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From the employer's careers site First seen 29 Oct 2026

Data Engineer

Salary

€58,400 - €87,600 per year

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Description

Job Overview

We are seeking a talented Data Engineer to join our team at GoCardless, a global leader in bank payments. You will play a crucial role in building and maintaining robust, scalable, and efficient data infrastructure, working closely with analytic engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders to deliver data solutions that drive business decisions.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and iterate data models and schemas, and build ETL/ELT pipelines to process large volumes of data efficiently and reliably.
  • Implement and maintain scalable data architectures and pipeline orchestration using cloud technologies, ensuring high availability and performance.
  • Implement data quality checks, monitoring, and validation processes to ensure data accuracy and consistency across systems.
  • Collaborate with engineers, data scientists, AI/ML engineers, analysts, and business teams to understand requirements and deliver data solutions that meet their needs.
  • Stay current with emerging data technologies and best practices, proposing and implementing improvements to our data infrastructure and processes.
  • Create and maintain technical documentation, share knowledge with team members, and contribute to engineering best practices.

Requirements

  • Strong proficiency in SQL, with experience in relational and/or NoSQL databases.
  • Experience designing and maintaining data models and schema design for analytics or product use cases.
  • Hands-on experience building and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines and ingesting data from third-party or internal sources, using modern data engineering tools.
  • Experience with cloud data platforms, particularly Google Cloud Platform or equivalent AWS/Azure services.
  • Proficiency in Python or another programming language commonly used in data engineering.
  • Experience with version control (Git) and CI/CD practices.
  • Knowledge of data governance, security best practices, and data privacy regulations.
  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Nice to Have

  • Experience in the fintech or payments industry.
  • Familiarity with infrastructure as code.
  • Experience designing or configuring data orchestration platforms and workflow management systems.
  • Familiarity with data streaming technologies and real-time data processing.
  • Knowledge of machine learning pipelines and supporting ML workflows.
  • Experience with data visualization tools and business intelligence platforms.

Benefits

  • Wellbeing - stay healthy with dedicated support and medical cover
  • Work away scheme - gives you the option to work away from your country of residence for up to 90 days in any 12 month period
  • Adaptive Working - allows you to work flexibly, around your lifestyle
  • Parental leave - to suit everyone embarking on life's great adventure
  • Learning Budget - lead your own development with an annual learning budget
  • Time off - generous holiday allowance, + 3 annual volunteer days, + 4 annual business-wide wellness days (‘GC Fridays’)

Salary Range

€58,400 - €87,600

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • familiarity with infrastructure as code
  • data streaming technologies
  • real-time data processing
  • machine learning pipelines
  • data visualization tools

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/gocardless/jobs/8210486

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