Senior Software Engineer - Scala, Data Engineering

Position Overview

• Location Type: Not specified
• Job Type: Not specified
• 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 for creditworthiness assessment and new credit card product decisions. The teams will have full ownership of planning, breaking down user stories, building features, deploying to production, and supporting production services for these always-on systems requiring 99.99% uptime.

Requirements

• 4+ years of software development experience
• Experience in Scala Development
• 2+ years of experience working in large data environments
• Expertise with high availability & distributed systems
• Experience with data engineering principles and working experience with data-driven decisioning platforms
• Knowledge in event-driven architectures leveraging tools like Kafka
• Experience working with a variety of AWS services
• Experience with serverless architectures and Lambdas

Nice to have

• Previous experience in either Python or Java
• Experience with Snowflake
• Experience with DataBricks
• Knowledge of Spark
• Financial Services or FinTech experience

Responsibilities

• Backend service development for a credit card tech decisioning platform.
• Work on customer acquisition experiences and back-end services supporting credit decisions for new card products.
• Plan work, break down user stories, build features, deploy to production, and support production services.

Company Information

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.