Staff Software Engineer - Data Platform

Staff Software Engineer - Data Platform

Miejsce pracy: Warszawa

Technologies we use

Expected

• AWS
• Terraform
• Python
• Kafka

Optional

• Airflow
• Spark

Operating system

• Windows
• macOS

About the project

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 data-driven products used across multiple Stepstone markets and business domains, while collaborating closely with Engineering Managers, Product Managers and Enterprise Architects.

Our customers are internal engineering, analytics and product teams across Stepstone. You will help shape the platform capabilities that enable them to build, deploy and operate data-driven solutions at scale.

This is a software engineering leadership role first and foremost, focused on shaping the architecture and evolution of our Data Platform while remaining deeply connected to engineering execution. While our platform is built using technologies such as Python, Java and Scala, we are looking for engineers who have deep expertise in at least one of them and are comfortable making architectural decisions and contributing across multiple technologies when required. We value strong software engineering principles over attachment to a specific language.

You will play a key role in influencing technical strategy, raising engineering standards and helping teams solve complex challenges across the Data Platform domain.

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.

This is how we organize our work

This is how we work

• in house
• you have influence on the choice of tools and technologies
• you have influence on the technological solutions applied
• agile

Team members

• backend developer
• technical leader

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 enabling teams to build scalable, reliable and maintainable platform capabilities.
• Drive engineering excellence by improving code quality, testing, observability, reliability and operational practices across multiple teams.
• Support end-to-end delivery by guiding teams through complex technical challenges, improving technical decision-making and contributing to planning and risk management.
• Mentor engineers, strengthen senior technical capabilities and champion modern engineering tooling, including AI-assisted development and engineering automation.

Our requirements

• Proven experience as a Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer or in an equivalent senior individual contributor leadership role, with a track record of shaping technical strategy and architecture across multiple teams.
• Strong software engineering background with experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems, data platforms or cloud-native solutions.
• Deep expertise in at least one modern programming language and the ability to work effectively across multiple technologies and technical domains when needed.
• Strong experience with cloud and platform technologies such as AWS, Terraform, Kafka/MSK, Airflow, Spark or related technologies used to build scalable data platforms.
• Knowledge of modern data ecosystems, including data lakes, lakehouse architectures, batch and streaming processing, observability, governance and engineering best practices. Experience with Iceberg, Datadog, DBT or AI-assisted engineering approaches is a plus.
• While this role involves significant technical leadership responsibilities, we expect you to stay close to the code and lead through hands-on engineering work and architectural guidance.

What we offer

• Premium medical and dental care
• Life insurance
• Flex Benefits - Worksmile Cafeteria System (Multisport, vouchers, tickets etc.)
• Employee Referral Program
• Hackathons, Knowledge Sharing Hours, In-house projects
• Tech and sport communities
• Events and integration parties
• Charity initiatives, 2 extra volunteer days
• English/German classes
• Game room and chillout zone

Development opportunities we offer

• conferences abroad
• conferences in Poland
• development budget
• external training
• industry-specific e-learning platforms
• intracompany training
• mentoring
• soft skills training
• space for experimenting
• substantive support from technological leaders
• technical knowledge exchange within the company
• time for development of your ideas

Benefits

• sharing the costs of sports activities
• private medical care
• sharing the costs of foreign language classes
• sharing the costs of professional training & courses
• life insurance
• remote work opportunities
• flexible working time
• fruits
• integration events
• dental care
• corporate library
• no dress code
• video games at work
• coffee / tea
• parking space for employees
• leisure zone
• employee referral program
• charity initiatives
• Hackathons, Knowledge Sharing Hours
• in-house projects
• volunteer days

Recruitment stages

• Recruiter Interview
• Technical Interview
• Functional Interview
• Behavioral Interview

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.

The Stepstone Group Polska sp. z o.o.

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 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 250 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.

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