Data Engineer II - Data Platform

Company Description We're Checkout.com Checkout.com is one of the most exciting and valuable fintechs in the world, with our Series D taking our valuation to $40 billion. Our mission is to enable businesses and their communities to thrive in the digital economy. We're the strategic payments partner for some of the best known fast-moving brands globally such as Wise, Hut Group, Sony Electronics, Homebase, Henkel, Binance, Klarna and many others. Purpose-built with performance and scalability in nd, our flexible cloud-based payments platform helps global enterprises launch new products and create experiences customers love. And it's not just what we build that makes us different. It's how. We empower passionate problem-solvers to collaborate, innovate and do their best work. That's why we're number 9 on the Forbes Cloud 100 list and on Glassdoor's list of Top 10 fintechs to work for. And we're just getting started. We're building diverse and inclusive teams around the world - because that's how we create even better experiences for our merchants and our partners. And we need your help. So, join us to build tomorrow, today. Job Description Checkout.com is looking for an ambitious Data Engineer to join our Data Platform Team. Our team's mission is to build a world-class data platform that powers our products and analytics. The Data Platform team ensures internal teams can easily collect, store, process and utilise data to build reports or products aiming to solve business problems. Our focus is on maximising the amount of time internal teams spend on solving business problems and minimising time spent on technical details around implementation, deployment, and monitoring of their solutions. We're building for scale. As such, much of what we design and implement today will be the technology/infrastructure which will serve hundreds of teams and petabyte-level volumes of data. Key Responsibilities Work closely with cross-functional teams to understand their data needs and design solutions that meet their requirements Optimise our data stack for performance, scalability, cost-effectiveness and observability Implement all the necessary infrastructure to enable end users to build, host, monitor and deploy their own data processing solutions Increase governance and trust of our datasets through the implementation and adoption of our schema registry (AWS Glue), data cataloguing (DataHub) and data discovery solutions Apply data security and governance strategies in batch and streaming environments (schema registry/management implementation and adoption, encryption, ACL's, GDPR/PCI compliance) whilst still enabling end users to solve their engineering and business problems Solve end-to-end data problems at scale Qualifications Strong engineering background with an interest in data. Creative problem solver with good attention to detail. You think about the end-user when designing and building systems. Experience working with SQL and Python. Experience working with (cloud) data warehouses, preferably Snowflake. Experience describing infrastructure as code using Terraform or similar. Experience using, designing, and implementing CI/CD pipelines. You will be working with Monte Carlo, DataHub, AWS, Snowflake, Airflow, dbt, SQL and Looker The topics / technologies below would be a nice to have Familiarity with Looker Familiarity/interest in Data Governance Engineering Experience designing and implementing access controls governing accesses to data in a Data Warehouse Familiarity with Stream Processing (Kafka or Kinesis) Familiarity working with Docker and container deployment Familiarity working with workflow management solutions, preferably Airflow. Familiarity working with dbt (or similar SQL pipeline solution like dataform). Additional Information What we stand for: At Checkout.com, everything starts with our values, including the experience we offer our people. #Aspire We supercharge your professional growth with career development programs and leadership training. You can learn your way, with tailored pathways and online platforms. And be inspired at relevant conferences. #Excel We don't stop at 'good' here. We strive for excellence amongst our teams every day and recognize colleagues who take it to the next level through our quarterly peer-nominated Hero awards. #Unite We're proud of our global connections and inclusive environment. So we champion this through our colleague-led community groups and celebrate many cultural events together. Apply without meeting all requirements statement If you don't meet all the requirements but think you might still be right for the role, please apply anyway. We're always keen to speak to people who connect with our mission and values. We believe in equal opportunities We work as one team. Wherever you come from. However you identify. And whichever payment method you use. Our clients come from all over the world - and so do we. Hiring hard-working people and giving them a community to thrive in is critical to our success. When you join our team, we'll empower you to unlock your potential so you can do your best work. We'd love to hear how you think you could make a difference here with us. We want to set you up for success and make our process as accessible as possible. So let us know in your application, or tell your recruiter directly, if you need anything to make your experience or working environment more comfortable. We'll be happy to support you. Take a peek inside life at Checkout.com via Our Culture video https://youtu.be/BEwnpHuadSw Our careers page https://www.checkout.com/careers Our LinkedIn Life pages bit.ly/3OaoN1U Our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/checkout_com/