Senior Data Engineer

Zohorecruit; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Zohorecruit is seeking a Senior Data Engineer in San Francisco to build and own our data platform and infrastructure. You will design systems that power transaction processing, analytics, reporting, and real-time insights across our global financial products.

You will work on high-integrity financial data systems, where correctness, audibility, and consistency are critical. Our backend runs on Python (FastAPI) with Lambda, Kinesis, Postgres, Redis on AWS, collaborating closely with backend

Qualifications

• 5+ years building datapipelines and platforms.
• Experience in banking/credit card/crypto/remittances/lending startups.
• Experience with data modeling, ETL/ELT, or event-driven systems.
• Experience across the backend: Postgres, Redis, AWS, etc.
• Experience in financial technology.

Responsibilities

• Build and own the data platform and infrastructure.
• Design systems powering transaction processing, analytics, reporting, and real-time insights.
• Ensure data correctness, audibility, and consistency.
• Collaborate with backend services and event streams to capture, transform, and expose data.

Skills

Data pipelines

Data platforms

ETL/ELT

Event-driven architecture

PostgreSQL

Redis

AWS

Financial technology

Full-stack engineering

Tools

AWS Lambda

Kinesis

Python

Job description

San Francisco, United States | Posted on 03/31/2026

We'reseeking a Senior Data Engineer to build and own our data platform andinfrastructure. You will design systems that power transaction processing,analytics, reporting, and real-time insights across our global financialproduct.

You willwork on high-integrity financial data systems, where correctness, audibility,and consistency are critical.

Our backendis a Python (FastAPI) monolith supported by Lambda, Kinesis, Postgres, Redis onAWS. You will work closely with backend systems to ensure data is correctlycaptured, transformed, and exposed. You will design and build the systems thatcapture, process, and serve data across the platform, working closely with backendservices and event streams.

Parts ofthis are greenfield, where you will define architecture, data models, andpipeline design from first principles.

Requirements

• 5+ years building and shipping datapipelines and platforms
• Experience at banking/creditcard/crypto/remittances/lending startups
• Experience with data modeling,ETL/ELT, or event-driven systems
• Experiencegenerally across the backend: working with Postgres, Redis, AWS, etc.
• Experience in financial technology
• Full-stack engineering skillset and ability to flex across otherparts of the stack