Senior Software Engineer (Platform)

Role Summary

Kinesso is currently seeking a highly motivated, detail-oriented Senior Software Engineer (Python) to fill an immediate need. The individual will be working on building distributed systems that cater to our internal data and machine learning (ML) engineering community.

This role involves close collaboration with data engineers, data scientists, product teams, and other engineering groups to understand and implement their requirements and concerns. The candidate will also be responsible for API application development, maintaining diverse data stores, and utilizing cloud services for platform solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and manage reliable and scalable distributed systems of data services to support inter data and ML engineering needs.
• Provide technical expertise and leadership in requirements analysis, design, effort estimation, development, testing and delivery of scalable and secure distributed data services.
• Collaborate and work closely with data engineers, data scientists, and product teams to understand requirements and implement their requirements and concerns.
• Develop and maintain microservice-based API applications using web framework in Python /.
• Implement and maintain a spectrum of data stores including RDBMS, NoSQL, Object Stores, and Vector Store.
• Make use of cloud platform and cloud services to develop and enhance platform solutions.
• Utilize containerization technology for effective deployment and scaling.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Minimum of 5-8 years of experience in a similar role.
• Strong coding skills in Python, with a focus on writing clean, efficient, and maintainable code.
• Technical proficiency working with various data stores such as RDMS (e.g., Postgres, MySQL), Data Warehouse (e.g., Redshift, Snowflake), and NoSQL (e.g., ElasticSearch, DynamoDB).
• Strong knowledge of various application integration techniques such as request/response (e.g., REST HTTP, gRPC), message queues (e.g, Rabbit MQ, SQS), Pub/Sub, webhooks and stream processing (e.g., Kafka, AWS Kinesis).
• Experience in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for automated build and deployment processes (e.g., Jenkins, Github Actions, FluxCD, ArgoCD).
• Deep understanding of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with tools and technologies used for building and maintaining data pipelines (e.g., Dagster, Airflow) with ability to integrate diverse data sources and formats is a plus.
• Able to stay ahead of the curve with new and emerging technologies
• Experience in ad tech is a strong plus
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Personal Attributes

• Proficient in English as a first language – both verbal & written
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to effectively interact with non-technical users.
• The ability to consistently deliver solid, successful solutions in short development cycles
• A strong spirit of innovation, self-starter, independent, and with the ability to produce solutions to meet business problems
• Strong desire to learn new things and pass knowledge acquired onto others
• Able to manage own hours and work with a remote team environment.

About KINESSO

KINESSO is the technology-driven performance marketing agency that sits at the very heart of IPG Mediabrands, providing actionable growth for both our agency partners and clients. We turn 'action' into 'outcome' for our clients, leveraging our unique capabilities in optimization, analytics, AI, and experimentation. KINESSO has brought together the collective power of what was formerly Matterkind, Reprise, and Kinesso under one collective entity that will serve as the most powerful delivery engine in the industry. We have extensive offerings spanning across performance marketing and data and technology. Fueled by a deep understanding of consumer behavior, we offer an end-to- end engine of planning and optimization while also delivering on data-driven strategy for social platforms, actionable growth in e-commerce, and creating curated marketplaces specific to each client's function and needs. The company has more than 6,000 employees operating in more than 60 countries. Learn more at www.KINESSO.com.

Why Join Us?

We offer a culture based on trust, freedom & ownership. Employees can manage their own time with flexible hours. We focus on productivity, ability & attitude as primary factors of success in our organization.