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Revolut
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About Revolut
People deserve more from their money. More visibility, more control, and more freedom. Since 2015, Revolut has been on a mission to deliver just that. Our powerhouse of products — including spending, saving, investing, exchanging, travelling, and more — help our 50+ million customers get more from their money every day.
As we continue our lightning-fast growth, 2 things are essential to our success: our people and our culture. In recognition of our outstanding employee experience, weve been certified as a Great Place to Work. So far, we have 10,000+ people working around the world, from our offices and remotely, to help us achieve our mission. And were looking for more brilliant people. People who love building great products, redefining success, and turning the complexity of a chaotic world into the simplicity of a beautiful solution.
About The Role
Our Technology team isn’t just one of the best in the industry. Its one of the best in the world. And we’re proud of it. It’s our driving force — our engine.
From building a new financial backend to creating an innovative app, there’s nothing they can’t do. Our Technology team isn’t here to fix legacy systems — it’s here to build world-class financial features from the ground up thatll be used by millions of people around the world.
At Revolut, we pride ourselves on how truly data-driven every department of the company is. Data platform engineers are the enablers of this data-centric culture, providing the infrastructure and tools that power insight generation and decision-making for everyone, from entry-level analysts to C-level executives.
To manage the exponential growth in data size and related complexity, were seeking the most talented and passionate engineers – exceptional builders and strong collaborators.
What You’ll Be Doing

  • Designing, building, and maintaining efficient and reliable data platform, streamlining end-to-end processes and automating workflows.
  • Partnering with cross-functional teams (product, engineering, data science, analytics) to build and enhance a seamless data platform, translating abstract concepts into practical solutions.
  • Establishing and enforcing data standards, maintaining comprehensive documentation, and managing a company-wide data registry.
  • Training and supporting users, and communicating platform updates and insights through various channels (dashboards, bots, etc.).
  • Planning and executing organisation-wide platform changes, ensuring consistent best practices for coding, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
  • Leveraging data to guide all aspects of engineering work, ensuring insight-driven outcomes.

What Youll Need

  • Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Proficiency in Python, SQL, and Unix Shell scripting.
  • Experience implementing agile software development best practices, including TDD, refactoring, CI/CD, and XP.
  • Demonstrated experience in custom ETL design, implementation, and maintenance, along with workflow orchestration using tools like Airflow.
  • Extensive experience working with distributed data processing and query engines (e.g., Trino, Spark, Snowflake, BigQuery).

Nice to have

  • Proven experience building large-scale infrastructure applications and writing maintainable code in multiple programming languages.
  • Expertise in cloud (GCP, AWS), containerisation, and infrastructure-as-code (Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform).
  • Experience building data platforms using Spark, Trino, Presto, Flink, or similar, with a focus on data quality, SQL performance tuning, and data warehousing principles.
  • Understanding of modern data architecture with experience implementing data mesh principles.
  • Familiarity with notebook-based data science workflows and proficiency in using monitoring and logging tools (NewRelic, Grafana, Prometheus, ELK).

Building a global financial super app isn’t enough. Our Revoluters are a priority, and that’s why in 2021 we launched our inaugural D&I Framework, designed to help us thrive and grow every day. Were not just doing this because its the right thing to do. We’re doing it because we know that seeking out diverse talent and creating an inclusive workplace is the way to create exceptional, innovative products and services for our customers. That’s why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join this multicultural, hard-working team.

Important notice for candidates:

Job scams are on the rise. Please keep these guidelines in mind when applying for any open roles.

  • Only apply through official Revolut channels. We don’t use any third-party services or platforms for our recruitment.
  • Always double-check the emails you receive. Make sure all communications are being done through official Revolut emails, with an @revolut.com domain.

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