SENIOR DATA PLATFORM ENGINEER

MoonPay
Full-time
Lisbon / London / Madrid / Barcelona / Cape Town / Spain - Remote / Portugal - Remote / United Kingdom - Remote / South Africa - Remote
Posted on 23 days ago

Job Description

MoonPay is seeking a Senior Data Platform Engineer to design and build the core systems to unlock value from their data. This is a hands-on technical leadership role focused on solving complex challenges related to data-intensive streaming systems, orchestration, data governance, and platform scalability. The role involves mentoring the team and influencing the long-term vision of the data platform.

Responsibilities

  • Lead design and delivery of data engineering projects
  • Design and develop core data platform components
  • Embed best practices and governance into the Data Platform
  • Develop orchestration and automation capabilities
  • Estimate, plan, and execute complex projects
  • Write well-tested, high-quality code
  • Mentor engineers and promote best practices

Requirements

  • Proven experience designing real-time, event-driven data systems (Kafka, Pub/Sub, Spark, Beam)
  • Experience building platform capabilities for other engineers
  • Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
  • Familiarity with batch pipelines, orchestration, data warehousing, and governance
  • Team-first mindset and passion for mentoring
  • Strong collaboration skills

Benefits

  • No benefits