Senior Data Engineer (Trading Development)

Location: Prague, Czech Republic; hybrid work. Remote work from EU countries is available for up to 12 days per year.

Company

hirify.global operates financial-market infrastructure, including clearing, risk, trading, and regulatory technology.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable batch and streaming ELT pipelines and data products.
• Build data integration solutions with Python, Scala, Spark, Kafka, and relational databases such as Oracle.
• Optimize data storage and retrieval across GCP, Azure, and Cloudera platforms.
• Ensure data quality and integrity through testing and validation.
• Troubleshoot pipeline performance and reliability while supporting production systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and deliver data solutions.

Requirements

• University degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Ideally 3+ years of relevant professional experience in data engineering or data product development.
• Hands-on experience with GCP or Microsoft Azure and exposure to GCP data platforms such as BigQuery, Dataproc, and/or Databricks.
• Proficiency in Scala/Spark, Python/PySpark, and Java.
• Experience with batch scheduling and workflow orchestration tools.
• Strong understanding of data modeling, domain-driven design, and data platform design.
• Solid working knowledge of SQL and relational databases, plus proficiency with Git, GitHub, or GitLab.
• Good understanding of financial markets; stock-exchange trading knowledge is advantageous.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills for collaboration across diverse teams.
• Fluency in English is required.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with Control-M and/or Airflow.
• Experience with open architecture and open data formats such as Delta or Iceberg.
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps methodologies.
• Experience using AI tools such as Copilot, Gemini, or Claude to responsibly augment the software development lifecycle.
• Knowledge of German.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work with flexible working hours.
• Up to 12 days of remote work from EU countries per year.
• Group Share Plan with a discount on company shares.
• Pension contribution of 3% of gross salary, increasing to 5% after five years.
• Health and wellbeing benefits including a Multisport card, life and accident insurance, sick days, and 100% salary contribution during sick leave for up to 56 days.
• 25 vacation days, covered public transport in Prague, free parking, a Flexible Benefit Account, e-learning access, development programs, mentoring, and a learning budget.