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title: 'Senior Data Engineer (Data Platform) at Teya'
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# Senior Data Engineer (Data Platform) at Teya

- **Company:** [Teya](https://feeny.ai/companies/teya)
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Posted:** 2026-09-30
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-18
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/teya/d2a39532-d122-4507-a890-d394d9baa54f

## Job description

Hello. We’re Teya. Teya was founded on a simple belief: local businesses deserve better. They are the cafés, restaurants, salons, shops and entrepreneurs that bring character to our high streets, create jobs and keep communities moving. Yet for too long, financial services has made life harder for them - with clunky tools, poor support and complexity that gets in the way of running a business. Teya exists to change that. We’re building a financial platform for local businesses across Europe - one built around simple tools, thoughtful design and real human support. Our Members rely on us to help them run their business with confidence, and that responsibility shapes the way we work. We move fast. We care about quality. We stay close to the detail. And we believe great performance and genuine hospitality should go hand in hand. If you want to build meaningful products, solve real problems and make a genuine difference for local businesses, we’d love to hear from you

## Your Role

We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join our team and help shape the future of our data platform. This role focus on data platform, building and maintaining the core data infrastructure, working on the entire lifecycle of data from our ingestion pipelines and their infrastructure to orchestration and governance. You will play a key role in expanding the capabilities of our data platform, helping build new features that power decision-making across the organisation. This includes every stage of an ELT process, both at the pipeline level and the underlying infrastructure as well as working with engineering teams on how to best leverage our data.. As a senior member of the Data Engineering team, you will contribute to platform architecture, data product thinking, and engineering best practices, helping build a world-class scalable Data Platform that enables both analytics and future AI capabilities. We want you to wonder about centralized vs decentralized provisioning of data tools, the trade-off between complex governance systems vs ease-of-use and data democratization, how to create simple processes to manage all the phases of the Data lifecycle and how to have some fun while doing it.

Your main responsibilities will include:

- Designing and evolving the architecture of our data infrastructure
- Maintaining the existing data platform
- Ensuring the reliability of our data ingestion pipelines
- Propagating learnings in the Data Engineering team to other parts of Teya
- Guaranteeing proper data governance following best practices, while not adding 100 steps of bureaucracy
- Improving data reliability, quality, and observability across key datasets, while ensuring data pipelines are simple to set up.
- Building, maintaining, and improving data models for large and complex datasets, while ensuring they have a simple lifecycle
- Designing and optimising ETL/ELT pipelines to support scalable analytics and data products
- Collaborate with data analysts, analytics engineering and engineering teams to turn their data platform use cases into reliable production solutions
- Participate in the team's on-call rotation, investigate production incidents and contribute to improvements across Teya to prevent them from recurring.
- Participate in technical discussions and code reviews, contributing to maintainable designs and strong engineering standards
- Create and maintain clear technical documentation and operational runbooks

## Your Story

- 5+ years experience in Data Engineering or Data Platform Engineering or Software Engineering working with Data
- Strong SQL expertise, particularly in complex analytical and warehouse queries
- Proficiency in Python and/or Java
- Experience with Data Warehouses, such as Snowflake or Apache Iceberg
- Practical knowledge deploying and operating containerised workloads using Docker and Kubernetes
- Knowledge of streaming tooling (Kafka, Kafka Connect, Flink,…)
- Experience with ETL/ELT tooling (dbt, Airflow, Airbyte, dlt,..)
- Hands-on experience provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure with Terraform
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing and Git-based development workflows
- Familiarity with observability practices, including logging, metrics, alerting and production troubleshooting.
- Strong grasp of software engineering principles and best practices
- Experience contributing to or leading data warehouse architecture or redesign initiatives
- Ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Strong experience with data warehousing, dimensional modelling, and data architecture

Teya is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, or background can thrive and do their best work. We believe that a diverse team leads to better ideas, stronger outcomes, and a more supportive workplace for all. If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process whether for interviews, assessments, or other parts of the application—we encourage you to let us know. We are committed to ensuring that every candidate has a fair and accessible experience with us.

## About Teya

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Teya provides integrated payment processing, business accounts, and funding solutions to help small, local businesses across Europe manage, grow, and thrive.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series Unknown; $1.1B in total funding)
- **Headquarters**: London, United Kingdom
- **Founded**: 2019
- **Founders**: Not publicly available (formerly known as SaltPay)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Financial Services, Fintech, Payment Processing
- **Target customers**: Small and local businesses (B2B, SMB)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "Proud to serve small, local businesses" — Teya exists to make business smoother, simpler, and more rewarding for the people who keep communities alive.

## Products & Services
- **Card Machines & Terminals**: In-person payment terminals with industry-leading transaction speeds, lifetime warranty (covering theft and water damage), and integration with 50+ EPOS systems.
- **Teya Tap**: A software point-of-sale solution that turns a smartphone into a card machine, enabling contactless payments via Apple Pay, Google Pay, and major cards.
- **Teya Business Account**: A free e-money business account with no account fees, domestic transfers, direct debit setup, a debit card with 0.5% cashback on all spending, and instant settlement options.
- **Pay by Link**: A remote payment solution allowing businesses to send payment links to customers.
- **Cash Advance**: Flexible, transparent funding for businesses, repaid directly from card machine sales.
- **Teya App & Web Portal**: Real-time sales tracking, expense management, and transaction monitoring tools.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding of **$1.1B** across 4 rounds; Annual Revenue estimated at **$100M** [linkedin.com](https://uk.linkedin.com/company/teya-global)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly detailed, but the company has raised $1.1B in total funding [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/teya)
- **Growth Signals**: Over **75,000 active members**; processed over **609 million transactions** in 2025; provided over **£68 million in cash advances**; operates in **27 countries** across Europe; employs **~1,000 people** total with **400+ in Product & Tech** [teya.com](https://www.teya.com/) [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/teya)

## Competitive Advantages
- **All-in-one platform**: Combines card machines, a business account, cash advances, and expense management in a single, integrated solution — reducing the need for multiple vendors.
- **Fair and transparent pricing**: No hidden fees, simple rates, and a free business account with 0.5% unlimited cashback.
- **Lifetime warranty on hardware**: Covers theft and water damage, a strong differentiator in the physical terminal market.
- **Speed and reliability**: Industry-leading transaction speeds and instant settlement options.
- **Deep focus on small, local businesses**: A clear, mission-driven niche that differentiates them from generalist fintechs and large banks.

## Strategic Focus
- **European expansion**: Already operating in 27 countries, Teya is focused on deepening its presence across Europe.
- **Product ecosystem growth**: Moving beyond payments into a full suite of business management tools (business accounts, cash advances, expense tracking, EPOS integrations).
- **Customer-centric innovation**: Building features like instant settlements, tipping, split payments, and integrated calculators directly requested by small business owners.
- **Talent acquisition**: Actively hiring across Sales, Engineering, Product, Data, and Operations to scale the platform and customer base.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven culture**: Teya is deeply focused on supporting small, local businesses, which gives employees a strong sense of purpose.
- **Hybrid work model**: Encourages at least three days a week in the office to foster collaboration, with flexibility to work from home [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/teya).
- **Global, diverse team**: 1,000 total employees across 15+ offices in 27 countries, including London, Lisbon, Bratislava, Budapest, Prague, Reykjavik, Porto, and Braga [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/teya).
- **Strong engineering culture**: 400+ Product & Tech employees; technology stack includes modern tools; hosts Lunch and Learns and supports employee-driven initiatives [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/teya).
- **Perks and benefits**: Pension plan, paid holidays, free snacks and drinks, quarterly engagement surveys, promotion from within, and resources for team camaraderie [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/teya).
- **Work environment**: Hybrid model (3 days in-office per week); offices in London, Bratislava, Lisbon, Budapest, Prague, Reykjavik, Porto, Braga, and more [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/teya).

## Sources
1. [teya.com](https://www.teya.com/)
2. [teya.com/careers](https://www.teya.com/careers)
3. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/teya)
4. [linkedin.com](https://uk.linkedin.com/company/teya-global)
5. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/teya)

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