Reference Data Engineer

Careers at KKR, New York, New York +1

The role

We are seeking an Assistant Vice President (AVP), Software Engineering to join our Reference Data Technology team. This role blends senior individual contribution with emerging technical leadership: you will design and deliver robust backend services and data pipelines while helping guide the technical direction of your team. The ideal candidate is a strong Python developer with hands-on experience in distributed data processing (Spark), infrastructure-as-code (Terraform), and deep data engineering fundamentals spanning data modeling, ETL, and data distribution.

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Reference Data Engineer

Careers at KKR, New York, New York +1

Posted pay

$135K–$170K

a year

Compared with similar jobs

This base pay is below the median for data engineering jobs in New York with no level in the job title.

Median: $185K a year
Other jobs in the group: 67

We compare the middle of each posted range. This is base pay as posted. The group does not include this job.

Location: New York, New York +1
Work type: Not given
Level: Not given
Experience: 4+ years
Skills in the job text: Python
AWS
SQL
Kubernetes
GCP
Azure
Docker
Terraform
Spark
Airflow
Kafka
Posted: Sep 28, 2026
Last check: 5 h ago
Job type: Data engineering