Lead Data Engineer Contract, Global Payments Dublin
Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to work with a leading global Payments organization in Dublin!
Role and Responsibilities
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We are seeking a experienced , innovative, Data Engineer to lead a team of engineers fight against money laundering and fraud by powering advanced analytics and financial crime detection by building resilient, governed, high-quality data platforms!
What’s involved:
You will lead the design, build, optimisation, and support of scalable Spark / PySpark data pipelines on Databricks (Batch + Streaming).
Leverage data ingestion frameworks (Apache NiFi, SFTP/FTPS, API)
Implement orchestration using Airflow, Databricks Workflows
Embed lineage \& metadata
Drive CI/CD for data assets
versioning, semantic tagging, environment promotion).
Mentor engineers on distributed data performance, partitioning, file layout (Delta Lake optimization), caching, and cost/perf trade‑offs.
Review code
Support incident response (root cause, postmortems, preventative engineering).
Hybrid role; office attendance per Mastercard policy.
What you need:
You must have 2-3 technical lead experience
8+ years of experience as a Data Engineer
Excellent knowledge of Data pipelines, data bricks
Expert knowledge of Spark and Python
Strong experience working with AWS
What’s on offer:
Permanent position
Competitive salary and benefits
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If you would like to discuss this opportunity in person or with one of our IT Resources please forward your CV to Vantage Resources or contact Tinley Tubbert
on +35312952850 or email tinley.tubbert@vantage.ie for a confidential discussion. Vantage Resources will not forward your details without prior discussion and approval.
Vantage Resources is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for engagement and/or employment. An inclusive and diverse workforce is an essential part of the development of our organisation’s culture which we believe enhances both our working environment and the service we provide to our customers.