Data Platform Engineering Manager

About Us

YouLend is the preferred global embedded financing platform for many of the world’s leading e-commerce sites, tech companies and payment services providers such as Amazon, eBay, Shopify, Mollie, Dojo, Paysafe, Just Eat Takeaway and Takepayments. Our software platform and APIs enable our partners to offer flexible financing products, in their desired branding, to their merchant base. With YouLend's AI-driven credit risk assessment solutions, more merchants and SMEs than ever can receive fast, flexible and affordable funding. We operate in 9+ geographies across the UK, EU and the US. We believe that the future of financial services will be delivered by customer-oriented tech companies that embed financing in their customer journeys, and we are building the solutions that will power that future.

The Role:

We are seeking a manager for our newly formed Data Platform team. You will manage our team of Data platform Engineers and will operate and maintain the existing infrastructure. This role will be reporting to the Head of Data & Machine Learning. In this role you will be responsible for owning the Data Platform from end-to-end. The person taking on the role will be expected to have a clear vision for how the platform should operate and drive projects which enhance our existing platform and will implement new pieces as required.

Requirements

• Deep expertise in modern data stack technologies, both as an owner and operator
• At least 2 years of people management experience (this role will have 3-4 direct reports)
• Strong written & verbal communication skills (must be able to explain complex technical ideas and projects to non-technical stakeholders)
• Project management

Desirable Skills:

• Experience working with YouLend’s Data stack: Terraform, AWS, Rackspace, Helmchart, Jenkins, Snowflake, Metabase, Tableau
• Experience in financial services / lending

Benefits

Why Stay with YouLend?

• Award-Winning Workplace: YouLend has been recognised as one of the “Best Places to Work 2024” by the Sunday Times for being a supportive, diverse, and rewarding workplace.
• Award-Winning Fintech: YouLend has been recognised as a “Top 250 Fintech Worldwide” company by CNBC.

We offer comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Stock Options
• Private Medical insurance via Vitality
• EAP with Health Assured
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Modern and sophisticated office space in Central London
• Free Gym in office building in Holborn
• Subsidised Lunch via Feedr
• Deliveroo Allowance if working late in office
• Monthly in office Masseuse
• Team and Company Socials
• Football Power League / Squash Club

Salary: £115,000 - 135,000 + 20% Annual Bonus

At YouLend, we champion diversity and embrace equal opportunity employment practices. Our hiring, transfer, and promotion decisions are exclusively based on qualifications, merit, and business requirements, free from any discrimination based on race, gender, age, disability, religion, nationality, or any other protected basis under applicable law.