Data Platform Engineer (Infrastructure & Integrations)

Yapily is on a mission to enable innovative companies to create better and fairer financial services for everyone, through the power of open banking. Within this mission, our finance team plays a pivotal role in fostering Yapily's expansion while ensuring financial well-being. As a Data Platform Engineer (Infrastructure & Integrations) at Yapily, you will contribute to the architecture, design, and scaling of our modern, next-generation data platform. This is a mid-to-senior level role perfect for an experienced engineer who thrives at the intersection of core data infrastructure and complex FinTech ecosystem integrations.

You will own the evolution of our high-performance data pipelines, ledger reporting, and critical business system integrations. This role offers a front-row seat to evolving Yapily's GCP (Google Cloud Platform) and Databricks stack, empowering our engineering and finance teams to transform raw transactional data into highly secure, compliant, and actionable value.

As a Data Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Data Lake & Databricks Architecture: Evaluate and implement optimal modern storage and ingestion tools. Lead the end-to-end implementation and optimization of Databricks Pipelines for our big data processing needs.
• FinTech Tooling & Integrations: Drive the Proof of Concept (POC) and full implementation of our corporate Transaction Fraud Monitoring Tool, ensuring automated flows across systems.
• Salesforce & Ecosystem Engineering: Architect and build production-grade, secure connectors from Salesforce to the Transaction Monitoring tool, and lead the integration of our Know Your Business (KYB) tools directly into Salesforce to automate onboarding.
• Treasury & Finance Automation: Own the technical integration between our corporate Treasury systems and core Finance tools to streamline automated cash positioning and financial reconciliations.
• Ledger & Activity Reporting: Design and maintain scalable, high-fidelity data pipelines to power Ledger and Activity Reporting within an event-driven architecture.
• Database & Cloud Operations: Manage high-volume financial data utilizing SQL, NoSQL, and GCP services (such as Pub/Sub, PostgreSQL, BigQuery, and Cloud Storage), ensuring optimal schema design and cost-efficient query performance.
• Cross-functional Technical Leadership: Partner closely with Finance, Compliance, and Core Engineering teams to translate complex business workflows into robust technical solutions.
• Platform Quality & Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Maintain rigorous monitoring, logging, and testing frameworks while utilizing tools like Terraform/Terragrunt/Harness to ensure infrastructure flexibility and resilience.

What You Bring

• Core Data Engineering Experience: 3+ years of professional experience building and scaling data platform infrastructure, ideally within an enterprise or fast-growing startup environment.
• Big Data Ecosystems: Production-grade experience implementing and managing Databricks/BigQuery or Apache Spark environments.
• Integration & API Expertise: Strong background designing, building, and maintaining custom REST APIs and webhooks. Hands-on experience integrating with major business SaaS platforms (specifically Salesforce) is highly valued.
• Advanced Languages & Querying: Proficiency in Java/Python (for data automation and scripting) and advanced SQL (for schema optimization and complex financial ledger querying).
• Cloud Infrastructure: Proven experience working inside a major cloud provider ecosystem, ideally GCP (BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage) or equivalent AWS/Azure components.
• Problem-Solving & Autonomy: An architectural mindset with the ability to independently evaluate vendor tools, build robust POCs, and own technical roadmaps from conception to deployment.

Preferred Skills (Nice to Have)

• FinTech Domain Knowledge: An active interest or background in Open Banking, high-volume transactional processing and FinTech ecosystems.
• Compliance Tooling Experience: Previous exposure to financial compliance systems, including Transaction Monitoring, AML, or KYC/KYB workflows.
• Infrastructure as Code: Experience provisioning data infrastructure using Terraform/Terragrunt.
• Containerization: Strong knowledge of Docker and managing containerized applications in production Kubernetes environments.

This list is not exhaustive, and there may be other tasks that we ask you to be involved in from time to time. Above all, you are flexible and want to add value wherever you can. You understand that in a start-up, priorities change and we all need to be adaptable.

For your new role, you have proven experience as a Data Platform Engineer or similar role, preferably in a SAAS or technology-driven environment. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues at all levels of the organization. You are focused on quality and attention to detail. You have strong attention to detail and analytical skills, with the ability to interpret complex financial data and communicate insights effectively. Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment while maintaining a high level of accuracy and professionalism. Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel. You are a people-focused contributor. You have exceptionally high integrity. You'll treat all interactions with the confidentiality, sensitivity and diplomacy they deserve. You're commercially minded - you understand how effective risk management and regulatory compliance can positively impact our products, services and wider business. You think outside of the box and are pragmatic. You will bring in and iterate on the experience, skills and knowledge of best practice that you have seen elsewhere. You are always looking for better and cost-effective ways to do things. You are driven and curious. You ask questions and you strive to understand. You understand that your stakeholders will have different strengths. You're happy to learn from them and to share your expertise. You enjoy solving problems. You don't get flustered easily. You're comfortable managing your time and can be counted on to skilfully handle issues. You have a can-do approach. You think on your feet. Switching up tasks and juggling multiple priorities comes naturally to you.

25 days holiday a year (plus bank holidays) in the UK. We also offer an additional holiday day after 1 years service, up to the value of 5 days over 5 years. We're serious about work/life balance and operate hybrid working, giving you the flexibility to work from home, working from our amazing office space or work abroad for up to 30 days per year 'Nomad Working'. We offer enhanced Paternity and Maternity leave. Comprehensive Private Medical Insurance through BUPA. Mental health support through an award-winning provider. Company Pension Scheme. £200 annual Learning and Personal Development budget. Cycle To Work Scheme. Employee Referral Scheme which offers £1,000 per employee referral. We have a monthly social budget to support getting together over pizza. Daily snacks provided in the office. Dog friendly office.

OUR VALUES

• We obsess about quality. Our customers have entrusted us with a critical function in a regulated industry and we take that responsibility seriously. We always assume ownership and hold ourselves accountable.
• We are curious. Our innovation is powered by our collective growth mindset. We're lifelong learners who challenge assumptions, experiment, and iterate.
• We act with integrity. We're guided by our mission and earn and maintain trust by doing what's right, even when it's not easy.
• We are do-ers. We reject indifference and agility is our strength. We're motivated by challenges, and biased towards action.
• We problem-solve together. We're diverse people in diverse places, and know the best solutions are born out of collaboration. We win, lose, and learn together.