Senior Data Engineer

Ravio; London; Remote; GBP 81,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing data platform firm in London is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to lead the development of data pipelines and infrastructure. The ideal candidate has over 6 years of experience in data engineering and is proficient in Python or similar languages. The role offers a flexible work culture and competitive compensation, with opportunities for career growth in a thriving startup environment.

Benefits

Company ownership through equity stake

37 days paid time off

Up to 6% pension matching scheme

Wellness allowance

Private healthcare cover

Income protection insurance

Generous parental leave policies

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience in data engineering.
• Expertise in at least one high-level language such as Python, Julia, R, Matlab or Go.
• Comfortable in fast-paced, startup environments.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain data pipelines and infrastructure.
• Shape and implement the data roadmap.
• Ensure data quality and governance best practices.

Skills

Data engineering experience

Proficiency in Python or similar languages

Familiarity with SQL databases

Experience with CI/CD

Strong communication skills

Tools

GCP

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Job description

We help companies get compensation right.

What we get paid at work has a massive impact on our lives, and it's one of the biggest factors in hiring and retaining talent - and yet so many companies struggle to get it right. They simply have no choice but to rely on poor data and unsophisticated tools for their pay decisions. That's why we created Ravio.

We help many of the world's most innovative and ambitious companies build stronger teams and reach their goals through better compensation. Our real-time data platform brings compensation into the modern age, tracking the market across all compensation types from salary to equity and benefits. We're passionate about ensuring everyone is paid what they deserve, no matter their background or circumstances. We believe that when compensation is done right, everyone wins.

Ravio is growing fast, which means you can too. We've established ourselves as the European leader in our space serving more than 1,200 clients, and now have our sights set on becoming the global go to place for compensation data and tools for managing compensation.

Joining a startup and scaling it into a global product is one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences a career can offer. If that sounds exciting to you, you're in the right place.

The role

We're looking for a Senior Data Engineer to drive the ongoing development of our data platform,

• Be a senior technical contributor in our data engineering team, building and maintaining Ravio's data pipelines and infrastructure - the core of our business.
• Shape and implement the data roadmap, improving pipeline structure, robustness, testing, and continuous development as well as helping oversee the team's cloud infrastructure.
• Ensure data quality, governance, and security best practices are followed.

• Partner with fellow engineers, product managers and the broader team to make quick, collaborative decisions that drive business outcomes while maintaining technical excellence.
• Foster team culture in the Data team, making it a positive, ambitious, accountable and fun environment where people enjoy doing their best work.

What we're looking for

• 6+ years experience in data engineering
• Expertise in at least one high level language such as Python, Julia, R, Matlab or Go
• Familiarity working with terraform, cloud logs, SQL databases
• Experience working with production systems, CI/CD
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, startup environment with a bias for action
• Excellent listener and communicator

Regardless of experience you,

• Naturally speak the language of engineers and data scientists, and are also very comfortable talking with people of other disciplines across the business including product, customer success, operations and founders.
• Have strong social and emotional intelligence, empathy, and an ability to put yourself in the shoes of others
• Take satisfaction in smooth execution of challenging problems and seeing a talented team operating at a high velocity

Our Tech Stack;

Data Engineering

• Python
• GCP (Cloud Functions, Workflows, CloudSQL, Cloud Storage, BigQuery, ...)
• DBT

Data Science

• Python (polars, scikit-learn, ...)

CI/CD

• GitHub Actions
• Terraform

Data Engineering at Ravio in 2025

This is a key data engineering role at a company where data is at the very heart of our mission and product. We have technical co-founders who know first hand the importance of creating space and focus for engineering teams to do their best work.

You'll be responsible for playing a critical part in our challenge to scale our existing pipelines to thousands of new customers, while continuing to build new pipelines and infrastructure to support new product areas. We're at an exciting stage that involves 0-to-1 engineering in some areas, and engineering for scale in others.

To pull this off you'll be working alongside many accomplished and world class teammates, who are energised by the work they do and have a high bar for themselves and their colleagues.

Why Join Ravio?

• Opportunity to be a critical team member in a high-growth startup.
• Blend of IC work and leadership, giving you both hands-on impact and career growth.
• Remote-friendly, flexible work culture with a high degree of ownership.
• Work on meaningful problems that help people get paid fairly and competitively in their careers.

Compensation & Benefits

• £81,000 - £110,000
• Company ownership (everyone gets a meaningful equity stake in Ravio)
• 37 days paid time off (25 days holiday + 4 wellness days + 8 public holidays)
• Up to 6% pension matching scheme
• £60 a month wellness allowance (Invest in your physical wellbeing, on us)
• Private healthcare cover (on a medical history disregarded basis) with AXA
• Personal worldwide travel insurance - just in case
• Income protection insurance (for full peace of mind in case you cannot work because of sickness or disability)
• 16 weeks fully paid birthing parent leave, followed by 4 weeks at 50% pay. For non-birthing parents, we offer 8 weeks fully paid leave

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