Head of Data Engineering London, England
Job description
kevin. is different. While everyone was talking about a payments revolution, we hit reset. We're rebuilding financial transactions from scratch. So they're faster, more efficient, and more secure for everyone. Our global team of experts has already made first-of-a-kind breakthroughs, creating account-to-account payments in-app and in-store. But we're just getting started. We need driven people who see, show, and build different because it's time to scale up. So, if you want a fast, fresh, and flexible place to grow, be bold. Join kevin.
Join the Data engineering team where we provide data framework guidance and number-crunching assistance across the organization. Our input at kevin. ensures that every department and team has the required information and insights to make an informed decision and can operate at maximum efficiency.
As our new Head of Data, you will:
- Develop and implement the vision for our data infrastructure/stack along with deciding on additional tools/layers and provide strategic guidance, frameworks and know-how assistance to our Engineering team to bring it to life.
- Collaborate across the company to enable and share best practices and reusable and scalable tools and code for our analyst community
- Establish forward-looking Data and technology objectives and develop the strategies and actions for the team to achieve them.
- Mentor other engineers and develop technical knowledge and skills to keep the enterprise on the cutting edge of technology.
- Work on ETL/ELT data pipelines, to ensure relevant business units have access to necessary information.
- Assemble large, complex data sets that meet functional / non-functional business requirements.
- Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimising data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, etc.
- Build the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources using SQL, Python and AWS Services. Current stack: MWAA (Managed Airflow on AWS), dbt, Snowflake and Tableau.
- Build analytics tools that utilize the data pipeline to provide actionable insights into customer acquisition, operational efficiency and other key business performance metrics.
- Work with stakeholders including the Executives, Product, Data domains analytics teams to assist with data-related technical issues and support their data infrastructure needs.
- Build a team of data engineers to drive scalable data-driven decision-making across the organization.
- Present insights and share your knowledge within and outside your team.
- Work alongside teams within the business and the management team to understand and meet business needs.
What you need to be successful:
- Python and SQL proficient knowledge
- Experience with data processing frameworks: Spark, Kafka, Flink, Storm etc.
- Experience with relational SQL and NoSQL databases, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, etc.
- Experience with data pipeline and workflow management tools: Azkaban, Luigi, Airflow, etc.
- Experience with AWS cloud services: EC2, EMR, RDS, Redshift. Lambda
- Experience in managing BI tools like Tableau, Looker etc. would be a plus
Reward and benefits - What's on offer at kevin.:
We only hire the very best talent from across Europe and beyond. It's a competitive landscape so our salaries and benefits are equally competitive.Our comprehensive benchmarking means our remuneration for this role ranges from €5500 to €6990, based on your experience and competence, but if you've got something extra-special to bring to the table, let's talk!'
For many people, the most valuable benefit of working at kevin. is the opportunity to work on a ground-breaking product that has the power to build a world of payment possibilities. Alongside this, we have a range of financial, non-financial and cultural benefits on offer.
Core benefits:
- Competitive salary (routinely benchmarked against latest industry data)
- Private Health Insurance
- Additional vacation plus local public holidays
- Up to 90 days per year of working from anywhere in the world
- Fantastic opportunities for progression and promotion as the business grows (25% of our employees were promoted in the last 12 months)
- Future stock option opportunities based on individual and business performance
Non-financial:
- Work on cutting-edge technologies with the latest tools and modern tech stack
- Apple MacBook and accessories
- Travel insurance for use when travelling for business purposes
- Subsidised secure parking*
- Free on-site gym*
- Free lunch, snacks, and hot/cold drinks*
- Sports and social activities, including free tennis lessons*
- Global company events
- Work with experts from across Europe and beyond
- Be part of a diverse and multinational business with 30+ nationalities
- Benefits may vary by location.
kevin.'s advanced A2A (account-to-account) payment infrastructure solution was created to swiftly change costly card payments to payments linked directly from customers' bank accounts without using any third-party providers. kevin.'s technology scales to businesses of any size and across industries, including retail, parking, fashion, car-sharing, deliveries, insurance and many more. kevin. focuses on mobile and POS payments where customers predominantly pay using cards currently. Its payment infrastructure is based on open banking – regulated by the European PSD2 Directive – which requires all banks and financial institutions in the European Economic Area to open their API for licensed third-party providers. kevin. develops only own connections to the banks without using any third-party aggregators.
Currently, thousands of businesses across Europe are innovating and growing with our end-to-end technology. Founded in 2018, kevin. is moving forward with confidence. In our latest investment round, we raised $65M Series A in May 2022, leading us to total $78.9M of investment attracted. We're an international team of over 300 professionals, with plans to increase to 500 by 2024 with hubs in Vilnius, Warsaw, London, Berlin, and Amsterdam. Backed by leadership from powerhouse corporations like Revolut, McKinsey, Zalando Payments, SAP, Worldline, Ingenico, Paypal, Checkout.com, VISA, and Mastercard, our experience and expertise run deep.
kevin. is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.
