Senior Data Engineer

Summary

Join Scalable Capital, a leading European digital investment platform, and contribute to the development of our scalable cloud-based data backbone. You will shape an AWS-based batch data processing and data streaming solution, create a financial data warehouse, and prepare and clean data for reporting and AI use cases. Collaborate with data scientists and product development colleagues to release new features. Share your expertise in data best practices and work with a highly skilled team. This role offers the opportunity to work in a fast-growing Fintech startup and make a substantial impact on the lives of our customers.

Requirements

• Excellent University degree in computer science, mathematics, natural sciences, or a similar field and relevant working experience
• Experience designing and operating data pipelines in AWS
• Excellent SQL Skills, including advanced concepts such as window functions. Experience with dbt is strongly desired
• Very good programming skills in Python, ideally including Airflow and data processing frameworks (e.g. PySpark)
• Experience with AWS Services like S3, Athena, DMS and Glue
• Experience using infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform
• A passion for everything-as-code, and code that is well architected, testable and documented
• Data-driven and good with numbers whilst being able to explain complex concepts in simple terms
• Experience using agile frameworks like Scrum
• Understanding of data governance requirements for a regulated industry
• Interest in financial services and markets
• Fluent English communication and presentation skills

Responsibilities

• Develop our scalable cloud-based data backbone which drives our data-driven company using the most up-to-date technologies in the data space
• Shape an AWS-based batch data processing and data streaming solution, ingesting data from our internal backend services as well as from third parties
• Create a financial data warehouse combining the latest technologies with features required due to regulatory needs
• Prepare and clean structured and unstructured data and develop high-quality data models for reporting, advanced analytics, and AI use cases
• Work with highly ambitious and skilled people in our growing data teams
• Work closely together with our data scientists, product & development colleagues to release smart features for our product
• Share your expert knowledge about data best practices within the company

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of Java and Kotlin is a plus
• Sense of humour and positive outlook on life

Benefits

• Work from our centrally located offices in the heart of Munich or Berlin, nestled in lively neighborhoods filled with vibrant restaurants, cozy cafés, and a wide range of convenient amenities or choose to work remotely within Germany (if eligible for the job)
• Be productive with the latest hardware and tools
• Learn and grow by joining our in-house knowledge sharing sessions and spending your individual Education Budget