Senior Data Platform Engineer

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

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior Data Platform Engineer to enhance data management solutions. The role involves designing and implementing scalable data infrastructure, collaborating with various teams, and driving data engineering practices. Ideal candidates have extensive experience in data systems and cloud platforms.

Benefits

Competitive salary and bonus plan

Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)

Private health insurance

Generous PTO policy

Half day Fridays

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of engineering experience.
• Experience in managing large data infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable data infrastructure solutions.
• Lead projects coordinating across engineering and product teams.

Skills

Problem Solving

Data Engineering

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

AWS

Apache Spark

Kafka

Snowflake

Job description

Forter is seeking a Senior Data Platform Engineer to join our Data Platform Team, where you'll play a critical role in designing, and implementing tools, systems, and frameworks that ensure effective management, and utilization of data assets across the organization. This is a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of technology and business. If you're a proactive problem solver with a passion for building scalable, robust solutions that support data quality, compliance, and governance initiatives, we'd love to hear from you.

About the team:

In our Data Platform team, we lead initiatives that enable better tooling, processes, and visibility to unlock the full potential of Forter’s data.

As a member of the Data Platform team, you will work closely with stakeholders across the company—including software engineers, analysts, researchers, product teams, and legal experts—to promote a culture of effective data engineering practices and drive the adoption of tools and processes to improve data consumption efficiency and quality across teams.

You will take ownership of designing, implementing, and delivering tools, processes, and initiatives that enhance data engineering practices. Your unique perspective and expertise will contribute innovative ideas, helping the team develop sustainable, long-term data management solutions.

A successful software engineer excels at understanding user needs through discovery work and engaging with stakeholders to secure buy-in and drive adoption of the tools and processes they design and implement.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable, reliable, and efficient data infrastrucure solutions.
• Lead projects that require coordination across engineering, product teams, and stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions on time.
• Act as a liaison across multiple teams to drive alignment on data engineering initiatives, ensuring smooth adoption and integration of solutions.
• Participate in on-call rotations to ensure the availability and performance of our systems.

Who are you?

Technical Expertise:

• At lease 5 years of engineering experience
• Experience in managing large data infrastructure
• Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Python or Java/Kotlin.
• Proven experience with distributed systems and data-intensive applications.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms, particularly AWS.
• Strong knowledge of data systems, including relational and non-relational data stores.
• Experience with big data tools and frameworks (e.g., Apache Spark, Kafka, Flink or Snowflake).

Nice to have:

• Experience building or implementing data products, schema management, data contracts, data privacy regulations (e.g. GDPR)
• Experience leading projects, requirements gathering and product management.

Benefits include:

• Competitive salary and bonus plan
• Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
• Private health insurance, including vision and dental coverage
• Generous PTO policy
• Half day Fridays, every Friday

About us:

Digital commerce is built on trust. At every point along the eCommerce journey, businesses must make a critical decision: Can I trust this customer? Answering this simple question accurately and instantly is powerful—it can accelerate revenue growth and strengthen a company’s connection with its customers. How do we do it? Forter was founded on the insight that it's not about what is being purchased, nor where— but who is behind the interaction.

The Forter Decision Engine finds patterns across more than one billion identities in our dataset. We isolate fraudsters and protect customers—ensuring everyone gets the experience they deserve. Given that trust is central to how we operate, Forter is very much driven by a defined set of values. We attract remarkable talent and have retention and engagement levels that are well above benchmarks. We’re meticulous about strengthening our culture as we grow and ensuring this is an environment where people can have outsized impact.

Trust is backed by data – Forter is a recipient of over 10 workplace and innovation awards, including:

• Great Place to Work Certification (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 )
• Fortune’s Best Workplaces in NYC (2022, 2023 and 2024 )
• Forbes Cloud 100 (2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 )
• #3 on Fast Company’s list of “Most Innovative Finance Companies” (2022 )
• Anti-Fraud Solution of the Year at the Payments Awards (2024 )
• Fintech Breakthrough Awards – Best Fraud Prevention Platform (2023)

Life as a Forterian:

We are a team of over 600 Forterians spread across 3 different continents. Since 2013, we've raised $525 million from investors such as Tiger Global, Bessemer, Sequoia Capital, March Capital and Salesforce Ventures. We're on a mission to bring trust to global digital commerce so that companies like Adobe, ASOS, eBay, Instacart, Priceline and Nordstrom can block fraud, drive revenue and improve customer experience.

At Forter, we believe unique people create unique ideas, and valuable experience comes in many forms. So, even if your background doesn't match everything we have listed in the job description, we still encourage you to apply and tell us why your skills and values could be an asset to us. By welcoming different perspectives, we grow together as humans and as a company.

Forter is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that will consider all qualified applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, national origin, genetics, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at [e-mail]. This information will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of determining an appropriate accommodation for the interview process.

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