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Senior Data Engineer, Data Products & APIs
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27 August 2026 (30+ days ago)
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31 January 2027
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1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
TL;DR Kharon is seeking a full-time London-based Senior Data Engineer.
Location: London UK
Annual Remuneration: 95000 - 115000 salary and discretionary annual bonus
Pay Frequency: Monthly
Probationary Period: 180 days
Work Arrangement: Hybrid 3-days per week
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Design deploy and maintain data-intensive pipelines and APIs that match real-world entities relationships and risk factors including the deduplication and canonicalization logic behind corporate data and the checks that validate the quality and consistency of that data.
- Build reusable Python packages and APIs following software best practices that expose reconciled entity data as a central service for other Kharon engineering teams.
- Help mature experimental ML models and agentic systems into production including monitoring evaluation harnesses and version control.
- Take an active big-picture role in driving improvement to Kharons technical architecture.
- Work at a fast AI-assisted development pace (Claude Cursor); prior LLM tool experience is not required but comfort adapting to an agentic workflow is.
- Follow good engineering practices: documentation diagrams and unit/validation testing.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Direct experience designing and deploying sophisticated data solutions ideally including advanced models such as NLP search algorithms or graph analytics.
- Strong API design and ownership experience ideally with FastAPI (Flask/Spring Boot acceptable).
- Strong Python fundamentals including Pandas PySpark or Polars.
- SQL and relational database experience: schema design access patterns and query performance optimization.
- Experience designing and maintaining Python libraries used by other engineering teams.
- Experience with data pipeline technologies (Airflow Kafka AWS Glue or equivalents).
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to justify architectural decisions to both engineering and business stakeholders.
NICE TO HAVE:
- Experience taking ML models from prototype to production including monitoring versioning and evaluation.
- Experience with graph databases (Neo4j Neptune) or graph-based data modeling.
- Familiarity with fuzzy-matching/entity-resolution libraries (Splink Senzing Zingg).
- Experience with Elasticsearch data and query modeling.
- Container-based deployment experience (Docker Kubernetes).
- Interest or experience in geopolitics sanctions compliance or financial risk.
ABOUT KHARON:
Kharon operates at the nexus of global security and is on a mission to revolutionize the current landscape. We take complex data as it relates to global security and empower our clients to not only understand the risk associated with their potential business relationships but to operationalize that data so that they can make the best and most informed decisions possible.
From financial crimes and sanctions to export controls and threat identifications our tools optimize protection against the types of risks that could otherwise be incredibly dangerous and excessively costly to any business. Serving many of todays leading global financial and multinational institutions Kharon products are the most powerful in the space with a precision and depth that is absolutely unparalleled.
When you look at any major global crisis event were providing intelligence thats at the heart of those circumstances. We connect the dots in a way thats meaningful. As the world continues to evolve in complexity so too does the demand for our products. Given the significance of our work and the increasing global reliance on our insights we are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join us as we work to shape the way businesses perceive and navigate global risks.
Company Benefits
- Fully-sponsored private health insurance
- Pension plan with 3% employer contribution
- Annual leave plus bank holidays
DISCLOSURES
Kharon is committed to cultivating and maintaining a workplace that is free from harassment and discrimination. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color national origin ethnicity gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation or identity neurodiversity appearances age protected veteran status or status as a qualified individual with disability.
We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to support disabled applicants and employees. If you require any adjustment to participate in the recruitment process please contact
You must have the right to work in the UK. Kharon is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
UNITED KINGDOM Candidate Privacy Notice
Kharon is committed to protecting your personal data in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. We collect the personal data you submit as part of your application including your name contact details employment history and qualifications to assess your suitability for the role. Our lawful basis for processing is legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) UK GDPR).
If your application is unsuccessful your data will be retained for up to 12 months before being securely deleted. If you accept a role your data will transfer to your employee record.
You have the right to access correct or request deletion of your data to object to or restrict its processing and to lodge a complaint with the UK data protection authority the ICO at . To exercise your rights contact us at .
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Senior IC
About Company
See the whole picture with the world's premier global risk analytics platform: Kharon. The leading solution for sanctions compliance, trade controls, and more.
