Data Engineer

Our Story

Hello there. We’re Zopa.

We started our journey back in 2005, building the first ever peer-to-peer lending company. Fast forward to 2020 and we launched Zopa Bank. A bank that listens to what our customers don’t like about finance and does the opposite. We’re redefining what it feels like to work in finance. Our vision for a new era of banking puts people front and centre — we’ve built a business that empowers everyone to aim high, every day, to move finance forward. Find out more about our fantastic offerings at Zopa.com !

We’re incredibly proud of our achievements and none of it would be possible without the amazing team here. It’s not just industry awards we’re winning, we’ve also been named in the top three UK’s Most Loved Workplaces.

If you embrace unconventional challenges, are unafraid to think differently and are driven to make an outsized impact, you’ll thrive here at Zopa, so join us, and make it count. Want to see us in action? Follow us on Instagram @zopalife

The Team

The Data Engineering team are responsible for designing, building and running the complex data pipelines that the bank relies on. We combine skills in software engineering, data analysis, and operations and partner with teams across the company to solve varied, challenging problems. We value collaboration, pragmatism and continual learning over individual heroics.

This is a chance to join Zopa’s Data Engineering team at a genuinely interesting point of scale and maturity. You’ll be building and evolving the data platforms that underpin decision-making across the entire bank, from customer behaviour and product analytics to time-critical use cases like fraud, where minutes genuinely matter.

A Day In The Life

You'll be working collaboratively with the team to build and evolve robust data pipelines and data warehouse solutions, typically working on one or more projects at a time as well as smaller BAU tasks

Technical teams come to us for advice on integrating with our data platform, and we support product development by making sure high-quality analytics is always available

Have a voice in all our ceremonies from retrospectives, refinement sessions, architectural planning sessions through to social activities, and help the team continuously improve how we work

Learning and development is important and we ensure people have time and space to work towards their objectives

About You

You love shipping great data products and reliable pipelines, not just writing elegant code

You have experience as a Data Engineer, working with Python and SQL

You want to take ownership of production services, and understand how important data is to a modern business

You understand the benefits of CI/CD, automated testing, and agile development

You're curious and constantly learning, and want to continue developing in the role

You are comfortable with ambiguity in a rapidly evolving environment, and are excited by evolving architectures and technologies

You are a team player who thrives in a humble, supportive environment, are happy to pair and help others, and are just as comfortable asking for help yourself

Added Bonus

Experience of regulated environments – e.g. finance or healthcare

Exposure to Databricks or Snowflake platforms

Hands-on experience of technologies such as AWS, Terraform, Spark, DBT or Airflow

At Zopa we value flexible ways of working.

We value face-to-face collaboration and a good work-life balance. This hybrid role requires you to come to our London office 2-3 days a week.

You'll also have the option of working from abroad for up to 120 days a year!* But no matter where you are, we’ll make sure you’ve got everything you need to thrive, both in your work and home life, from day one.

Subject to having the right to work in the country of choice

Diversity Statement

Zopa is proud to offer a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds leads to better products for our customers and a unique company culture for our people. We are made up of nearly 50 nationalities, have a DE\&I forum made up of Zopians wanting to make a difference and we are proud of our culture where everyone can bring their full self to work. Our approach to DE\&I is reflected in our hiring process so please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.