Senior Data Engineer
Keyrock is a leading market maker in the digital asset space, currently building a Central Data Team to develop a robust, real-time data platform. As an early hire, you will design and implement streaming and batch pipelines, define data contracts, and build self-serve tooling for the entire organization. You will leverage a modern stack including Python, Kafka, and ClickHouse to support critical trading and analytics functions. The role is remote-first and offers significant architectural autonomy.
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Experience
8+ years
Function
Engineering
Work mode
Remote, UAE
Company
Tier 2
What you will work on
Keyrock is a leading market maker in the digital asset space, currently building a Central Data Team to develop a robust, real-time data platform. As an early hire, you will design and implement streaming and batch pipelines, define data contracts, and build self-serve tooling for the entire organization. You will leverage a modern stack including Python, Kafka, and ClickHouse to support critical trading and analytics functions. The role is remote-first and offers significant architectural autonomy.
TAL's take
High-impact opportunity to build a data platform from scratch in a well-established crypto market maker with a clear ownership mandate.
The JD is highly specific regarding the team's mission, the technical stack, architectural patterns like lakehouse and time-series, and the operational responsibilities.
Must haves
- 8+ years experience building production data systems
- Strong proficiency in Python and SQL
- Experience designing/operating streaming systems like Kafka, Redpanda, or Kinesis
- Experience with time-series stores like ClickHouse or TimescaleDB
- Experience with lakehouse architecture
- Operational expertise in Docker, Terraform, and CI/CD
Tools and skills
Nice to have: apache iceberg, delta lake, datahub, rust.
About the company
Established market maker in the digital asset space with a global presence, but lacks the recognized massive scale of top-tier FAANG/Unicorn tech giants.