Data Platform Engineer I

• Python as our main programming language
• Terraform for our infrastructure definition
• Kubernetes for data services and task orchestration
• Argo CD for application deployments
• Airflow purely for job scheduling and tracking
• CircleCI for continuous deployment
• Parquet and Delta file formats on S3 for data lake storage
• Postgres / Aurora for our relational databases
• Spark for data processing
• dbt for data modelling
• SparkSQL for analytics
• Streamlit for data applications

Are you ready for a career with us? We want to ensure you have the right tools and environment to unleash your potential. If you have any accommodation requests, please contact us at inclusion@kraken.tech. We’ll do our best to tailor the experience to your needs so you can feel comfortable, confident and be at your best!

• First and foremost, we want our Platform Engineers to have a passion for writing high quality code and building lean processes. It would be helpful to have experience/expertise/knowledge in the following (in rough priority order):
• AWS
• Terraform/OpenTofu IAC
• Postgres
• CDC systems

Kubernetes (EKS)

• Python
• Docker
• An interest or experience in data/network security would be a nice-to-have
• Datadog / Grafana / Prometheus
• Data related products (Airflow, Jupyter, Spark, dbt etc)
• The projects will be varied and we’re looking for someone who can work autonomously and proactively to scope problems and solve and deliver pragmatic solutions

Kraken powers some of the most innovative global developments in energy.

We create the technology that redefines utilities and unlocks a new energy system of the future. By optimising renewable generation, building a more intelligent grid, and empowering utilities to deliver an exceptional customer experience, our operating system is transforming the industry worldwide.

It’s an incredibly exciting time to work in energy. Join us on our mission to improve the lives of ONE BILLION humans within the decade and shape a cleaner, better future for everyone.

At Kraken we’re looking to revolutionise the energy system to make power cheaper, greener and better for people around the world. Our tech platform is already licensed to support 60 million customer accounts in 17 countries, and we aim to serve 100 million globally by 2027.

Our technology team has grown extremely quickly as a result. With this rapid growth, we are looking for Platform Engineers to join our team.

The data platform team works across the whole customer domain, handling everything from natural language understanding of our customer communications to processing billions of smart meter readings every day to support clients in creating customised and market leading smart energy tariffs.

As the volume, scope, and geographical range of our data offerings rapidly expand, we’re looking for an experienced Platform Engineer to join the team to help us build and maintain our platform, pipelines and data sources.

We’re passionate about building great technology to change the way customers use, and think about, energy for the good of the planet. This is a fantastic opportunity to work with us on data problems that genuinely move us closer to Net Zero, and support the energy transition.

We employ software engineering best practices to design, test, and deploy our data platform and services.