Senior Data Engineer

Tallinn, Barcelona | Data Engineering

The Engineering team builds the software powering Veriff. We're solving the online identity crisis in a scalable way, constantly innovating to keep Veriff at the forefront of the industry. It's a fast-paced market with many challenges. We're seeking an experienced team member to join our Data Engineering team as a Senior Data Engineer.

At Veriff, we generate and consume vast amounts of data to drive essential business decisions at all levels. As a Data Engineer, you will play a key role in maximizing the potential of this data by designing and building scalable, efficient pipelines and data models. These efforts will empower analysts, data scientists, machine learning engineers, and other stakeholders to gain valuable insights. You’ll have the opportunity to work with large, complex data sets and help define our analytics engineering processes and standards, contributing to the development of a modern, scalable data platform.

You’ll help us protect honest people online by:

Managing scalability, security and efficiency of data analytics platform
Designing, building, and providing maintenance of data lake and data warehouse
Collaborating with business stakeholders to design, document, and implement robust, scalable data models that accurately reflect complex business processes.
Building and optimizing data pipelines to transform raw data into actionable insights.
Designing, Implementation and optimization of GraphQL or RESTful APIs
Fine-tuning query performance and ensuring efficient use of our data warehouse infrastructure.
Ensuring data reliability, accuracy, and quality through rigorous testing, monitoring, and adherence to standards.
Assisting in the migration from batch processing systems to real-time streaming systems with minimal disruptions (planned for the near future).
Expanding support for various use cases, including business intelligence, data science, machine learning, and client-facing analytics.
Handling sensitive data with the utmost care and ensuring compliance with data protection regulations.

You are the right future Veriffian for the job if you have/are:

5+ years experience in Data Engineering, Backend Engineering, Platform Engineering or a similar role
Previous experience building data lakes
Familiary with data concepts for storing and processing alrge volumes of data
Experience with real-time and streaming data technologies (Apache Spark, Apache Kafka, Apache Flink)
Advanced knowledge of SQL, OLAP databases and Data Warehouse architecture (eg. Redshift, Bigquery, Snowflake)
Proficiency in software development and object oriented programming (We use Python)
Experience with data processing, transformation and orchestration tools (Airflow, Prefect, dbt)
Advanced knowledge of SQL, OLAP databases and Data Warehouse architecture (eg. Redshift, Bigquery, Snowflake)
Proficiency in software development and object oriented programming (We use Python)
Familiarity with Cloud Services (we use AWS)
Expert-level knowledge of SQL (our current stack uses Redshift).

You’re an especially awesome match if you have:

Experience with streaming technologies (e.g., Kinesis) and processing frameworks (e.g., Apache Flink or Spark).
Familiarity with CI/CD and Infrastructure tools such as Terraform
Experience with Docker or Kubernetes

Location:

Barcelona, Spain; Tallinn, Estonia

Why Veriff?

We are the preferred identity verification platform partner for the world’s most innovative growth-driven organizations helping conveniently verify and safeguard users anywhere in the world. We support the broadest number of identity documents from nearly every country and territory in the world - and this is continually increasing! With a diverse team in the United States, United Kingdom, Spain, and Estonia, as well as robust backing and funding from investors including Accel, Alkeon, IVP, Tiger Capital, and Y Combinator, we’re dedicated to helping businesses and individuals build a safer and more secure world. We strive to be the benchmark for trust online, and we take pride in being a positive force.

When you join Team Veriff, we offer you the opportunity to have a real impact and advance your career, while looking after you along the way with a range of benefits designed with you in mind. Some of our favorites include...

Stock options that ensure your share in our success
Extensive medical, dental, and vision insurance to ensure you’re feeling great physically and mentally
Learning and Development & Health and Sports budget that you are free to tailor to your own needs
Four weeks of fully paid sabbatical leave after reaching your 5th work anniversary

We are an Equal Opportunities employer committed to a diverse and representative team. Different opinions, perspectives and personalities push us forward. We want to hear from people who are passionate about their work and align with our values. Regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability. We also know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates - so rest assured, whoever you are, we want to hear from you!

Please be informed that in the final stage of the recruitment process we may request you to go through identity verification. For more information, please see Recruitment Privacy Policy.

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