Data Platform Engineer

Job Description

We are Vitesse, a global leader in cross-border payment solutions, dedicated to empowering businesses with fast, secure, and reliable financial technology. Our engineering department is expanding, and we are looking for a talented Data Platform Engineer to join our team. This role is integral to establishing a robust semantic layer and creating a framework to enable the development of data-heavy features across multiple teams.

As a Data Platform Engineer, you will collaborate closely with our engineering team to design, implement, and maintain a framework that simplifies building data-intensive applications. You will act as a bridge between the data team and engineering teams, ensuring we leverage data effectively without increasing the workload on our internal Databricks team. Your efforts will empower various teams to create dashboards and other data-heavy features independently while ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability.

Your Responsibilities

• Design and implement a semantic layer or data framework to streamline the development of data-heavy features within the engineering department
• Collaborate with engineering teams to understand their data requirements and ensure the framework meets their needs
• Integrate the framework with existing tools, including Databricks, and ensure seamless interoperability
• Build scalable and efficient pipelines to support data-driven applications
• Develop and enforce best practices for data access, storage, and processing across the organization
• Provide technical guidance and support to teams using the framework to build dashboards and features
• Stay updated with industry trends and recommend tools, frameworks, or technologies that align with our goals

Requirements

• Strong software engineering foundation (e.g., microservices, automated testing, containerization)
• Strong experience with building and maintaining data pipelines and platforms
• Proficiency in programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, Scala)
• General knowledge of data engineering tools (e.g., Databricks, Apache Spark, dbt, Airflow)
• Knowledge of semantic layer concepts and tools (e.g., LookML, Cube.js, dbt).
• Experience with relational and non-relational databases
• Understanding of data modeling, ETL processes, and data governance
• Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work collaboratively across teams
• Experience with CI/CD practices and tools, including GitHub
• Experience in Agile development methodologies

Benefits

• 25 days Holiday per year (increasing by 1 day per years' service, up to 30 days) + Bank Holidays  
• Remote working - UK or EU Based. 
• Contributory pension scheme  
• Enhanced Parental leave   
• Cycle to Work Scheme  
• Private Medical Insurance with AXA 
• Unlimited access to therapy sessions through our partner, Oliva   
• Discounted Gym membership through Gympass 
• Financial Coaching with Octopus Wealth  
• 2 days of volunteering leave per year  
• Sabbatical after 5 years’ service   
• Life Assurance - MetLife (UK employees only)
• Ongoing Learning and Development to support you reach your career goals  

We are Vitesse – the payment provider of choice for the insurance and treasury industry.  

Formed in 2014 by a team of proven FinTech entrepreneurs, we are an FCA regulated payments business that is driven to be the payment partner of choice for the insurance market, by providing global payment services and treasury optimisation.  Operating one of the largest domestic banking and payment settlement networks in the world, we give our customers direct access to more than 170 countries and territories, covering over 110 currencies. Through a single integration, insurers can use this network to pay claims in as fast as 45 seconds, delivering a better customer experience to their claimants.  Our market-leading treasury optimisation service brings complete control and transparency to insurers and allows them to have their money in the right place, at the right time, to make that all important payment - fast, and when their customers need it most.   

With now over 160 employees across Europe and our London headquarters, $26m series B funding in 2022 in the bag and approaching £8bn in processed transactions, we are only just getting started.     

We are collaborative, customer centric and work with integrity, whilst partnering with some of the biggest insurance leaders including Lloyd’s of London and Many Pets. We take huge pride in our company culture, ensuring that everyone has a part to play, an opportunity to be heard, be involved, and the ability to make a real difference.   

As we continue to scale up, we want like-minded humans to join us on this exciting journey.  Are you ready?  

Vitesse at our best – our values 

The Vitesse values are a true reflection of what it takes to thrive in our business, so it’s important to us that any employee who joins our business is aligned with these 3 attributes 

Confident Humility 

We don’t do ego and we know that unless we all win, none of us win. We admit when we’re wrong, ask for help and always think about the wider business before ourselves.

Driven to Succeed 

We see the opportunity ahead of us and we won’t stop until we fulfil the potential we know we have. We hold ourselves to high standards and deliver high quality outcomes for Vitesse and our customers.  

Tenacious Responsibility 

We take ownership for our actions and decisions, and face into the challenges that come our way. We are committed to seeing things through to completion, even in the face of adversity. 

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer  We are committed to creating an inclusive environment that enables everyone to perform at their best, where we recognise the rights of all individuals to mutual respect and where there is an unbiased acceptance of others. Our policies and practices aim to promote an environment that is free from all forms of Unfair discrimination and values the diversity of all people. At the heart of our policy, we seek to treat people fairly and with dignity and respect.