Data Platform Architect

Ebury is a global fintech firm dedicated to empowering businesses to expand internationally through tailored and forward-thinking financial solutions. Since our founding in 2009, we've grown to a diverse team of over 1,700 professionals across 40+ offices and 29+ markets worldwide. Joining Ebury means becoming part of a collaborative and innovative environment where your contributions are valued. You'll play a key role in shaping the future of cross-border finance, while advancing your own career in a dynamic, high-growth industry.

**Data Platform Architect**

**Madrid Office - Hybrid: 4 days in the office, 1 day working from home**

Join Our Data Team at Ebury **Madrid** Office.

Ebury's strategic growth plan would not be possible without our Data team and we are seeking a Data Platform Architect to join our Data Engineering team
Our data mission is to develop and maintain Ebury's Data Platform and serve it to the whole company, where Data Scientists, Data Engineers, Analytics Engineers and Data Analysts work collaboratively.

As a Data Platform Architect, you will work closely with the rest of the team to help model and maintain the Data Platform.

**What we offer**:

- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Discretionary bonus based on performance
- Continued personal development through training and certification
- We are Open Source friendly, following Open Source principles in our internal projects and encouraging contributions to external projects

**Responsibilities**:

- Lead the architectural design, development, and maintenance of a robust and scalable data platform, setting the highest technical standards for solutions consumed across the company.
- Align with senior stakeholders and leadership to define the technical strategy for data, articulating complex technical trade-offs and ensuring platform roadmaps meet defined business requirements.
- Serve as a recognized expert and the go-to person for complex problem-solving within the data domain, overseeing multiple workstreams and delivering impactful projects.
- Proactively seek to enhance our data stack with industry trends and champion innovation within the team to elevate our data capabilities.
- Technically lead large-scale data initiatives, identifying opportunities to reduce complexity, improve reliability, and enhance efficiency.
- Establish and enforce data governance policies, setting the standard for data quality and security while mentoring other engineers to uphold these best practices.
- Mentor other engineers within the domain, unblocking their delivery through technical support and contributing to a positive team culture.

**About you**:

- Proficiency in Python for data transformation and validation
- Proficiency in SQL for querying and managing large datasets, as well as extensive experience working with structured and unstructured data sources.
- Deep expertise in data engineering and modelling skills such as slowly changing dimensions and dimensional modelling.
- Graph database modelling encouraged.
- Event driven architecture data modelling encouraged.
- Extensive, hands-on experience with data warehousing, data lakes, and cloud platforms, including leading the architectural design and strategic implementation of data solutions at scale.
- Demonstrated ability to technically lead large-scale projects, align senior stakeholders on technical strategy, and present complex proposals to leadership.
- Proven track record of mentoring engineers and setting technical standards within a team.
- Deep experience with GCP (Google Cloud Platform) tools and services, such as BigQuery, Cloud Run, and Cloud Functions.
- Self-motivation and curiosity, with a desire to learn and grow in a fast-paced environment, continuously improving both technical and business skills.
- Fluency in English (Spanish, a plus).

You can also connect with me on LinkedIn - Gabriella Cheston

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**About Us**

**Ebury is a FinTech success story, positioned among the fastest-growing international companies in its sector.**

Founded in 2009, we are headquartered in London and have more than 1700 staff with a presence in more than 29 markets worldwide. Cultural diversity is part of what makes Ebury a special place to be. From Sao Paulo to Dubai, Vancouver to Auckland, we enjoy sharing team experiences and celebrating success across the Ebury family.

Hard work pays off: in 2019, Ebury received a £350 million investment from Banco Santander and has won internationally recognised awards including Financial Times: 1000 Europe's Fastest-Growing Companies.

None of this would have been possible without our proudest achievement: our great people. Enthusiastic, innovative and collaborative teams, always ready to disrupt and revolutionise the fast-paced FinTech sector.

At Ebury, we're committed to building a workplace where everyone feels valued, supported, and empowered to thrive. We're proud to have active employee networks and ESG initiatives that ref