Kpler
commodities, energy, and maritime sectors
PowerBackendEngineer
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“Power Backend Engineer at Kpler. Skills: Python, Postgresql, RESTful APIs, data scrapers. Develop data scrapers. Structure data scrapers”
What You'll Achieve.
empower organisations to make informed decisions; ensure clients stay ahead; impactful results; timely access to primary market sources
Industry & Context.
navigating complex markets with ease; simplifying global trade information; providing valuable insights; empower organisations to make informed decisions; transform intricate data into actionable strategies; tackle market challenges head-on
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Circa 3-5 years' of experience as a data focused Software Engineer, Significant experience working with Python, 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, command of written and spoken English, Understanding of performance optimization and caching strategies
Nice to Have
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 sqlmesh or dbt, Japanese speaker, FastAPI is a plus
What You'll Do.
Develop data scrapers
Structure data scrapers
Maintain data scrapers
Build monitoring tools
Improve alerting tools
Ensure API performance
Distribute data to users
Discuss roadmap with product
Build sustainable plans
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Discuss the roadmap in collaboration with the product team; Help the team build ambitious yet sustainable plans; ability to work asynchronously with team members in other countries; We build together
Communication Scope
command of written and spoken English; Great communication; ability to work asynchronously with team members in other countries
Full Job Description
## Description 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 700 experts from 35+ 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 Power Backend Engineer you will be responsible for the development of the Power offering. You will be fully dedicated to a new product covering the Japanese power market. Apart of this role will also cover scrapping, database architecture responsibilities to enable the team and models 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 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
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