
Senior Data Engineer – FinTech Platform
Veta Virtual
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🌎 Anywhere in the World
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💰 $5,000 - $5,830 per month
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
AirflowAmazon RedshiftAWSAzureCassandraCloudD3.jsETLGoogle Cloud PlatformHadoopJavaJavaScriptKafkaMongoDBMySQLNoSQLPostgresPythonSparkSQLTableauTerraform
About the role
- Collaborate closely with data engineers, software engineers, and product leaders to design, build, and scale reliable data systems that support analytics, reporting, and business intelligence across a global operation
- Take ownership of core data pipelines and infrastructure, ensuring accuracy, scalability, and performance across large and complex datasets
- Develop and maintain scalable data pipelines and ETL processes to ingest, process, and transform large volumes of structured and unstructured data
- Design, build, and optimize data models and databases to support analytical and reporting needs
- Perform data analysis, data mining, and statistical modeling to uncover trends, patterns, and insights
- Build and maintain dashboards, reports, and visualizations for both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Ensure data quality through governance practices, validation processes, and integrity checks
- Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, analytics, and product teams
- Mentor and support junior team members in a collaborative, high-performing environment
- Support additional data initiatives and projects as needed
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, or a related field
- Proven experience as a Data Engineer, Software Engineer, Data Analyst, or similar role
- Strong proficiency in SQL and experience with relational databases (Redshift, MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra)
- Proficiency in Python, SQL, or Java for data manipulation, analysis, and scripting
- Experience retrieving and processing data from APIs
- Hands-on experience with: Big data technologies (Hadoop, Spark, Kafka), Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), Orchestration tools (Airflow, Dagster), GitLab, DBT, Terraform, Liquibase
- Strong understanding of data warehousing, data modeling, and dimensional modeling
- Experience with data visualization tools (Tableau, Power BI, d3.js) is a plus
- Strong problem-solving skills and comfort working with large, complex datasets
- Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, evolving environment
Benefits
- Fully remote contractor role — work from anywhere with a reliable setup
- Opportunity to work with a globally recognized fintech and crypto platform operating at massive scale
- A high-impact role where your work directly supports analytics, insights, and decision-making
- A professional, collaborative environment with experienced technical leadership
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
SQLPythonJavaETL processesdata modelingdata analysisstatistical modelingdata miningdata visualizationbig data technologies
Soft skills
problem-solvingcommunicationcollaborationmentoringindependenceadaptabilityteamworkleadershiporganizational skillsattention to detail
Certifications
Bachelor’s degreeMaster’s degree