Senior Data Engineer

Position Overview

• Location Type: Not specified
• Job Type: Full-time
• Salary: $120,000 - $205,000 annually

Kunai builds full-stack technology solutions for banks, credit and payment networks, infrastructure providers, and their customers. At Kunai, we help our clients modernize, capitalize on emerging trends, and evolve their business for the coming decades by remaining tech-agnostic and human-centered.

Kunai is launching new development teams to work on an advanced data-driven decision system in the banking industry. These teams will create real-time customer experiences and back-end services to determine creditworthiness and decision customers on new credit card products. We are looking for experienced Software Engineers with expertise in Python and PySpark to work on back-end service development for a massive credit card tech decisioning platform. You will work on customer acquisition experiences and back-end services supporting credit decisions for new card products. These teams will have full ownership of planning, breaking down user stories, building features, deploying to production, and supporting production services. These are always-on systems requiring high resilience and stability with 99.99% uptime.

Requirements

• 4+ years of software development experience
• Experience in Python Development and PySpark
• 2+ years of experience working in large data environments
• Experience with Snowflake or DataBricks
• Expertise with high availability & distributed systems
• Experience with data engineering principles and working experience with data-driven decisioning platforms
• Experience working with a variety of AWS services
• Experience with serverless architectures and Lambdas

Nice to have

• Previous experience in either Scala or Java
• Knowledge in event-driven architectures leveraging tools like Kafka
• Financial Services or FinTech experience

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range reflects the base salary that we reasonably expect to pay for Senior Software Engineers. Actual compensation may vary depending on relevant factors including experience, skills, location, and client billing.

Our success over the past 20 years is rooted in our exceptional team, which thrives in a culture of collaboration, creativity, and continuous learning. We are proud to offer our employees a range of benefits, including competitive compensation, professional development opportunities, and flexible work arrangements, all designed to help them thrive. As we continue to expand, we remain committed to cultivating an environment where people feel valued, have a voice, and are given the tools to grow—both personally and professionally—while pushing the boundaries of innovation in the fintech industry.