Lead Data Engineer

Notabene, Inc; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech company is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to shape crypto transaction settlements globally. You'll design ETL pipelines, gather BI requirements, and promote a data-driven culture. Ideal candidates have 8+ years in data engineering, strong SQL and Python skills, and experience with tools like dbt and AWS. This role offers an opportunity to work in a collaborative environment focused on innovation and inclusivity.

Qualifications

• 8+ years working in data engineering with large sets of data.
• Proven experience in building and maintaining ETL pipelines and data infrastructure.
• Strong experience working with dbt core/cloud.
• Proficiency in SQL and Python.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable ETL pipelines.
• Gather data requirements and setup dashboards.
• Promote a data-driven culture and train power-users.
• Monitor and optimize data infrastructure.

Skills

Data engineering

ETL pipelines

SQL

Python

Data governance

Communication

Tools

AWS

dbt

Redshift

Job description

About Notabene
Notabene is building infrastructure that's transforming how money moves in the digital economy. We're evolving beyond our compliance foundations to enable the next generation of digital financial services between regulated institutions with unprecedented efficiency. With nearly 50 employees across 14 countries and having recently closed our Series B round last November with support from leading investors including Y Combinator, DRW, F-Prime, Jump Capital, Castle Island, and Green Visor Capital, we're looking for people like you to help shape the future rails of the crypto industry.

About The Role

As a Lead Data Engineer at Notabene, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping how crypto transactions are settled globally. You'll collaborate with stakeholders across all levels of the business, turning their BI requirements into accessible, accurate, real-time reporting. You will maintain and continuously improve Notabene's org-wide data management and analytics.

In this role, you'll be responsible for building and maintaining our data pipelines, scaling our data warehouse architecture, and ensuring data insights are optimized and scalable across the organization.

You'll also be instrumental in driving forward a data-driven culture at Notabene and training / upskilling power-users across the organization. You'll be working closely with key stakeholders across the business to understand their BI / reporting needs and will enable providing insights to inform strategic decisions both at the Board / Executive level and at the business unit level.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable ETL pipelines using technologies like dbt, Airbyte, Cube, DuckDB, Redshift, and Superset
• Work closely with stakeholders across the company to gather data requirements and setup dashboards
• Promote a data driven culture at Notabene and train, upskill power-users across the organization
• Ensure data governance and security practices are in place, especially around high-security PII data
• Monitor, optimize, and troubleshoot data infrastructure and pipelines to ensure performance and scalability

Must Haves

• 8+ years working in data engineering with large sets of data. Ex: millions of students, transactions.
• Proven experience in building and maintaining ETL pipelines and data infrastructure
• Strong experience working with dbt core/cloud
• Business savvy and capable of interfacing with finance, revenue and ops leaders to build our business intelligence
• Expertise in data governance, best practices, and data security, especially related to PII
• Proficiency in SQL and Python and with experience working in AWS
• Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work independently in a global, remote-first company
• Proficient self-starter and comfortable working with ambiguity
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams and departments

Nice to Haves

• Experience in the crypto or fintech space is a huge plus.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity in a growth-stage environment.

If you strongly believe this role is for you, please apply. Notabene considers a broad array of candidates, including those without blockchain experience. Whether you're returning to work after a gap in employment, or taking the next step in your career path, we will be glad to have you on our radar.

Notabene is proud to be an equal employment workplace and an affirmative action employer. By valuing inclusion and diversity of all forms, we strictly prohibit and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, ancestry, citizenship, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.