At Kpler, we are dedicated to helping our clients navigate complex markets with ease. By simplifying global trade information and providing valuable insights, we empower organisations to make informed decisions in commodities, energy, and maritime sectors.
Since our founding in 2014, we have focused on delivering top-tier intelligence through user-friendly platforms. Our team of over 850 experts from 69 countries works tirelessly to transform intricate data into actionable strategies, ensuring our clients stay ahead in a dynamic market landscape. Join us to leverage cutting-edge innovation for impactful results and experience unparalleled support on your journey to success.
As a Data Engineer within the Power team, you will be responsible for the development of the Power market intelligence offering. You will be fully dedicated to a new product covering the Japanese power market, covering scraping and database architecture responsibilities. This will enable the team timely access to primary market sources relating to pricing, availability and generation.
Key Responsibilities
Develop, codify, structure, expand and maintain the data scrapers in place
Enrich the product and participate in the development of new features
Build and improve monitoring and alerting tools and dashboards
Ensuring good performance on our API to distribute the data to end users
Discuss the roadmap in collaboration with the product team. Help the team build ambitious yet sustainable plans
Experience & Background
Essential:
Circa 3-5 years' of experience as a data focused Software Engineer
- BSc/MSc in computer science, computer engineering or equivalent
Significant experience working with Python (FastAPI is a plus)
Have worked with with Postgresql or similar data stores,
Proficiency in building and consuming RESTful APIs
Comfortable working with Git, code reviews, and Agile methodologies
Experience with time-series, events data, normalization, database design
Strong command of written and spoken English
Understanding of performance optimization and caching strategies
Great communication, ability to work asynchronously with team members in other countries
Curious to learn about the domain
Desirable:
Have experience with AWS (or another cloud provider), using Terraform
Experience with orchestration tool Airflow on a production environment
Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
Knowledge on hexagonal architecture and medallion architecture
Used monitoring solutions (Datadog, Grafana, etc...)
Experience with NoSQL database
Experience or knowledge of sql mesh or dbt
We are a dynamic company dedicated to nurturing connections and innovating solutions to tackle market challenges head-on. If you thrive on customer satisfaction and turning ideas into reality, then you’ve found your ideal destination. Are you ready to embark on this exciting journey with us?
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Don’t meet every single requirement? Research shows that women and people of color are less likely than others to apply if they feel like they don’t match 100% of the job requirements. Don’t let the confidence gap stand in your way, we’d love to hear from you! We understand that experience comes in many different forms and are dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team.
Kpler is committed to providing a fair, inclusive and diverse work-environment. We believe that different perspectives lead to better ideas, and better ideas allow us to better understand the needs and interests of our diverse, global community. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives and are an equal opportunity employer.
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