Data Engineer

Job description

At Oval we are looking to innovate the traditional finance space with a new completely disintermediated platform for saving and investing. We believe that intermediation is over, with technology disruption, in a number of industries, replacing the middleman. We want to do the same for finance. It is an ambitious task and thus we are looking for people to join the Oval team to help make this happen.

You will be part of a team of serial entrepreneurs with a global market experience in building tech startups and you will have the opportunity to change the financial market, by bringing better education and inclusion. You will be independent and can manage your own schedule but will be working with an international and diverse team of people that together have the mission to change the financial world forever.

In this Role you will:

  • Designing, prototyping, and implementing robust big-data applications and tools, using best-practice agile development processes
  • Working closely with our analysts and data scientists on leveraging data, considering its life cycle, usage across the group, archiving and retention policies
  • Driving change and innovation through new technologies and creating thinking
  • Championing continuous improvement in performance, resilience and scalability of ETL processes and product databases
  • Building and leading a high-performance, tight-knit, agile, quality-focused team
  • Fostering a team culture of innovation, pride in the craft, and mutual respect
  • Providing technical and architectural oversight across multiple projects simultaneously
  • Assessing and communicating risks and opportunities of upcoming and alternative platforms, to technology and executive stakeholders
  • Supporting the team by removing obstacles and helping the rest of the team deliver their stories
  • Setting up / participating in technology networks inside and outside the group to demonstrate and share developments and experiences
  • Managing and developing a high performing, diverse team that is focused on delivering positive outcomes to the business

Your Profile and Mindset:

  • A strong analytical and strategic thinker – able to communicate to tech and business stakeholders alike
  • Able to build relationships, and influence people, at all levels across the business – engineering, analytics, executive
  • An advocate of agile practices for rapid development of quality software, such as CI, TDD, and automated deployment
  • Comfortable learning new technologies, languages, and tools on the job, to ensure that the product is not left behind in a rapidly evolving ecosystem
  • In possession of a positive, collaborative mindset and a desire to deliver real business value to the customer
  • Experienced in modelling and evolving complex data structures
  • Truly passionate about big data and streaming technologies, and have a can-do attitude
  • Able to challenge us! We want people who can come in and shape the future of this business, not afraid to raise questions and help us improve.
  • People focused, showing a passion for mentoring the team and also a strong desire to collaborate across our diverse range of stakeholder groups.

Requirements:

  • Comfortable working with at least one SQL and at least one NoSQL platform
  • Experience working with python
  • Experience in real-time analytics and streaming platforms (Spark, Kafka, etc.)
  • Comfortable working in a dynamic environment (agile processes)
  • Experience using Amazon Web Services
  • Strong knowledge of instrumentation, profiling, performance optimisation
  • Appreciation of security requirements – encryption in transit and at rest – and regulatory landscape (e.g. GDPR)

Extra:

  • Experience running machine learning pipelines in production
  • Additional SQL/NoSQL languages

Oval Benefits:

  • Full time salary + Stock Options Plan
  • Top class equipment incl. MacBook, screen, keyboard and mouse
  • Your own Oval Money t-shirt and water flask when you join
  • A budget to spend on learning and self improvement through conferences, books and classes
  • Possibility to spend time across Oval offices and to fly to conferences around the world where Oval is participating
  • Annual retreat for the team in an exotic location to dive into the new product features and growth strategy
  • Professional development

We believe you are a hard worker, a visionary and a dreamer. We want you to think like a leader and act like an executor. We want you to have a big heart and a sharp mind. 

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