brandwatch
Staff Software Engineer
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
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.