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