Zepz Group is the group powering leading global remittance brands: WorldRemit and Sendwave. Zepz Group has been disrupting an industry previously dominated by offline legacy players by reducing the barriers to finance and increasing safety and convenience for users. Every day, Zepz Group and its brands work towards unlocking the prosperity of cross-border communities through finance and technology - driven by the vision of a world that celebrates migrants’ impact on prosperity, at home and abroad. Zepz served over 9+ million users through its presence in over 4,600 corridors with over 40 send countries and 90 receive countries
Come join us!
About the role
As part of the Zepz Data Team, you will have the power to ignite change and empower progress through our unwavering commitment to managing the platform and services that fuel insightful and automated decision-making for the betterment of our financial services users. You understand that for our platform to truly make a difference, it must be built on a foundation of reliable, fresh and trustworthy data, and it is our mission to ensure that this is a non-negotiable standard for every user and downstream application. As a Data Engineer, you’ll help build the data platform that will enable multiple companies to better serve the financial needs of migrants. You will work closely with data engineering teams to bring agility, automation and governance to operational processes. Our mission is to build a world-class platform from first principles which will be leveraged both internally and externally. This new platform will enable Zepz (WorldRemit and Sendwave) and its partners to enter new markets while supporting the organisation’s goal of making remittance easy and secure for a global customer base.
What you bring to the table:
Proven data engineering experience designing, developing and deploying scalable and reliable data platforms.
4+ years of proven experience in managing large volume of data and writing ETL processes, transforming data from multiple different sources using languages/tools such as SQL, Python, Spark, Airflow, dbt, Databricks
Experience with data testing methodologies, CI/CD, data quality frameworks, security and performance/efficiency tuning.
You have a true DevOps mindset and are familiar with IAC tooling like Terraform, Helmcharts etc. Have experience building and deploying in one or more of the cloud providers (AWS, GCP or Azure) and is able to support your team towards becoming true owners of their product/platform
You work well with Engineering and Product members and are comfortable building effective relationships with stakeholders outside technology.
An open mind with respect to diversity and inclusivity. Our team (and customers) come from all over the world.
Bonus Points if you:
Have worked at a scaling startup previously.
Have experience working with batch and realtime data platforms.
What you’ll get from us
We have five core benefits for our talent in the US, UK, Philippines, Poland, and South Africa. specifically:
We are also remote-first as an organisation, offering flexibility for you to work where you need to be most productive. In addition to the above, you will discover that we have a range of secondary perks (such as the cycle-to-work scheme and employee discounts) depending on your location, to help you thrive at Zepz!
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. If interested, please submit your resume along with a cover letter (optional), highlighting why your experience demonstrates you meet the requirements of the role. Please also indicate the countries in which you have work authorization.
Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we'll let you in on a secret: there's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. Zepz is a place where everyone can thrive.
So however you identify and whatever background you bring with you, and if at all you might need any form of support to make the process as comfortable as possible, please let us know and give us a shot by applying. We want you to be excited to wake up to make an impact every day.
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