Senior Data Engineer (Web3)

TL;DR

Senior Data Engineer (Python/SQL): Building the hirify.global Data Platform to provide real-time data and context for trading desks and AI agents with an accent on streaming and batch pipelines, data governance, and lakehouse architecture. Focus on designing resilient data contracts, optimizing time-series storage, and implementing self-healing data quality frameworks.

Location: Remote-first. Hubs available in London, Brussels, and Singapore; open to candidates in numerous cities across Europe, MENA, and SSA.

Company

A leading digital asset market maker and Web3 innovator partnering with over 250 team members worldwide to build the future of digital assets.

What you will do

• Build resilient streaming and batch pipelines to ingest and distribute market, trading, and portfolio data.
• Develop self-serve tooling, including SDKs and AI agents, to enable other teams to build on data products autonomously.
• Own data contracts and schema evolution to minimize multi-team coordination during changes.
• Design lakehouse and time-series layers (ideally ClickHouse) optimized for specific consumer query patterns.
• Establish a Data Governance and Quality Framework covering lineage, validation, and self-healing.
• Manage infrastructure as code using Docker, Terraform, and CI/CD in collaboration with the Central Infrastructure Team.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience building production data systems.
• Strong proficiency in Python and SQL, with the ability to reason about query engine execution.
• Proven experience designing and operating streaming systems (Kafka, Redpanda, MSK, or Kinesis).
• Experience with time-series stores and lakehouse architectures in production.
• Practical expertise with Docker, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Deep understanding of financial market data, including order books and portfolios (Crypto or TradFi).

Nice to have

• Experience with Apache Iceberg or Delta Lake.
• Familiarity with DataHub or similar metadata/lineage platforms.
• Knowledge of Rust for performance-critical services.

Culture & Benefits

• Early-hire mandate to shape the platform, technical standards, and team culture from scratch.
• High degree of autonomy with flexible hours and a remote-first working model.
• Competitive salary package with various benefits.
• Strong internal partnerships with Architecture, Infrastructure, and Trading desks.
• Regular online team get-togethers and a yearly company-wide onsite event.

Hiring process

• Merit-based recruitment focusing on skills and ownership.
• Prerequisite background checks for all potential employees due to business nature.