Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform Insights

<p>&lt;gh-intro&gt;<br>&lt;text&gt;<br>We’re looking for a <strong>Senior Software Engineer</strong> to join Bolt’s <strong>Data Platform Insights</strong> team. You’ll build and evolve the platform that helps Bolt teams create and manage high-quality data products — making data reliable and accessible, to power decisions at massive scale.<br>&lt;/text&gt;<br>&lt;/gh-intro&gt;<br><br></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&lt;gh-about-us&gt;</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">&lt;title&gt;</span><strong>About us</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">&lt;/title&gt;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&lt;text&gt;</span></p> <p>With over 200 million customers in 50+ countries, Bolt is one of the fastest-growing tech companies in Europe and Africa. And it's all thanks to our people.</p> <p>We believe in creating an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome, regardless of race, colour, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, or disability.</p> <p>Our ultimate goal is to make cities for people, not cars, and we need your help to achieve this mission!</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&lt;/text&gt;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&lt;/gh-about-us&gt;</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&lt;gh-role-detail&gt;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&lt;title&gt;</span><strong>About the role</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">&lt;/title&gt;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&lt;text&gt;</span></p> <p>Engineers in the Insights team play a key role in shaping Bolt’s data ecosystem. You will own the infrastructure and frameworks that streamline development, testing, and maintenance of data products - turning petabytes of data into reusable models and metrics. Teams across the organisation will create dashboards, custom data applications, and chat with data using the tools you will provide.</p> <p>In this role, you will work closely with the data producers and consumers to understand their needs and challenges, continuously seeking improvements, and driving complex projects from idea to completion.</p> <p>We work with a wide range of technologies - Python libraries and CLIs; dbt for data modelling, workflows orchestration and execution with Airflow and Databricks; infrastructure with Terraform, AWS, and Kubernetes</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&lt;/text&gt;</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">&lt;/gh-role-detail&gt;</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&lt;gh-responsibilities&gt;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&lt;title&gt;<strong>Main tasks and responsibilities:</strong></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">&lt;/title&gt;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&lt;bulletpoints&gt;</span></p> <ul> <li>&lt;point&gt;Own and evolve the foundational infrastructure and frameworks that support building, testing, and deploying dbt on Databricks, with 3,500+ dbt models.&lt;/point&gt;</li> <li>&lt;point&gt;Ensure customer success by helping data practitioners use the platform effectively and in a self-service manner.&lt;/point&gt;</li> <li>&lt;point&gt;Keep 800+ daily Databricks jobs reliable, observable, and cost-efficient with an observability layer that detects pipeline failures and surfaces areas for improvement.&lt;/point&gt;</li> <li>&lt;point&gt;Keep Looker running smoothly for the 4,000 Bolt employees, serving 300,000 queries daily over petabytes of data.&lt;/point&gt;</li> <li>&lt;point&gt;Seek and enable new ways to use data, such as chatting with data agents.&lt;/point&gt;</li> <li>&lt;point&gt;Building CI/CD workflows with GitHub Actions that validate, test, and deploy data products reliably.&lt;/point&gt;</li> </ul> <p>&lt;/bulletpoints&gt;<br>&lt;/gh-responsibilities&gt;</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&lt;gh-requirements&gt;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&lt;title&gt;</span><strong>About you:</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">&lt;/title&gt;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&lt;bulletpoints&gt;</span></p> <ul> <li>&lt;point&gt;You have at least 5 years of software engineering experience, including hands-on experience with large-scale distributed data systems or compute engines like Apache Spark.&lt;/point&gt;</li> <li>&lt;point&gt;Proficient in Python or another mainstream OOP language. We care about strong engineering fundamentals and adaptability.&lt;/point&gt;</li> <li>&lt;point&gt;Familiar with the modern data stack (dbt, Databricks, Airflow, Delta Lake, or equivalents).&lt;/point&gt;</li> <li>&lt;point&gt;You have excellent communication skills, are fluent in spoken and written English, and you’re comfortable collaborating with both technical and non-technical colleagues.&lt;/point&gt;</li> <li>&lt;point&gt;You understand modern CI/CD practices and value automation, testing, and observability as core engineering principles.&lt;/point&gt;</li> <li>&lt;point&gt;You’re driven by customer success and have a track record of leading and delivering complex, cross-team projects.&lt;/point&gt;</li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&lt;/bulletpoints&gt;</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">&lt;/gh-requirements&gt;</span></p> <p>&lt;gh-perks&gt;</p> <p>&lt;title&gt;<strong>Why you’ll love it here:</strong>&lt;/title&gt;</p> <p>&lt;bulletpoints&gt;</p> <ul> <li>&lt;point&gt;Play a direct role in shaping the future of mobility.&lt;/point&gt;</li> <li>&lt;point&gt;Impact millions of customers and partners in 600+ cities across 50+ countries.&lt;/point&gt;</li> <li>&lt;point&gt;Work in fast-moving autonomous teams with some of the smartest people in the world.&lt;/point&gt;</li> <li>&lt;point&gt;Accelerate your professional growth with unique career opportunities.&lt;/point&gt;</li> <li>&lt;point&gt;Get a rewarding salary and stock option package that lets you focus on doing your best work.&lt;/point&gt;</li> <li>&lt;point&gt;Enjoy the flexibility of working in a hybrid mode with a minimum of 2 days in the office each week to foster strong connections and teamwork.&lt;/point&gt;</li> <li>&lt;point&gt;Take care of your physical and mental health with our wellness perks.&lt;/point&gt;</li> </ul> <p>&lt;/bulletpoints&gt;<br>&lt;text&gt;*<em>Some perks may differ depending on your location and role.</em>&lt;/text&gt;<br>&lt;/gh-perks&gt;</p><div class="content-conclusion"><p>#LI-Hybrid</p></div>