About this role
Salary: £45,000 - 80,000 per year
Requirements: Deep proficiency in Python and Spark for building and optimizing large-scale data pipelines, with a strong grasp of data structuring for performance and efficiencyHands-on experience with Airflow for orchestrating complex data workflows, and Apache Iceberg for table format management at scaleExtensive AWS experience including EKS, Docker, and Kubernetes, with comfort owning infrastructure deployment and scaling decisionsCI/CD fluency, including ArgoCD, automated testing pipelines, and monitoring via Prometheus, with a focus on deployment reliabilityFamiliarity with analytical warehousing in Snowflake or ClickHouse, including SQL optimization, cost management, and performance tuningWorking knowledge of identity, privacy, and targeting methodologies in ad tech, including how data flows through the ecosystem and where privacy constraints applyPreferred: experience with real-time streaming technologies such as Kafka and Flink, and familiarity with Aerospike or similar low-latency key-value stores Responsibilities: Build, optimize, and operate core ETL/ELT pipelines, assessing bottlenecks, documenting SLAs, and proactively catching incidentsIntegrate new data sources end to end, activating targeting and measurement use cases that perform against defined KPIsStand up and maintain ArgoCD-based CI/CD deployment pipelines that accelerate team velocity and reduce rollback eventsImplement privacy-compliant identity and targeting methodologies that meet GDPR and CCPA standardsOwn infrastructure deployment and scaling decisions across AWS, EKS, Docker, and Kubernetes, taking operational responsibility for the systems we buildWrite technical documentation, runbooks, and best practices clear enough that a new engineer can onboard without a walkthroughContribute actively in design and brainstorming sessions, communicating decisions clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders Technologies: Agentic AIAIAirflowAWSArgoCDCI/CDClickHouseDockerETLFlinkKafkaKubernetesMobilePrometheusPythonSQLSnowflakeSparkCloud More:
We are Kargo, a company that creates powerful moments of connection between brands and consumers to build businesses. Our 600+ employees work across agentic AI, CTV, eCommerce, social, and mobile to deliver unique ad experiences on premium platforms. We take a creative science approach and continuously innovate to outperform industry benchmarks and client expectations. We have offices in NYC, Chicago, LA, Dallas, Sydney, Auckland, London, and Waterford, Ireland. This is a remote Senior Data Engineer role based in London, UK. We are proud of our recognition across the industry, including AdAge Best Places to Work, ThinkLA Partner of the Year, Built In Best Places to Work, Cynopsis 2025 Top Women in Media, Martech Breakthrough Awards, Digiday Media Awards, Cynopsis Media Impact Awards, and Adweek Media Plan of the Year Awards. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace.
last updated 40 week of 2026