Senior Data-Driven Backend Engineer (Python + AWS)

Kunai; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Professional development opportunities

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Kunai builds full-stack technology solutions for banks, credit and payment networks, infrastructure providers, and their customers. Kunai is hiring Data/Software Engineers to advance a critical banking initiative, focusing on backend and data engineering with Python and cloud-native technologies.

The team will build production software and data systems, leveraging Databricks, Snowflake, Kafka, Spark, and Airflow in a modern cloud environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in application development with strong Python programming skills.
• 4+ years hands-on experience with AWS cloud services.
• 4+ years working with PostgreSQL and writing complex SQL queries.
• Experience with data migration activities in cloud environments focusing on enterprise-scale data movement and transformation.
• Experience with cloud data platforms such as Databricks and Snowflake to analyze large datasets.
• Familiarity with distributed data processing and batch/stream processing tools such as Apache Spark, Kafka, or AWS Kinesis.
• Experience with workflow orchestration tools like Apache Airflow or similar.
• Familiarity with enterprise ETL pipelines, Data Quality controls, and compliance Governance.
• Practical experience architecting real-time, event-driven data streams using Kafka/OneStream.
• Familiarity with large-scale cloud data warehousing, performance optimization, and modeling within Snowflake and OneLake

Responsibilities

• Build production software and data systems for a premier banking client.
• Work hands-on with cloud-native technologies and modern architecture.
• Contribute to data engineering and back-end development for data-driven applications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement scalable data pipelines and real-time streaming solutions.

Skills

Python

AWS

SQL

Databricks

Snowflake

Kafka

Apache Spark

Airflow

ETL pipelines

Data governance

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

PostgreSQL

Apache Airflow

Kafka

AWS Kinesis

Job description

Kunai builds full-stack technology solutions for banks, credit and payment networks, infrastructure providers, and their customers. Kunai is hiring Data/Software Engineers to advance a critical banking initiative, focusing on backend and data engineering with Python and cloud-native technologies.

The team will build production software and data systems, leveraging Databricks, Snowflake, Kafka, Spark, and Airflow in a modern cloud environment.