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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Engineer - Data - **Company:** Elliptic's Product-engineering - **Location:** UK (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Software Quality, Information Engineering, Data Systems, Distributed Data Store, Intelligence Analysis, Blockchain, Workflow Management Systems, Multi-Agent Systems, Apache Spark, Cloudformation, Event Driven Architecture, Kubernetes, Production Code, Functional Programming, Terraform, Stream Processing, Data Pipelines, Docker, Databricks - **Published:** September 5, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/senior-software-engineer-data-elliptic-co-8783150 ## About the Role * Hands-on production experience with Scala and functional programming. * Ability to design, build, and maintain distributed data systems in a cloud-based environment. * Hands-on experience with big data frameworks such as Spark or Databricks. * Knowledge of cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure). * Judgement to balance scalability, performance, and maintainability. * Experience with data modelling and workflow orchestration. Bonus points for * Experience in stream processing frameworks and event-driven architecture. * Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation). * Experience working in containerised environments (Docker, Kubernetes). * Interest in AI-driven tooling for engineering workflows. * Interest in crypto and blockchain technologies. ## Description Our data and intelligence platform sits at the heart of everything we do. As a senior engineer, you will personally design and build data systems that serve as the backbone of all Elliptic products. By collaborating across blockchain, intelligence and product teams, you will deliver innovative features that help the world fight financial crime and increase transparency in the crypto space. Very few engineering roles have such clearly measurable real-world impact. You will also help us excel in engineering excellence by mentoring and upskilling our highly-engaged and passionate engineers, by championing best practices, and holding yourself and your team to a high standard. What you will do * Write, ship, and maintain production code as a hands-on engineer. * Architect, design, and implement large-scale distributed data systems and pipelines. * Contribute to technical decision-making across batch and streaming data solutions. * Collaborate with engineers, product managers, data scientists, and intelligence analysts to build customer-focused products. * Explore and integrate new technologies (e.g. data orchestration or cloud-native tools) to optimise performance and scalability. * Take shared ownership of data systems, from design to deployment and ongoing improvement and support. * Perform thoughtful peer reviews that raise code quality and share best practices across the team. * Contribute to platform-wide initiatives that improve reliability, observability, and cost efficiency. * Help shape the technical roadmap for data engineering across Elliptic. * Leverage and deploy AI and agentic systems to operate more effectively. ## Related Videos - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) - [Alibaba Big Data and Machine Learning Technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/37-alibaba-big-data-and-machine-learning-technology) - [Fully Orchestrating Databricks from Airflow](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/336-fully-orchestrating-databricks-from-airflow) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [PySpark - Combining Machine Learning & Big Data](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/44-pyspark-combining-machine-learning-big-data) - [Docker build without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100114-docker-build-without-docker) ## Related Articles - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries) - [7 Cloud Computing Trends Coming in 2025 for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/412-7-cloud-computing-trends-coming-in-2025-for-developers) - [The 12 Best Jobs for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/401-the-12-best-jobs-for-software-engineers)