brandwatch

Staff Software Engineer

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At a Glance

Location
Hungary; United Kingdom, Hungary United Kingdom
Work Regime
remote
Experience
5+ years
Posted
2026-02-12T08:17:27-05:00

Key Requirements

Required Skills

AWSJavaJavaScriptKafkaKubernetesPostgreSQLPython

Domain Knowledge

  • Engineering
  • Marketing
  • Media

Requirements

5+ years professional software engineering experience.

Expertise in scalable architectures and large-volume data processing.

Proven technical leadership and ability to influence engineering direction.

A collaborative mindset and strong problem-solving skills

Key technologies used within the platform include

Languages: Java, some Javascript + Python

Responsibilities

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to help shape the evolution of the Brandwatch Consumer Research platform - a large-scale distributed system that transforms vast volumes of online conversations into real-time intelligence used by organisations worldwide.

In this role, you will provide hands-on technical leadership while working on complex systems spanning search, streaming data pipelines, and distributed databases.

Design and optimise APIs and data pipelines supporting high-throughput interactive analytics (real-time search, filtering and aggregations on billions of documents).

Build and enhance distributed systems responsible for large-scale indexing, search, and data processing.

Drive performance, scalability, cost and reliability improvements in petabyte-scale systems.