Data Engineer (Temporary Position)

Job Description

Remitly's vision is to transform lives with trusted financial services that transcend borders. Since 2011, we have been tirelessly delivering on our promises to people who send money around the world. Today, we are reimagining global financial services and building products that extend beyond traditional barriers to give customers access to more of the services they need, no matter where they call home. Join over 2,700 employees worldwide who are growing their careers with purpose and connection with our customers while having a positive impact on millions of people around the globe.

The team in Israel pushes forward and aims for the stars. We hire top talents and invest in promoting their career by providing opportunities, challenges, and a great work environment that places an important emphasis on work-life balance.

About The Role

The Data Infrastructure team's mission is to allow product teams to deliver their goals by providing them with a robust platform and expected data quality and cadency.

As a Data Engineer, you'll work on technical challenges including designing and developing a data platform while integrating with other teams to establish data interfaces and contracts.

The data team is located in Tel Aviv and works with a Global Data Engineers team to provide cross company impact solutions.

You Will

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable and reliable data pipelines.
• Implementing new features and working with business-critical pipelines to bring the best value to our customers.
• Build and orchestrate ETL processes to ingest and transform data from various sources.
• Collaborate with data analysts, data scientists, and other engineers to ensure data quality and accessibility.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize data workflows and performance.
• Ensure best practices for data governance, security, and compliance are followed.
  
  

You Have

• 2+ years of experience as a Data Engineer or in a similar role.
• Working knowledge of SQL and experience working with relational databases.
• Basic scripting skills (preferable in Python).
• Knowledge of Spark architecture and PySpark is a big plus.
• Solid understanding of ETL concepts and hands-on experience building and maintaining ETL workflows.
• Experience working with large-scale data processing and distributed systems.
• Familiarity with workflow orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, Prefect, or similar).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS, and basic knowledge about CI/CD and DataOps.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Experience in profiling complex queries and running performance fine tuning - a big plus
  
  

Equal employment opportunity has been, and will continue to be, a fundamental principle at Remitly. We are committed to nondiscrimination across our global organization and in all of our business operations. Employment is determined based upon personal capabilities and qualifications without discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender identification and expression, marital status, military status or status as an honorably discharge/veteran, pregnancy (including a woman's potential to get pregnant, pregnancy-related conditions, and childbearing), sexual orientation, age (40 and over), national origin, ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, physical, mental, or sensory disability (including the use of a trained dog guide or service animal), HIV/AIDS or hepatitis C status, genetic information, status as an actual or perceived victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, or any other protected class as established by law.

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Remitly is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.