Senior Data Engineer – Agents Systems

Kraken Digital Asset Exchange

Senior Data Engineer developing AI-powered internal agents and data pipelines for Kraken's financial infrastructure. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance real-time data processing and model serving capabilities.

Posted 6/23/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $110,400 - $220,800 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ApacheKafkaPythonScalaSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own and evolve streaming data pipelines that power live inference and real-time model serving across Kraken's AI infrastructure
Design and build feature stores that serve low-latency, high-reliability features to production ML models
Implement and maintain streaming systems using RisingWave, Apache Flink, or Kafka Streams, selecting the right tool for the workload
Partner with ML engineers and AI infra teams to define data contracts, feature schemas, and pipeline SLAs
Drive pipelines toward real-time where batch exists today reducing latency from hours to seconds
Ensure data quality, observability, and auditability across all streaming and feature engineering systems
Contribute to inference pipeline tooling where data engineering and model serving intersect
Evaluate emerging streaming and feature store technologies and shape the team's technical roadmap

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years in data engineering with at least 2 years focused on streaming systems in production
Hands-on experience with RisingWave, Apache Flink, Kafka Streams, or comparable stream processing frameworks
Strong understanding of feature store design — online/offline consistency, point-in-time correctness, low-latency serving
Experience building data pipelines that feed production ML models or inference systems
Proficiency in Python and/or Scala; SQL fluency required
Familiarity with data quality frameworks, pipeline observability, and SLA ownership
Comfortable operating in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment embedded within an AI-focused team

Benefits

Comp & perks

Bonus program
Equity program
Wellness allowance
Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
401(k) plan

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Hard Skills & Tools

data engineeringstreaming systemsfeature store designdata pipelinesPythonScalaSQLdata quality frameworkspipeline observabilitySLA ownership

Soft Skills

collaborationproblem-solvingadaptabilitycommunicationteamwork