Senior Data Engineer

Eleving Consumer Finance is a dynamic and international FinTech company dedicated to empowering diverse communities worldwide. Our mission is to create access to innovative and sustainable financial solutions, driving upward social mobility.

We are at the forefront of financial inclusion, serving markets where traditional banking falls short. Our reach extends across 7 countries, encompassing the Balkan Europe region, including Moldova, North Macedonia, Albania, and the Southern Africa region, covering Namibia, Botswana, South Africa and Lesotho.

In most of the markets we enter, cash economy conditions are prevalent, making our comprehensive online and offline customer service experiences a unique offering. With a presence spanning multiple continents, our international team of over 1200 dedicated professionals forms our greatest asset.

From more than 200+ branches, we offer a diverse array of flexible financial products, providing the means for individuals and communities to thrive, and we are constantly expanding our footprint.

Join our team, and be part of our mission to transform the financial landscape for the better.

• Build and maintain CDC pipelines from PostgreSQL to the data platform.
• Develop streaming data pipelines using Spark Structured Streaming and Kafka.
• Design and optimize Bronze, Silver, and Gold data layers following medallion architecture principles.
• Create and maintain DBT models that power business reporting and analytics.
• Build and operate Airflow workflows for batch processing and orchestration.
• Onboard new data sources, tables, and countries into the platform.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and improve the reliability and performance of production data pipelines.
• Contribute to platform infrastructure, including Kubernetes deployments, Helm charts, and CI/CD.
• Collaborate with Analytics, Finance and Risk teams to deliver scalable, high-quality data solutions.
• Drive engineering best practices and contribute to architectural decisions that improve the platform's scalability, reliability, and maintainability.

• 5+ years of experience building production data platforms, data pipelines, or distributed data processing systems.
• Experience designing and operating streaming data pipelines.
• Strong Python development skills for production applications.
• Advanced SQL skills and experience with data transformation frameworks.
• Experience working with modern cloud data warehouses.
• Experience building and maintaining workflow orchestration pipelines.
• Solid understanding of medallion/lakehouse architecture and modern data engineering practices.
• Experience with version control, CI/CD, testing, and software engineering best practices.
• Ability to troubleshoot production issues and optimize pipeline performance.

• Nice to Have
• Hands-on experience with our technology stack, including Apache Spark, Kafka, dbt, Snowflake, and Airflow.
• Experience with CDC technologies (e.g., Debezium).
• Familiarity with modern data lake technologies (e.g., Apache Iceberg).
• Experience working with cloud-native infrastructure and Kubernetes-based deployments (e.g., Azure, AKS, Helm, ArgoCD, KEDA).

• Opportunity to drive strategic decisions and shape the future of an international FinTech organization
• Influence across diverse markets, delivering meaningful impact on financial inclusion and social mobility
• Collaborative & ambitious executive team with a culture of shared success,'We Win Together'
• International environment with exposure to emerging markets across Europe and Africa
• Tailored professional development and executive coaching opportunities to strengthen your leadership journey
• Comprehensive benefits, including health insurance, lunch allowance, special day off package, and paid mobile calls and parking
• Work-life balance arrangements that suit your lifestyle and executive commitments
• Competitive compensation from 3500 EUR - 4200 EUR complemented by significant performance-based bi- annual bonuses and long-term incentives.