Senior Backend Engineer - Cruise at Kpler

Kpler is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to lead backend architecture and real-time streaming services for maritime vessel tracking, port intelligence, and trade flows. The role involves building scalable Python and PHP microservices, processing high-volume data with Kafka and ClickHouse, optimizing PostgreSQL and ClickHouse, maintaining production reliability, collaborating with product and cloud teams, and mentoring engineers. Candidates need approximately five or more years of senior backend experience, strong Python, PHP, PostgreSQL, Kafka, and ClickHouse expertise, and experience with distributed systems, APIs, CI/CD, and containerized deployments.