Senior Backend Engineer

The Firm

KKR & Co. Inc., together with its subsidiaries, is a leading global investment firm. KKR aims to generate attractive investment returns by following a patient and disciplined investment approach, employing world-class people, and supporting growth in its portfolio companies and communities. We sponsor investment funds that invest in private equity, credit, real assets and strategic partners that manage hedge funds.

KKR's Dublin office provides best in class services and solutions to our internal stakeholders and clients, drives organization wide process efficiency and transformation, and reflects KKR's global culture and values of teamwork and innovation. The office contains multifunctional business capabilities and is integral in furthering the growth of KKR globally.

THE OPPORTUNITY

As part of our continued investment in Ireland, KKR is launching a Technology & Engineering Centre of Excellence in Dublin. This new hub will play a central role in building the world’s first technology platform engineered to manage over one trillion dollars in alternative AUM (assets under management.) Designed from the ground up for scale, security and speed, this is the infrastructure for the future of global finance. Areas of focus include investment technology, portfolio construction and management, liquidity solutions, risk analytics, and advanced data platforms.

This is an exceptional opportunity to join a growing team within one of the world’s leading investment firms. You will contribute to high-visibility, strategic initiatives that are critical to the success of KKR’s business, working alongside a talented group professionals.

We’re committed to attracting and developing top-tier technology talent in Ireland. We’re looking for exceptional engineers who are passionate about innovation, thrive in collaborative environments, and want to work on some of the most interesting challenges in financial technology. 

Over the coming weeks, we will be meeting with outstanding engineers across the region to introduce KKR’s technology vision and identify candidates whose interests and skills align with our teams. Our goal is to ensure you are matched with a role and team where your contributions will have the greatest impact — and where you will be supported to grow and succeed.

We look forward to welcoming our global technology leadership team to Dublin in early August to meet with selected candidates in person.

THE TEAM

KKR's Technology organization is a group of passionate technologists and product managers, unified by a shared mission to deliver exception products and solutions that drive value for our stakeholders, clients, and investors. Our passion for technology and innovation fuels our commitment to creating high-quality, impactful solutions that address complex challenges and meet the evolving needs of our sophisticated businesses.

Teamwork is at the core of the organization’s success.  We thrive on open collaboration and continuous learning, driving a culture that values diversity of thought and collective achievement.  Our global footprint fosters the integration of a diverse set of ideas and viewpoints in product and solution delivery, allow us to design more comprehensive solutions that are adaptable and scalable. We optimize for impact, prioritizing and delivering solutions with excellence while remaining agile in response to the evolving needs of our businesses.

As a member of this global team, individuals are expected to actively contribute to a collaborative and innovation-driven environment, bringing an intellectual curiosity to their approach to problem solving. This includes embracing key values such as open communication, continuous learning, and a focus on delivering with impact.  Team members are also expected to uphold high standards of excellence in their work, while supporting and learning from others.

THE ROLE

KKR is looking to add a talented Backend Engineer to its rapidly growing Technology team. Our agile team is responsible for delivering solutions to aid in driving our world class Portfolio Management and Business Operations teams through investment strategy, portfolio management and operations. You’ll work on a cloud-native tech stack of micro services leveraging Kubernetes and modern approaches to CI/CD. We primarily use React on the frontend as well as Python on the backend. As an Engineer, you will help further the standard for engineering excellence not only on the team but across the entire organization.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Write and review code, and deploy systems that support the business
• Participate in application design and architecture reviews
• Engage in an agile, iterative software development process
• Collaborate closely with business, product and engineering stakeholders
• Break down complex problems into simple, creative, and effective solutions
• Build solutions for high availability, observability, and maintainability
• Provide support for the platform

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• 2-6 years of software engineering experience
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a technical field (Engineering/Mathematics/Computer Science)
• Knowledge of an object-oriented programming language (such as python) with a proven track record of delivering high-quality data applications
• Experience designing, delivering, and securing data-rich web applications in relevant web programming frameworks (e.g. React) a strong plus
• Familiarity with databases and data pipelines
• Interest in finance, hard-working and eager to learn in a fast-paced, innovative commercial environment
• Strong communication skills for interacting with stakeholders.
• Ability to think strategically and act tactically with exceptional attention to detail
• Demonstrated curiosity, analytical skills, and resourcefulness with a proven record of ownership and the ability to deliver results in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

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