TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW

KKR’s Technology team is responsible for building and supporting the firm’s technological foundation including a globally distributed infrastructure, information security, and the application and data platforms. The team drives a culture of technology excellence across the firm through efficient workflow automation, democratization of data through modern data and collaboration platforms, and more recently through research and development of Generative AI based tools and services. Technology is regarded as a key business enabler at KKR and is an important accelerator to drive towards global scale creation and business process transformation. A dedicated Program Management function along with the Product Managers drive execution discipline across multiple technology teams with a goal to consistently deliver excellence serving our business needs. The Technology team consists of highly technical and business centric technologists with the ability to form strong partnerships across all of our businesses.

TEAM OVERVIEW

The Client Systems Engineering team, part of KKR’s Technology organization, develops technology solutions for clients and KKR teams with the objective to deliver exceptional experiences, enable firm growth, and mitigate firm risks. Our team supports a blend of SaaS BPM applications as well as cloud-native applications running on public cloud. We collaborate closely with the Client Operations, Tax, and other Technology teams, as well as Compliance, Enterprise Risk, Finance, Internal Audit, Legal, and Marketing.

POSITION OVERVIEW

We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to direct and oversee the development of KKR’s client onboarding platform. This role will work closely with product managers to deliver a stellar experience for our clients and internal teams. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in software architecture, with a track record of leading design and development of enterprise systems. They will lead a global team of software developers to drive the evolution of our client onboarding platform.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Technical Excellence: Solve complex business problems with elegant and intuitive technical solutions. Continuously refine the implementation to align with business needs.
• Engineering Leadership: Oversee a team of product focused software engineers responsible for the client onboarding experience. Ensure the team’s accountability for the full software development lifecycle of their products—including design, development, test, support, and iterative improvements—while maintaining a consistent user experience and connectivity with other applications in the ecosystem and client lifecycle.
• Continuous Improvement: Share your passion for staying on top of tech trends, experimenting with and learning new technologies, participating in internal & external technology communities, mentoring other members of the engineering community
• Vendor and Partner Integrations: Help lead buy vs. build assessments, select the right partners, and manage ongoing vendor relationships to ensure high-quality resilient integrations that minimize time to value
• Platform-Mindset: Ensure technical decisions are in line with the broader Client Lifecycle Product and Technology vision, focusing on interoperability and scalability across teams and tools.
• Technology and Company-Wide Contribution: Actively contribute to Technology and company-wide priorities, offering input beyond the immediate engineering role to support broader company objectives and initiatives.

QUALIFICATIONS AND KEY COMPETENCIES

• Experience: 10+ years of building enterprise-grade software solutions with a strong focus on architecture, design, and development.
• Database Expertise: Data modelling and migrations in Relational (SQL) and non-Relational (NoSQL) paradigms
• Hands-On Technical Skills: Demonstrated ability to actively contribute to codebases, solving complex technical challenges with innovative solutions.
• Programming Languages: Expertise in modern backend languages such as NodeJS, Python, or similar.
• Cloud-Native Development: Proven experience building applications on public cloud platforms, with a preference for AWS.
• Product-Centric Design: Ability to drive client-focused product design in an agile environment.
• Mentorship & Leadership: Skilled in mentoring engineers on secure, reliable, and scalable software development practices.
• Innovation & Creativity: Promotes the adoption of cutting-edge technologies and encourages innovative problem-solving.
• Effective Communication: Ability to convey complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• BPM Expertise: Experience with Appian or similar BPM platforms.
• Strong Communication Skills: Exceptional verbal and written communication abilities.