About the company
Our client is a fast-growing software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Lead the design and delivery of data pipelines and the data model behind a software platform, staying hands-on while stepping into technical leadership. Over time the role adds mentoring a small group of engineers and influencing long-term data architecture, reporting directly to the CTO.
What you'll do
- Develop and run Python-based ingestion pipelines that move customer information into specialized storage for search and retrieval.
- Integrate additional data sources, such as cloud data warehouses and common business applications.
- Shape the data model so that retrieval and automated reasoning stay dependable across complex datasets.
- Take responsibility for the full lifecycle of your work, spanning data, deployment tooling and cloud infrastructure.
- Gradually move from mostly individual contribution to a blend that includes coaching teammates and guiding architecture decisions.
- Work closely with the CTO and a small, flat team on frequent calls.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- Roughly 6 to 10 years of professional data engineering experience.
- Strong Python skills for building and maintaining ETL/ELT workflows in production.
- A track record of designing, deploying and operating reliable data pipelines.
- Background supporting machine learning or AI-driven features in live environments.
- Working knowledge, conceptual or hands-on, of graph databases and vector stores.
- Experience with cloud platforms (GCP preferred), infrastructure as code, CI/CD and cloud security practices.
- Existing right to work in the UK or EU.
- Willingness to travel to in-person team gatherings roughly every two months.
Bonus points
- Prior time as an early or founding engineer at a startup, ideally in B2B software.
- Exposure to finance-related systems or domains such as planning, accounting or business analytics.
- Interest in growing into a team lead.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: GBP 90,000 to 110,000 per year
- Equity
Location and work model
- Remote (UK or Netherlands)
- Full-time
