Sr. Software Engineer - Data

Visa; Reading; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global payments technology company is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design and develop scalable data pipelines. The role involves mentoring peers and driving performance improvements in a remote work environment. Candidates should have at least 2 years of relevant experience, strong expertise in Golang and AWS services, and a passion for engineering excellence.

Qualifications

• 2 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree OR 5 years of relevant work experience.
• 3 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or more than 2 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of scalable data pipelines using modern Big Data frameworks.
• Drive continuous improvement in platform performance, reliability, and cost-effectiveness.
• Maintain rigorous data governance and platform standards.

Skills

Golang

AWS Services (Lambda, SQS, S3)

Terraform

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Summary

The Data Platform team at Pismo is responsible for integrating data produced by Pismos Banking as a Service / Payments platform with its clients whether through batch processing (files) or near real-time (events). With a robust low-latency and 100% cloud-based architecture the team excels in technology and fosters a strong culture of collaboration partnership and data-driven decision making for platform development and project prioritization.

What you’ll do

Serve as a senior technical contributor on Pismos data stack leading the design and development of robust scalable data pipelines using modern Big Data frameworks.

Drive continuous improvement in platform performance reliability and cost-effectiveness proactively identifying opportunities for innovation.

Take ownership of production operations and monitoring (file- and event-based systems) ensuring adherence to SLAs and applying best practices for observability and resilience.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to architect build and evolve high-complexity data features reducing technical debt and championing engineering excellence.

Provide mentorship to peers through code reviews feedback and support fostering an environment of knowledge sharing and professional development.

Participate in on-call rotations promptly addressing and resolving production incidents while proactively implementing preventative measures.

Build and optimize ETL / ELT processes to handle large-scale data leveraging advanced data processing and distributed systems techniques.

Maintain rigorous data governance and platform standards working closely with data stakeholders to ensure consistent high-quality data assets.

Introduce and adopt new technologies tools or techniques that accelerate development cycles improve performance and reduce costs.

Conduct root-cause analyses for critical issues challenging and refining team processes to enhance efficiency and reliability.

Influence multiple teams by promoting a culture of technical excellence forward-thinking solutions and continuous improvement.

This is a remote position. A remote position does not require job duties be performed within proximity of a Visa office location. Remote positions may be required to be present at a Visa office with scheduled notice.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications :
2 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelors degree OR 5 years of relevant work experience

Preferred Qualifications :
3 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or more than 2 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters MBA JD MD)

Technical Skills :
3 Years experience with Golang
3 Years experience with AWS Services ( Lambda SQS S3 )
2 Years experience with Terraform
Software Engineering experience ( building steaming applications / data platforms )
Desirable Qualifications: Python experience

Additional Information

Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.