Senior Data Engineer I - Global KYC & Onboarding

What you'll be doing

  • Designing and maintaining robust ETL/ELT pipelines for high-volume, event-driven verification data.
  • Mapping complex transactional events into coherent, business-accurate data models.
  • Collaborating to modernise legacy verification infrastructure with scalable, flexible data flows.
  • Ensuring observability and auditability of onboarding flows and FinCrime controls for compliance and monitoring.
  • Translating raw system inputs into clean, aggregated data models for Product Analysts and Data Scientists.
  • Building and standardising production pipelines using Python and Airflow.
  • Optimising workflows and queries to improve performance and scale.
  • Setting data engineering standards with cross-functional teams on data contracts, monitoring, and automated testing.

Requirements

  • Strong Python fundamentals with clean, maintainable code and performance optimization skills.
  • Advanced SQL and data modelling expertise over large-scale datasets.
  • Experience building, scheduling, and monitoring pipelines using workflow orchestrators like Apache Airflow.
  • Systems and data architecture mindset with knowledge of high-throughput event data and analytical storage.
  • Ability to take ownership and work autonomously on cross-functional, evolving problems.
  • Effective collaboration skills with software engineers, data scientists, analysts, and stakeholders.

Nice to haves

  • Hands-on experience with modern data transformation tools such as dbt.
  • Familiarity with distributed compute and storage platforms like Kafka, Spark, Snowflake, or Presto/Trino.
  • Experience in product-led SaaS, fintech, or high-growth tech environments, especially with complex event tracking or onboarding funnels.
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