Senior Data Platform Engineer

Summary

Join Zepz as a Senior Data Platform Engineer and build robust foundations for revolutionizing global financial services. You will manage critical platforms and services, ensuring reliable, fresh, and trustworthy data for millions of users. Design and build a world-class data platform from first principles, working with data engineering teams to embed agility, automation, and governance. This platform will be leveraged internally and by partners to support the company's goal of making remittances easy and secure. Your expertise will be key to scaling capabilities and fostering a data-driven culture. This senior role requires solid experience in building and scaling data and ML platforms, expertise in CI/CD and DevOps, and strong Terraform skills.

Requirements

• Solid experience in building/scaling platforms that support Data and ML operations with a keen interest in solving problems using code
• 3+ years demonstrated experience, in data platform engineering
• Expert Understanding of CI/CD and DevOps methodologies
• Great Terraform Skills
• Containerisation
• Holistic view on application delivery
• Our Cloud Native platform is hosted in AWS
• Have a working knowledge in one or several of the following SQL, Python, Spark, Databricks, Airflow, Kubernetes
• You work well with Engineering, DevOps and Product members and are comfortable building effective relationships with stakeholders outside technology

Responsibilities

• Build and scale platforms that support Data and ML operations
• Manage critical platform and services that fuel insightful, automated decision-making for our users worldwide
• Architect and ensure reliable, fresh, and trustworthy data for every user and downstream application
• Design and build a world-class data platform from first principles
• Work closely with data engineering teams to embed agility, automation, and governance into our operational processes
• Scale our capabilities and foster a data-driven culture that truly serves the financial needs of migrants

Preferred Qualifications

• Have worked at a scaling startup previously
• Experience working with Data Engineers/Analysts to troubleshoot platform related issues
• Experience in both batch and real time data platforms

Benefits

• Unlimited Annual Leave
• Private Medical Cover
• Retirement
• Life Assurance
• Parental Leave
• We are also remote-first as an organisation, offering flexibility for you to work where you need to be most productive