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Senior Data Engineer

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Job Role: Senior Data Engineer

Job Type: Full Time, Permanent

Location: London, Hybrid

Role Purpose

At Travelex we are developing modern data technology and data products, implementing a data lakehouse architecture to support our foreign currency exchange products and data-driven customer relationships.

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will play a crucial role in building our modern data platform on AWS. You will design and implement event-driven architectures, create robust data pipelines, and develop both analytical and operational data products.

You will work with product managers, domain experts, and other leaders to transform our data landscape through technical excellence, combining hands-on development, architecture design, and stakeholder engagementto shape our data infrastructure and make a substantial impact on our business.

Responsibilities

Design and implement scalable data lakehouse architecture and automated data pipelines

Build and manage reliable workflow orchestration systems for complex data processing

Develop event-driven architectures and RESTful APIs for real-time data integration

Lead production system reliability through monitoring, incident response, and optimization

Implement engineering best practices including automated testing, CI/CD, and documentation

Drive data-driven solutions by collaborating with stakeholders to understand and deliver on business requirements

Requirements

Strong experience with cloud platforms (including AWS S3, Redshift, Athena, RDS, Lambda, Kinesis, SQS/SNS, or similar services)

Proficiency in Python and SQL

Experience with modern orchestration and data transformation tools, such as DBT, Airflow,or similar tools 

Understanding of CI/CD and DevSecOps practices

Experience with real-time data processing and event-driven architectures

Understanding of data security and compliance requirements in financial services

Excellent communication skills with both technical and business stakeholders

Financial services sector experience beneficial but not required


Why Travelex?

To remain the world’s leading foreign exchange specialist, we are focused on making our customers’ lives simpler, more engaging and hassle free while they travel or move money abroad. We promise to give them the freedom and peace of mind to explore the world, their way – enabling them to travel confidently because they know they have us to lean on.

Customer centricity and digital are at the heart of our business strategy. Our commitment to innovation has never been greater, with the development of a number of digital-first, greenfield products and services. And with the Travelex's resources, deep industry experience and leading brand we are inventing the future of FX, cross-border e-commerce and international payments.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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