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Tala · 2 hours ago

Senior Data Platform Engineer

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
senioritySenior Level
money$130K/yr - $160K/yr
date5+ years exp

Tala is a global financial infrastructure company on a mission to unleash the economic power of the global majority. The Senior Data Platform Engineer will design and build the infrastructure that empowers internal teams to make data-driven decisions, ensuring reliability and scalability across the data ecosystem.

FinanceFinancial ServicesFinTechMobileMobile PaymentsPayments

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain scalable data infrastructure to power analytics, machine learning, and business intelligence use cases
Develop and evolve data pipelines and streaming systems using technologies like Kafka, Spark, AWS Kinesis, and Flink
Implement infrastructure as code using Terraform or CloudFormation across AWS, GCP, or Azure environments
Partner with Data Scientists, MLEs, and Analytics Engineers to ensure data accessibility, quality, and reliability
Champion best practices for DataOps, observability, and reliability within the data platform
Contribute to architectural decisions and help drive adoption of an Event-Driven Data Mesh across teams

Qualification

PythonKafkaTerraformAWS KinesisSparkFlinkDataOpsEvent-Driven Data MeshSRE principlesDevOps best practicesData lakesFeature Store

Required

5+ years of experience in software engineering, with strong proficiency in Python
3+ years of experience building and maintaining streaming data systems (Kafka, Spark, AWS Kinesis, Flink)
Proven experience deploying infrastructure as code using Terraform or CloudFormation
Background in a software or platform engineering environment, ideally supporting internal developer or data teams
Advanced degree in Engineering or a related technical field
Prior experience working remotely in a distributed team environment

Preferred

Experience building and maintaining data lakes, ideally using Delta Lake or Apache Iceberg
Experience collaborating with Machine Learning Engineers or Data Scientists on Feature Store design and maintenance
Familiarity with SRE principles and DevOps/DataOps best practices

Company

Tala

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Tala is a digital financial services company that provides access to credit, payments, savings, and transfer services.
dateFounded in 2011
location
Santa Monica, California, USA
people-size501-1000 employees
web-link
http://tala.co

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$522M
Key Investors
Neuberger BermanVictory Park CapitalRevolution Growth
2025-03-19Debt Financing· $150M
2021-10-26Debt Financing· $40M
2021-10-14Series E· $14M

Leadership Team

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Jennifer Loo
CFO
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Elina W.
Senior People Business Partner
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