Full-Time

Senior Cloud Data Engineer

Kunai

Kunai

51-200 employees

End-to-end product development for enterprises

No salary listed

Remote in USA

Remote

Bachelor's

Category
Data & Analytics (1)
Required Skills
Redshift
BigQuery
Apache Kafka
Kinesis
ETL
CloudFormation
AWS
Terraform
Data Governance

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Requirements
  • Bachelor’s Degree, in lieu of a degree, demonstrating in addition to the minimum years of experience required for the role, three years of specialized training and/or progressively responsible work experience in technology for each missing year of college is required
  • Data migration experience including BigQuery to Redshift, Cloud SQL to Aurora/RDS with data mapping, schema conversion, and ETL/ELT pipeline design at enterprise scale
  • OLAP and OLTP systems experience including dimensional modeling (star and snowflake schemas) and transactional database optimization and time-series data migration
  • Data synchronization experience with Change Data Capture, real-time replication, latency tuning, and experience with eventual vs. strong consistency
  • Experience with AWS data services including Redshift, Aurora PostgreSQL, Database Migration Service, Glue, Kinesis, MSK (Kafka), Lambda, S3, Lake Formation
  • Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD for data pipelines using Terraform, CloudFormation
  • Knowledge of Google Cloud Platform tools to migrate away from (BigQuery, Cloud Spanner, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Cloud SQL) or familiarity with them
Responsibilities
  • Own end-to-end data migration execution: drive the full OLAP/OLTP migration from Google Cloud Platform to AWS, including data mapping, schema conversion, and hands-on lift-and-shift execution
  • Build rock-solid synchronization pipelines: design and implement data sync pipelines with tight SLAs for latency, consistency, and error recovery
  • Bring the target architecture to life: implement the AWS data architecture end to end, including driver personalization engines and production-grade dashboarding solutions
  • Migrate historical and time-series data at scale: execute large-volume historical data migrations with rigorous integrity checks and minimal disruption to live operations
  • Build observability from the ground up: create monitoring, alerting, and reconciliation frameworks for real-time confidence in cross-cloud data fidelity
  • Elevate the team around you: mentor peers, unblock blockers, and raise the technical floor of the whole engagement
  • Partner closely with the client: work with stakeholders to nail data governance, access patterns, and analytics requirements
Desired Qualifications
  • Cloud certifications are a plus but are not required. AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional); AWS Certified Data Analytics Specialty or Database Specialty; Google Professional Cloud Architect or Cloud Data Engineer

Kunai is a software development partner that helps established companies and fast-growing startups turn ideas into scalable, shipped digital products. It combines engineers, designers, and product managers to take concepts from napkin sketches to live products used by millions, offering end-to-end execution and long-term partnerships. Unlike some vendors that work in silos, Kunai emphasizes enduring collaboration—evidenced by a long-term relationship with Capital One that led to a partial acquisition and a portfolio spanning four major payment networks, four top-ten US banks, seven Fortune 500 technology companies, and ten unicorn startups. The company’s goal is to turn ideas into reliable, scalable products and maintain lasting relationships that help clients grow."

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

San Ramon, California

Founded

2001

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What believers are saying

  • PwC still hires Kunai roles in 2026, signaling active demand and retained capability.
  • June 2026 PwC materials spotlight Kunai for payments, core banking, and automation work.
  • Financial institutions keep spending on legacy migration, benefiting Kunai's existing modernization pipeline.

What critics are saying

  • PwC now owns Kunai's fate; integration mistakes can erase its boutique edge.
  • Clients can replace Kunai with Accenture, EPAM, or in-house platform teams by 2027.
  • If PwC standardizes delivery, Kunai becomes a commoditized labor pool, not a brand.

What makes Kunai unique

  • PwC acquired Kunai on August 15, 2025, validating its fintech engineering niche.
  • Kunai combines payments, core banking, AI, cloud, and mobile product delivery.
  • Its 500-person workforce gives PwC instant scale in financial-services modernization.

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Benefits

Fully remote

Flexible hours & vacation time

Learning & development

Health, dental, & vision

Parental leave

Career coaching

Company News

Crowdfund Insider
Aug 12th, 2025
PwC US Acquires AI Firm Kunai

PwC US has agreed to acquire nearly all assets of Kunai, a software consultancy specializing in AI and cloud-first platforms for the financial services sector. This strategic acquisition supports PwC's commitment to enhancing client services.

PwC
Aug 6th, 2025
PwC US announces agreement to acquire Kunai

PwC US announces agreement to acquire Kunai.

Securities.io
Feb 12th, 2025
Sandeep Sood, Founder And Ceo Of Kunai – Interview Series

Sandeep Sood, Founder and CEO of Kunai, has spent the past two decades building elite software teams. In 2015, he sold his first agency, Monsoon, to Capital One, where he spent the next three years gaining firsthand experience in how financial products are developed within a large corporation. This experience now informs the work at Kunai, enabling the company to deliver even more effective solutions.Kunai develops full-stack technology solutions for banks, credit and payment networks, infrastructure providers, and their customers. Leveraging a team of skilled designers, developers, and product managers, Kunai transforms ideas from initial concepts to large-scale deployment. By focusing on modernization and emerging industry trends, the company helps clients optimize their operations and position themselves for long-term growth in the evolving financial landscape.We discuss the future of AI, fintech, and stablecoins.What inspired you to start Kunai after your experience at Capital One, and how did your time at Monsoon and Capital One shape your approach to building Kunai?At Monsoon, I spent twenty years working with financial institutions from the outside – as a vendor. After our acquisition by Capital One, I learned what it was like to sit at the other side of the table – as an executive who managed teams and vendors