Data Engineer II

Nium, the Leader in Real-Time Global Payments  Nium, the leading global infrastructure for real-time cross-border payments, was founded on the mission to deliver the global payments infrastructure of tomorrow, today. With the onset of the global economy, its payments infrastructure is shaping how banks, fintechs, and businesses everywhere collect, convert, and disburse funds instantly across borders. Its payout network supports 100 currencies and spans 190+ countries, 100 of which in real-time. Funds can be disbursed to accounts, wallets, and cards and collected locally in 40 markets. Nium's growing card issuance business is already available in 34 countries. Nium holds regulatory licenses and authorizations in more than 40 countries, enabling seamless onboarding, rapid integration, and compliance – independent of geography. The company is co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore.
At Nium, we’re revolutionising the global payments industry — and data is at the heart of it. We’re looking for a passionate and skilled Data Engineer to join our Malta-based Data Engineering team.
This is more than just a technical role: you’ll help shape the future of our data platform as we migrate from on-premises systems to AWS cloud. You’ll be hands-on with modern tools like Airflow, Redshift, Glue, dbt, and Kafka, working closely with product, engineering, and business teams to deliver high-quality, scalable data solutions that power real-world payments.
You’ll have the opportunity to work on high-profile projects, solve complex problems, and contribute to a platform that directly impacts millions of people worldwide. If you’re motivated by growth, collaboration, and the opportunity to push technology forward, this is the place for you.

Responsibilities:

• Build and optimise scalable data pipelines and workflows with Airflow, Redshift, Glue, and dbt.
• Ingest, transform and deliver high-volume data from diverse sources, including MySQL and real-time data streams from Kafka.
• Design and maintain performant data models in Redshift and optimise SQL queries to enable high-performance analytics and reporting.
• Shape the cloud migration journey and bring new ideas to evolve our data architecture.
• Collaborate across teams to translate business needs into reliable technical solutions.
• Drive data quality, reliability, and security as core principles.
• Support and improve data solutions running in a critical payments environment.
• Continuously learn, share knowledge, and raise the bar for best practices.

Requirements:

• 4+ years of professional experience in Data Engineering or similar roles.
• Expert in SQL, with strong skills in query optimisation, complex transformations, and data modelling in Redshift.
• Strong Python skills for data engineering tasks.
• Hands-on with AWS services (Redshift, Lambda, Glue, S3, etc.) and Airflow orchestration.
• Familiarity with modern transformation practicessuch as dbt.
• A collaborative mindset, strong problem-solving skills, and eagerness to take initiative and ownership.

Nice To Have:

• Experience leading or contributing to large-scale cloud migrations.
• Knowledge of real-time streaming with Kafka.
• Exposure to CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code for data pipelines.
• Passion for exploring AI/ML applications in modern data platforms.
• Understanding of the payments ecosystem or fintech data challenges.

What we offer at Nium   We Value Performance: Through competitive salaries, performance bonuses, sales commissions, equity for specific roles and recognition programs, we ensure that all our employees are well rewarded and incentivized for their hard work. 
We Care for Our Employees: The wellness of Nium’ers is our #1 priority. We offer medical coverage along with 24/7 employee assistance program, generous vacation programs including our year-end shut down. We also provide a flexible working hybrid working environment (3 days per week in the office). 
We Upskill Ourselves: We are curious, and always want to learn more with a focus on upskilling ourselves. We provide role-specific training, internal workshops, and a learning stipend.
We Celebrate Together: We recognize that work is also about creating great relationships with each other. We celebrate together with company-wide social events, team bonding activities, happy hours, team offsites, and much more!  
We Thrive with Diversity: Nium is truly a global company, with more than 33 nationalities, based in 18+ countries and more than 10 office locations. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing a safe and welcoming environment for everyone.   For more detailed region specific benefits :  https://www.nium.com/careers#careers-perks  For more information visit www.nium.com 
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