Senior Software Engineer II (Data & AI Platform)

StepStone Group; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 190,000 - 324,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Premium medical and dental care

Life insurance

Employee Referral Program

Hackathons, Knowledge Sharing Hours,In

In-house projects

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 II to provide technical leadership for the Data Platform team.

You will define direction across data, platform and infrastructure, collaborating with Engineering Managers, Product Managers and Enterprise Architects to deliver scalable data capabilities for analytics and AI. You will mentor engineers, raise the bar on code quality and operational practices, and help drive AI-assisted development and automation across

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Senior Software Engineer or Senior Data Engineer in an equivalent senior IC role.

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

Senior software engineer

Data platforms

Cloud-native architectures

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Kafka/MSK

Airflow

Glue

Spark

Iceberg

DBT

Datadog

Job description

Senior Software Engineer II (Data & AI Platform)

• Legal Entity: The Stepstone Group Polska sp. z o.o.
• Compensation: PLN 17,000 - PLN 29,000 - monthly

Who we are At The Stepstone Group, we have a simple yet very important mission: The right job for everyone. Using our data, platform, and technology, we create opportunities for job seekers and companies around the world to find a perfect match, in a fair and equitable way. With over 20 brands across 30+ countries, we strive for fair and unbiased hiring. At our Tech Hub, located near Wilanowska Metro, we are here as more than 300 ambitious specialists who work on the development of our IT products. We are proud to be part of The Stepstone Group, a global expert in job-tech platforms and e-recruiting. Join our team of 3,000+ employees and be part of reshaping the labour market and becoming the world’s leading job-tech platform.

The job at a glance

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’re a community here that cares as much about your life outside work as how you feel when you’re with us. Because your job shouldn’t take over your life, it should enrich it. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• Premium medical and dental care
• Life insurance
• Employee Referral Program
• Hackathons, Knowledge Sharing Hours, In-house projects
• Tech and sport communities
• Events and integration parties
• Game room and chillout zone

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.