Backend Software Engineer Graduate (Data Platform, 2027 Start)

About the role

The Data Management Suite team builds products covering the full lifecycle of data pipelines, from ingestion and integration through development, catalog, security and governance. As a graduate Backend Software Engineer, you will build, optimise and scale one of the largest data platforms in the world, working on core systems that affect the company's core products and hundreds of millions of users. The start date is 2027.

Key responsibilities

• Design and implement a unified data development platform with intelligent IDE capabilities, workflow management and multi-engine integration.
• Explore ways to manage distributed states and synchronise metadata between centralised systems and regional environments worldwide.
• Design and develop a high-performance, distributed scheduling system for large-scale tasks across business lines.
• Work closely with partner teams across the company and around the world.
• Design and develop integrations with other systems across the big data ecosystem.

Required profile

• Completing or recently completed a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Software Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Commitment to an onboarding date by the end of the year; availability and graduation date should be stated in the resume.
• Candidates can apply to a maximum of two positions, and applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Required skills

• Familiarity with at least one backend language such as Java, Go or Python.
• Preferred: strong foundation in software development, data structures and algorithms.
• Preferred: exposure to software design, architecture, testing and launching products.
• Preferred: familiarity with Spring Boot, Hadoop, ClickHouse and Flink.