Data Platform Engineer, Kraken.tech
End-to-end, AI powered operating system for utilities
Posted today
End-to-end, AI powered operating system for utilities
1001+ employees
Posted today
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make a big green dent in the universe by helping utilities transform their operations to improve the lives of 1 billion people by accelerating the energy transition.
Role
Who you are
- First and foremost, we want our Platform Engineers to have a passion for writing high quality code and building lean processes. It would be helpful to have experience/expertise/knowledge in the following (in rough priority order):
- AWS
- Terraform/OpenTofu IAC
- Postgres
- CDC systems
- Kubernetes (EKS)
- Python
- Docker
- An interest or experience in data/network security would be a nice-to-have
- Datadog / Grafana / Prometheus
- Data related products (Airflow, Jupyter, Spark, dbt etc)
- The projects will be varied and we’re looking for someone who can work autonomously and proactively to scope problems and solve and deliver pragmatic solutions
What the job involves
- The data platform team works across the whole customer domain, handling everything from natural language understanding of our customer communications to processing billions of smart meter readings every day to support clients in creating customised and market leading smart energy tariffs
- As the volume, scope and geographical range of our data offerings rapidly expand, we're looking for an experienced Platform Engineer to join the team to help us build and maintain our platform, pipelines and data sources
- This is a fantastic opportunity to work with us on data problems that genuinely move us closer to Net Zero, and support the energy transition
- We employ software engineering best practices to design, test, and deploy our data platform and services
- Our tech stack:
- Python as our main programming language
- Terraform for our infrastructure definition
- Kubernetes for data services and task orchestration
- Argo CD for application deployments
- Airflow purely for job scheduling and tracking
- CircleCI for continuous deployment
- Parquet and Delta file formats on S3 for data lake storage
- Postgres / Aurora for our relational databases
- Spark for data processing
- Dbt for data modelling
- SparkSQL for analytics
- Streamlit for data applications
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Kraken is an AI-powered platform for utilities, helping energy, water, and telecom companies automate their operations and improve customer service. Its an end-to-end solution making it easier for utilities to improve and cut costs while also enhancing their service quality.
Its success speaks for itself too, with clients like EDF, Tokyo Gas, and Octopus Energy. With over 60M customer accounts managed across 30 countries, Kraken is making waves by reducing operational costs by 40%, proving its ability to deliver results.
Most recently, the company acquired Jedlix, a leader in smart EV charging. This deal expands Kraken's ability to offer smarter, greener charging solutions and is a sure way for the company to see even more success as it continues to scale globally.
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Meet the team
17 people
Nina Möger, Transformation Director
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Sep 2019
$0.2m
GRANT
Dec 2017
$7.5m
SERIES A
Total funding: $8.6m
Company benefits
- Equity option scheme: Everyone who works at Kraken owns a part of the business with shares in the Octopus Energy Group. So as the company grows we all benefit
- Holidays: We don't count your holiday days. We trust everyone to work hard and take as much time off as they need
- Flexible working: We're happy for you to work in a way that's best for you. Need to pick the kids up from school or work from home? That's not a problem. It's important to us that everyone has a positive work-life balance
- Free breakfast: Our offices are always stocked with fresh fruit, breakfast, snacks, great coffee and soft drinks. Weekly on a Friday we all get together (including virtually) for company updates and drinks
- For parents: We can arrange access to tax free childcare, as well as maternity and paternity pay
- Team events and activities: Participate in team events and cohesion activities to build stronger connections
- Pension scheme: We'll pay 5%. You decide on your contribution starting from 3%
- Free eye tests: We offer eye test vouchers for all colleagues who use Visual Display Units (VDU). Long spells of VDU work can be visually demanding so we want to make sure you're OK
- Car salary sacrifice: Save money on leasing an electric vehicle through our workplace salary sacrifice scheme
- Cycle to work scheme: Spread the cost of buying a bike, including accessories and safety equipment, up to a value of £2.5K. And save money on the repayments through the cycle to work scheme
- Get the right tech: Have a certain tech requirement? We’ll do our best to sort it for you
- Money coach: Get support with financial planning through our partnership with Octopus Money Coach
- Yoga + Headspace: Twice a week we have 45 Minute live yoga class open to all Kraken staff. Need some calm in your life? We have Headspace licences available
Company values
- Freedom & Responsibility
- Get Sh*t Done
- Customer Obsessed
Company HQ
Fitzrovia, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Amir Orad
(CEO)Amir joined Kraken in 2024 as CEO. Prior to this, they were the CEO and Chairman at Sisense for over 8 years. They also worked at NICE Actimize for over 7 years, serving as the CEO for 4.
James Eddison
(Co-Founder & CTO)Experienced CTO having previously served at Tangent Comminutions, Tangent Labs, and Clairpoint.
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