Senior Data Platform Engineer – Real-Time Trading Data

Keyrock; Cape Town; Teletrabalho; ZAR 900 000 - 1 300 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Keyrock is building a Central Data Team to power real-time analytics for trading, DeFi, and asset management. You’ll help design a lakehouse, streaming pipelines, and data contracts enabling autonomous data products across multiple desks and partners.

The role emphasizes production data systems, strong Python/SQL skills, and an emphasis on observability and cost-aware design. Join a predominantly remote team with global collaboration and a modern tech stack.

Qualificações

• 8+ years of building production data systems used by others.
• Strong proficiency in Python and SQL with a deep understanding of how queries run.
• Readable, testable, and maintainable code is expected.
• Solid data modelling for streaming and analytical workloads.
• Focus on efficiency, quality, idempotency, and observability by default.

Responsabilidades

• Build streaming and batch pipelines ingesting market, trading, and portfolio data.
• Create self-serve tooling (SDKs, patterns, templates, AI agents) for data products.
• Own data contracts and manage schema evolution across teams.
• Design lakehouse and time-series layers around query patterns.
• Develop data governance and quality framework including lineage and checks.
• Produce derived analytics for trading desks and wealth management.
• Prioritize observability, cost efficiency, and performance from day one.
• Treat infrastructure as code (Docker, Terraform, CI/CD) with the central team.
• Collaborate openly with Architecture, Infrastructure, and Platform teams.

Conhecimentos

Python

SQL

Data modelling

Observability

Idempotency

Code readability

Ferramentas

Kafka

Redpanda

MSK

Kinesis

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Keyrock is building a Central Data Team to power real-time analytics for trading, DeFi, and asset management. You’ll help design a lakehouse, streaming pipelines, and data contracts enabling autonomous data products across multiple desks and partners.

The role emphasizes production data systems, strong Python/SQL skills, and an emphasis on observability and cost-aware design. Join a predominantly remote team with global collaboration and a modern tech stack.