VP of Data

Senior Sourcing Consultant | Connecting Talent with Opportunity

VP of Data

Location:

Remote (US & CST Preferred)

Base pay range

$/yr - $/yr

About the Company

We are a rapidly scaling fintech organization building real-time payments infrastructure for digital and interactive applications. Our technology enables developers to embed financial capabilities directly into their products, creating seamless and engaging user experiences. The company operates in a highly regulated environment, holds full licensing in major regions, and is backed by top‑tier investors. We are entering our next stage of scale — expanding our platform, maturing our data systems, and preparing to launch new payments products globally.

If you thrive in a fast‑paced, hands‑on startup environment and understand why high‑fidelity data matters
-this is the right company for you!

Responsibilities

This is a senior data role in the organization, responsible for:

• Data Infrastructure

You will own the systems that power compliance, payments accuracy, product intelligence, financial reporting, and large‑scale developer integrations. This role directly shapes how the company scales and launches its next generation of payments offerings.

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years of experience in Data Engineering, with demonstrated success building and scaling modern data ecosystems

• Deep expertise in AWS, including data warehousing, compute, storage, IAM, and security best practices

• Strong Python development skills, with experience creating ETL/ELT pipelines and integrations from the ground up

• Advanced Terraform proficiency, with a background managing complex, production‑grade infrastructure‑as‑code

• Proven ability to design, implement, and own enterprise‑grade data warehouses, including modeling, schema design, optimization, and long‑term maintenance

• Strong foundation in data modeling, governance, observability, quality frameworks, and compliance‑focused architectures

• Hands‑on technical leader comfortable operating in high‑growth, fast‑moving environments, owning both strategy and execution

• Experience with Airflow or similar orchestration tools

• Ability to define and drive a long‑term data platform roadmap, including tooling, architecture, and team evolution

• Exceptional communication skills and the ability to collaborate with engineering, product, and business stakeholders

• Experience in payments, fintech, gaming, or crypto‑enabled systems, especially environments requiring high accuracy, compliance, and real‑time data flows

What You Will Do

• Own, modernize, and scale the entire data engineering ecosystem

• Build highly reliable, production‑grade data systems that meet stringent regulatory and accuracy requirements

• Architect robust warehousing solutions, modeling layers, and data governance frameworks

• Lead and expand the Data Engineering and BI functions, developing team direction and standards

• Remain hands‑on with coding, infrastructure, Terraform, ETL/ELT pipelines, and core data tooling

• Define and drive the long‑term roadmap for the data platform, architecture, capabilities, and team structure

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Engineering, Strategy/Planning, and Information Technology

Industries

Financial Services, Gambling Facilities and Casinos, and Technology, Information and Media

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