Paysafe · 1 day ago
Director, Data Engineering
Jacksonville, FL
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
12+ years expPaysafe is a leading payments platform that enables businesses and consumers to connect and transact seamlessly. They are seeking a Director of Data Engineering to drive the technical strategy and delivery of data platforms and analytics solutions, working closely with cross-functional teams to align engineering solutions with business priorities.
Financial ServicesFinTechMobile PaymentsRisk Management
Responsibilities
Serve as a senior technical authority for data engineering and data platform architecture across the enterprise
Own the design and implementation of complex, large-scale data platforms and pipelines
Lead by example through hands-on architecture, design reviews, technical problem solving, and selective coding
Translate business and analytical objectives into a clear, actionable data engineering and platform strategy
Define and influence the technical roadmap for cloud-native data platforms leveraging AWS, Azure, Snowflake, Databricks, and emerging technologies
Drive alignment to enterprise data architecture standards and best practices
Provide architectural governance and technical leadership across:
AWS (S3, Iceberg, Glue, Lambda, Lake Formation, EMR, Redshift)
Modern ELT/ETL frameworks (dbt, Airflow)
Azure Data Factory
Snowflake and Databricks ecosystems
Ensure platforms are secure, scalable, cost-efficient, and resilient
Lead the design, build, and optimization of batch and real-time data pipelines supporting analytics, regulatory reporting, payments processing, and real-time decisioning
Ensure high availability, performance, reliability, and observability across global data environments
Act as an escalation point for complex technical and production issues
Champion engineering rigor through Data Ops, automation, CI/CD for data workloads, metadata management, and observability
Drive improvements in data quality, reliability, delivery consistency, and operational maturity
Establish reusable patterns, frameworks, and standards to accelerate delivery
Work closely with globally distributed engineering teams to ensure consistent technical standards and platform practices
Provide technical mentorship and guidance without direct people management responsibility
Foster strong collaboration across regions and functions
Build strong partnerships with Product, Enterprise Architecture, Analytics, Security, Legal, Risk, Compliance, and Operations
Influence enterprise-level technical decisions through expertise and thought leadership
Represent data engineering in architecture reviews and strategic initiatives
Define and track technical KPIs related to data quality, platform reliability, performance, and cost efficiency
Use data-driven insights to continuously improve platform outcomes
Clearly communicate platform strategy, architecture decisions, risks, and progress to senior leadership
Serve as a trusted advisor on data platform modernization and transformation initiatives
Lead modernization efforts including cloud migration, adoption of open table formats (e.g., Iceberg), and data democratization for analytics and machine learning
Ensure platforms meet evolving requirements for global payments, compliance, and real-time intelligence
Qualification
Required
12+ years of experience in data engineering, data architecture, or platform engineering
Demonstrated success operating at a Director or Principal-level individual contributor capacity on enterprise-scale platforms
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field
Deep hands-on experience with AWS (S3, Glue, Lake Formation, EMR, Iceberg, Redshift, Lambda)
Deep hands-on experience with Azure Data Factory
Deep hands-on experience with Snowflake and Databricks
Strong proficiency in Python, Spark, dbt, Airflow, and modern ELT/ETL frameworks
Extensive solution architecture experience governing complex, enterprise data ecosystems
Strong Agile delivery experience (Scrum, SAFe)
Exceptional communication and influence skills with executive and senior technical stakeholders
Passion for building scalable, reliable, and high-quality data platforms
Company
Paysafe
Paysafe is a global payments provider offering a range of payments solutions for businesses and consumers.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2B2021-03-31Post Ipo Equity· $2B
2017-08-04Post Ipo Equity
2015-12-23IPO
Leadership Team
Bruce Lowthers
Chief Executive Officer
Christopher W. Russell
Former CEO, now Non Executive Director and Senior Advisor to Managment of Skrill USA, Inc.
Recent News
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