Kharon
Senior Data Engineer
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Department: Engineering
Location: London
Compensation: £95,000 - £115,000 / year
Description
TL;DR Kharon is seeking a full-time London-based Senior Data Engineer.
Location: London, UK
Annual Remuneration: £95,000 - £115,000 salary and discretionary annual bonus
Pay Frequency: Monthly
Probationary Period: 180 days
Work Arrangement: Hybrid, 3-days per week
Responsibilities
- Help build large-scale distributed automated data processing systems and data lakes, while optimizing for both computational and storage efficiency on AWS Databricks.
- Create data pipelines, infrastructure, and overall workflow orchestration to pull data from a diverse set of data sources into the Kharon Data Lake.
- Build systems to track, monitor and validate the quality of data coming into or going out of Kharon Data Lake.
- Collaborate with engineers, architects, and data scientists to implement scalable solutions to solve complex problems.
- Interact and develop with internal and external APIs.
- Work with product and business teams to define novel and critical metrics for the business.
- Follow good engineering practices like documentation, diagrams, and unit/validation tests.
- Take full responsibilities for the development, deployment, adoption, monitoring, and maintenance of the data systems and services you build.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience, not including internships, as a software engineer or a data engineer and a strong passion to learn.
- BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience in related fields.
- Experience in Python, Pandas, PySpark, and Notebooks.
- SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases including schema design, access patterns, query performance optimization, etc.
- Experience with data pipeline technologies like AWS Glue, Airflow, Kafka, or other cloud-based equivalence.
- Experience with ETL and data warehousing like Databricks, Snowflake, or equivalent.
- Container-based deployment experience using Docker and Kubernetes.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
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NICE TO HAVE:
- Experience working with or data modeling for graph databases like Neo4J, Neptune, etc.
- API experience using FastAPI, Flask, Spring Boot, or equivalent.
- Understanding of Elasticsearch data and query modeling is a big plus.
- Interests or experience in Geopolitics, Sanction Compliance, or Financial Risk.
About Kharon
Kharon operates at the nexus of global security and is on a mission to revolutionize the current landscape. We take complex data as it relates to global security and empower our clients to not only understand the risk associated with their potential business relationships but to operationalize that data so that they can make the best and most informed decisions possible.
From financial crimes and sanctions to export controls and threat identifications, our tools optimize protection against the types of risks that could otherwise be incredibly dangerous and excessively costly to any business. Serving many of today’s leading global financial and multinational institutions, Kharon products are the most powerful in the space with a precision and depth that is absolutely unparalleled.
When you look at any major global crisis event, we’re providing intelligence that’s at the heart of those circumstances. We connect the dots in a way that’s meaningful. As the world continues to evolve in complexity, so too does the demand for our products. Given the significance of our work and the increasing global reliance on our insights, we are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join us as we work to shape the way businesses perceive and navigate global risks.
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Company Benefits
- Fully-sponsored private health insurance
- Pension plan with 3% employer contribution
- Annual leave plus bank holidays
DISCLOSURES
Kharon is committed to cultivating and maintaining a workplace that is free from harassment and discrimination. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation or identity, neurodiversity, appearances, age, protected veteran status, or status as a qualified individual with disability.
We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to support disabled applicants and employees. If you require any adjustment to participate in the recruitment process, please contact apply@kharon.com.
You must have the right to work in the UK. Kharon is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
UNITED KINGDOM Candidate Privacy Notice
Kharon is committed to protecting your personal data in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. We collect the personal data you submit as part of your application — including your name, contact details, employment history, and qualifications — to assess your suitability for the role. Our lawful basis for processing is legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) UK GDPR).
If your application is unsuccessful, your data will be retained for up to 12 months before being securely deleted. If you accept a role, your data will transfer to your employee record.
You have the right to access, correct, or request deletion of your data, to object to or restrict its processing, and to lodge a complaint with the UK data protection authority, the ICO, at www.ico.org.uk. To exercise your rights, contact us at apply@kharon.com.
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