--- title: 'Analytics Engineer at PayJoy' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/analytics-engineer-payjoy-bogota-ttnc0a24dqge' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-12' --- # Analytics Engineer at PayJoy - **Company:** PayJoy - **Location:** Bogotá, Colombia - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-09-08 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/payjoy/45c49339-4b50-4c50-9a6f-d12d82e58196 ## Job description ## About PayJoy PayJoy, a Public Benefit Corporation, is a mission-first credit provider dedicated to helping under-served customers in emerging markets to achieve financial stability and success.  Our patented technology for secured credit provides an on-ramp for new customers to enter the credit system.  Through PayJoy’s point-of-sale financing and card offerings, customers gain access to a modern quality of life.  PayJoy’s credit also allows our customers to seize opportunities as micro-entrepreneurs, and acts as insurance for tough times. Through our cutting-edge machine learning, data science, and anti-fraud AI, we have served over 18 million customers as of 2025 while achieving solid profitability for sustainable growth. This role The Data Analyst is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the data infrastructure, pipelines, and models that make clean, reliable data available across PayJoy. This role transforms raw data from multiple sources into well-structured, trustworthy datasets in the data warehouse/lake, enabling analytics, reporting, and data-driven products. As the foundation of the data stack, the Data Engineer ensures data is accurate, timely, scalable, and well-governed so analysts, data scientists, and business teams can rely on it to make informed decisions. ## Responsibilities - Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines (ETL/ELT) that ingest, clean, transform, and load data from multiple sources into the data warehouse/lake. - Develop and maintain data models, schemas, and transformations (e.g., with dbt) that produce reliable, well-documented, analytics-ready datasets. - Ensure data quality, integrity, and governance: implement validation, testing, monitoring, alerting, and documentation across the data platform. - Optimize storage, query performance, and pipeline cost/efficiency, and troubleshoot failures with robust error handling and retries. - Partner with data analysts, data scientists, and business stakeholders to understand their needs and deliver the datasets and infrastructure they require. - Apply security and compliance best practices to data handling (access controls, encryption, PII protection), coordinating with Security/IT as needed. Requeriments - Software / tools: Strong SQL and proficiency in Python for data engineering; hands-on experience with ETL/ELT and orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, dbt), cloud data warehouses (BigQuery, Snowflake, or Redshift), and a major cloud (GCP/AWS/Azure). Version control (Git). - Specific knowledge: Data modeling and warehousing (dimensional modeling, star schemas), batch and streaming patterns, data quality and governance, and performance optimization. Experience in fintech or high-volume transactional environments is valued. - Expected results: Reliable, well-documented, high-quality data pipelines and datasets with strong uptime; timely, accurate data available to downstream teams; and efficient, cost-effective data infrastructure. - Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, attention to detail, ownership and reliability, clear communication, and collaboration across technical and business teams. - Desirable (not essential): Experience with streaming (Kafka / Pub/Sub), infrastructure-as-code, data catalog/observability tools, and system integrations; intermediate/advanced English (Portuguese a plus); and prior experience in a similar Data Engineer role. ## Benefits - 100% Company-funded Health for employees and immediate family members - Life Insurance - Indefinite-term contract - 20 days of vacations, unlimited sick leave - $2,000 USD annual Co-working Travel perk - $2,000 USD annual Professional Development perk - Phone finance, headphone benefit, home office equipment allowance and wellness perks - Catered lunches PayJoy is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and we welcome and encourage people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. PayJoy Principles Finance for the next billion * Ownership * Break Through Walls * Live Communication * Transparency & Directness * Focus on Scale * Work-Life Balance * Embrace Diversity * Speed * Active Listening ## About PayJoy ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: PayJoy provides secured phone financing and cash loans to underserved customers in emerging markets, using patented technology to enable credit access without a bank account or credit history. - **Entity Type**: Private (Public Benefit Corporation) – Total funding $635.6M across 14 rounds. - **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States (with regional hubs in Africa, Asia, and Latin America) - **Founded**: 2015 - **Founders**: Doug Ricket ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Financial Services (Fintech – secured consumer credit) - **Target customers**: B2C (underbanked individuals in emerging markets) and B2B (retailers offering point-of-sale financing) - **Mission**: Bring financial access to emerging markets, helping customers achieve financial stability and success. As a Public Benefit Corporation, PayJoy is legally committed to customer financial well‑being. ## Products & Services - **Phone Financing**: Pay‑as‑you‑go smartphone financing with no accruing interest, fixed transparent pricing, and no late fees. Customers need only an ID – no bank account or credit history required. - **Cash Loans**: Credit offerings for micro‑entrepreneurs and as insurance for tough times, with flexible payments and no penalty for being behind. ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed - **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of $320M (LinkedIn estimate); Total funding $635.6M - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not explicitly listed in provided sources, but the company has raised 14 funding rounds and operates in 9 countries across 3 continents. - **Growth Signals**: 20M+ customers served, nearly $4B lent, 909 employees (+46.4% YoY), carbon neutral since 2022, active in 9 countries (including Mexico, Brazil, Peru, South Africa, India). ## Competitive Advantages - Patented secured‑credit technology that enables lending without traditional credit history. - No accruing interest, no late fees, and no penalty for missed payments – differentiates from predatory lenders. - Public Benefit Corporation status legally commits the company to customer financial well‑being. - Advanced machine learning, data science, and anti‑fraud AI for credit scoring. - Deep operational presence on the ground in multiple emerging markets. ## Strategic Focus - Scale global impact by expanding into new countries and deepening existing markets. - Use data and AI to improve credit access and financial inclusion. - Maintain transparent, customer‑first lending practices while achieving profitability. - Continue hiring across engineering, data science, sales, and operations roles. ## Why Work Here - **Mission‑driven**: Work on products that directly improve financial well‑being for millions of underserved people. - **Culture**: Emphasizes transparency, directness, focus on scale, work‑life balance, and diversity. Employees rate culture 4.4/5 on LinkedIn. - **Remote/Hybrid**: Global team with offices in San Francisco, Mexico City, and regional hubs; many roles appear location‑specific (e.g., Mexico City, São José). - **Benefits**: Market‑competitive compensation, health & wellness benefits, parental leave, professional development funds, paid time off. - **Growth**: Rapidly growing company (46% headcount growth YoY) with opportunities to shape products and services from day one. ## Sources 1. [PayJoy Careers Page](https://www.payjoy.com/careers) 2. [PayJoy About Page](https://www.payjoy.com/about) 3. [PayJoy Homepage](https://www.payjoy.com/) 4. [PayJoy Jobs on Lever](https://jobs.lever.co/payjoy/) 5. 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