Senior Data Engineer

Goodstack; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing startup in London is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design and maintain scalable data pipelines. You will contribute to the analytics layer and shape data infrastructure while ensuring high data quality and mentoring team members. The ideal candidate has over 7 years of data engineering experience, deep expertise in SQL and Python, and hands-on experience with tools like Terraform and Kubernetes. A flexible working environment with plenty of benefits awaits you.

Benefits

Salary reviews

Private health insurance

Learning & development budget

Paid volunteer days

25 days annual leave

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience in data engineering.
• Deep expertise in SQL and Python, with proven experience building production-grade data pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with dbt in production environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain robust, scalable data pipelines.
• Contribute to the dbt analytics layer.
• Shape and maintain our data platform infrastructure.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data pipeline design

Infrastructure as code

Container orchestration

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Airflow

Job description

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If you've been looking to join a fast-growing startup with a bold vision of a world where doing good is baked into everything we do, then you've found the right place!

Backed by General Catalyst, the same investors behind Stripe and Airbnb, we're building something truly extraordinary!

Our Mission

Our mission at Goodstack is to revolutionize how the world does good.

As a Series A social impact startup, we power global change through technology. We enable companies to seamlessly integrate positive impact into what they do through a unified platform while supporting nonprofits in gaining access to cutting-edge technology and finding new funding streams.

Global brands, including Google, TikTok, LinkedIn, HSBC, OpenAI, Atlassian and Twilio - as well as thousands of nonprofits, including the Red Cross, Cancer Research, and Oxfam - use Goodstack to make a difference.

We are on a rapid growth trajectory. Just in 2024, we facilitated $3 billion in donations to good causes. But this is just the beginning. We want to become the world's leading platform that facilitates donations to the most individual nonprofits in the world.

To achieve this, we need incredible people to help us on our journey - we need you

Join us as a Senior Data Engineer at Goodstack!

• Design, build, and maintain robust, scalable data pipelines to power both analytics and product features.
• Contribute to the dbt analytics layer: establish best practices, implement core models, and ensure business metrics are consistent and trustworthy.
• Shape and maintain our data platform infrastructure (Terraform + Kubernetes), ensuring high availability, scalability, and observability.
• Lead the adoption of data quality, governance, and monitoring frameworks to build confidence in data.
• Mentor other engineers and contribute to raising the bar on engineering standards across the team.
• Partner with product managers and business stakeholders to turn data into insights and product opportunities.
• Collaborate with the engineering team to embed data flows into product architecture.
• Work alongside infra/platform engineers to design cloud-native, cost-efficient systems.

After 3 months, success will look like:

• Reduced breakages in data pipelines and the subsequent context switching.
• Be up to speed on our managed data infrastructure.
• Documented standards for data modeling, orchestration, and testing adopted by the team.

This role is a perfect match for you if you have:

• 7+ years of professional experience in data engineering
• Deep expertise in SQL and Python, with proven experience building production-grade data pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with dbt in production environments, including modelling for analytics teams.
• Strong track record of working with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) and container orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with orchestration tools (Airflow, Dagster, Prefect).
• Ability to translate business problems into robust technical solutions.

Bonus if you have knowledge or love of:

• Data mesh concepts: decentralised ownership, domain-oriented pipelines, product-thinking with data.
• Streaming data systems (Kafka, Pulsar, Flink).
• Data observability, lineage, and governance tools.
• Experience scaling data teams in a startup environment.
• Passion for enabling a culture of self-serve analytics.

What you can expect upon joining our team

• Salary reviews and share options becoming an integral part of our growth and share in the company's success
• Goodstack's Workplace Giving
• Vitality Plus - Private health insurance
• £250 Brighten your day annual budget
• £1000 Learning & development annual budget
• Goodstack library
• Tasty Tuesday! Office lunch is on the company
• Slow run club (Wednesdays)
• Paid days off to volunteer for non-profit causes
• Paid days to attend conferences
• Paid day off on your birthday!
• 25 days annual leave, plus paid public holidays
• Paid sick leave
• Paid wellness leave
• Parental leave
• Flexible working hours
• WFH budget upon joining
• Pension
• UK cycle-to-work scheme
• Ecologi Carbon Offsetting

About us

Since 2017, Goodstack has been at the forefront of creating a future where good will be built into everything we do. From daily commutes to weekend activities or grocery shopping, we envision a world where creating positive change is seamlessly integrated into our everyday lives.

Businesses are expected to deliver on both profit and purpose and those that don't are falling behind. We're here to make it easy for any company, anywhere in the world, to integrate good into what they do.

OUR PLEDGE TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION

We take pride in our diverse and growing team representing 20+ nationalities across 5 continents ! Our continued expansion provides us with opportunities to embrace and celebrate different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, essential to our success.

We actively seek and welcome applicants from all walks of life, regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

A team that represents the world that we are trying to support is a wiser, more knowledgeable and stronger one. We're excited for you to bring your experience, yourself and your special lemon twist to Goodstack to propel us forward in striving to create a better world for us all.