,164,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Premium medical and dental care

Tech and sport communities

Events and integration parties

Game room and chillout zone

Job summary

The Stepstone Group Polska sp. z o.o. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Data Platform) to design, build and own core Data Platform components. You will collaborate with Staff/Principal Engineers, Eng Managers and Product Managers, delivering scalable, production‑ready solutions.

You will spend time writing code, reviewing peers, and solving complex engineering challenges while growing the team’s capability and code quality. This hands‑on role emphasizes practical impact and governance.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Senior Engineer with data platform or platform engineering background.
• Ability to work with cross‑functional teams to drive quality and delivery.
• Hands‑on with cloud/infrastructure tech, particularly AWS and Terraform.
• Strong knowledge of data platforms, processing tech (Kafka, Airflow, Spark) and lakehouse architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and own key Data Platform components with scalable, production‑ready solutions.
• Write clean, well‑tested, observable code and promote engineering standards.
• Ensure reliability and performance via reviews, testing and monitoring.
• Own end‑to‑end delivery and mentor less‑experienced engineers.
• Leverage AI-assisted tools and automation to boost productivity and quality.

Skills

Senior Engineer experience

Data Platform engineering

Cloud infra (AWS)

Terraform

Kafka / MSK

Apache Airflow

Spark / Data Lakes

DBT knowledge

Observability (Datadog)

Tools

Terraform

Kafka

Airflow

Datadog

DBT

Spark

Glue

Iceberg

Job description

The Stepstone Group Polska sp. z o.o. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Data Platform) to design, build and own core Data Platform components. You will collaborate with Staff/Principal Engineers, Eng Managers and Product Managers, delivering scalable, production‑ready solutions.

You will spend time writing code, reviewing peers, and solving complex engineering challenges while growing the team’s capability and code quality. This hands‑on role emphasizes practical impact and governance.