We’re here to onboard the world to the decentralized economy by making digital money move as universally and effortlessly as the internet.
Crypto, stablecoins and blockchain are tools for global financial empowerment. They give people and businesses more control over their money, digital assets, and their future, opening access to legacy financial systems that have been out of reach for many.
MoonPay is a unified payments platform for digital currency. We make it easy for anyone, anywhere, to buy, sell, swap and pay in digital currencies as easy as sending an email. We power the end-to-end flow between fiat and crypto, with compliance, identity checks, fraud prevention, and settlement built in. We collaborate with innovative brands and projects to build secure, scalable solutions for a blockchain-powered future. We’ve launched a consumer app that makes crypto accessible, intuitive, and usable for everyone, and it’s growing fast. We’re iterating every day to make it the best it can be.
This is a hands-on technical leadership role with the opportunity to shape the future of our data platform. You will be responsible for designing and building the core systems to unlock value from our data as we grow. Lead the design and delivery of complex data engineering projects, partnering with stakeholders to take initiatives from concept to successful implementation
Design and develop core components of our data platform, including building and scaling real-time data pipelines for event delivery and enabling Machine Learning
Embed best practices and governance into the Data Platform,



enabling other teams to build confidently and consistently on robust foundations
Develop orchestration and automation capabilities to streamline data workflows and improve platform efficiency
Own the estimation, planning, and execution of complex projects, including new feature development and major service upgrades
Write well-tested, high-quality, and performant code for real-time data processing, automation, and infrastructure management
Mentor engineers on the team, elevating their skills and promoting best practices in data engineering through guidance and code reviews
As a Senior Data Engineer on our Data Platform team, you’ll be a key contributor to the evolution of our platform. You’ll work across a wide range of technical challenges, from low-latency, data-intensive streaming systems to machine learning enablement, orchestration, data governance, and platform scalability, ensuring our data foundations are reliable, performant, and ready for future growth.
Pub/Sub and Kafka
Redis
Kubernetes
Airflow
BigQuery
Proven experience building and delivering low-latency, real-time data applications
Kafka, Pub/Sub) and in-stream processing frameworks (e.g., Apache Beam, Spark, Flink, etc.)
Terraform) to manage complex,



production-grade data infrastructure
The ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional partners, including Product Managers, Backend Engineers, and Machine Learning Engineers
You’re an experienced engineer who thrives on building robust, scalable, and impactful data solutions. You’re motivated by tackling hard problems, enabling machine learning use cases like fraud detection, and helping your teammates succeed. You value quality outcomes over simply shipping code.
We’re looking for people who live our core values, those who strive for excellence and want to leave a lasting legacy on the integral financial system. O - Own It
Research has shown that women are less likely than men to apply for this role if they do not have experience in 100% of these areas. Pay for performance equity bonus: Unlimited holidays: Hybrid working schedule: Work fully remotely or your nearest Moonbase, the choice is yours
Annual training budget: We support your training journey every step of the way
Home office setup allowance: Create the home office of your dreams
Remote working allowance: Those working fully remotely get a little extra for utilities
Monthly budget to spend on our products and zero fee crypto transactions: Regular remote company offsites: MoonPay is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our job application procedures for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
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📌 Senior Data Platform Engineer (m/f/d) (Madrid)
🏢 Moonpay
📍 Madrid