As a Senior Data Engineer, you will play a critical role in shaping the technical direction and development practices at RealFi. You will lead by example—designing, building, and maintaining high-quality software and data pipelines while mentoring engineers to support their growth and performance. Your work will bridge the gap between traditional finance and decentralized technologies, ensuring we deliver innovative, compliant, and scalable products.
Overview
IOG is a technology company focused on blockchain research and development, renowned for a scientific approach to blockchain development, peer-reviewed research, and formal methods to ensure security, scalability, and sustainability. Our projects include the Cardano blockchain, DeFi, governance, and identity management, aiming to advance blockchain and Web3 technology globally.
About RealFi
IOG\'s RealFi Tribe combines crypto / Web3 / DeFi innovations with traditional finance (TradFi) to make borrowing and lending services more transparent, efficient, and accessible. The venture aims to build a marketplace to syndicate tokenized debt assets globally in a fully compliant manner, with initial focus in Africa and global applicability.
Role responsibilities
As a Senior Data Engineer, you will :
- Lead architecture decisions, promote best practices, and drive cross-team collaboration.
- Design, build, and maintain high-quality software and data pipelines.
- Mentor engineers to support growth and performance.
- Bridge traditional finance and decentralized technologies to deliver compliant, scalable products.
- Simplify complex systems, share reusable components, and proactively improve engineering workflows.
- Contribute across codebases, tools, and programming languages as a subject-matter expert.
- Write clear technical documentation and user manuals.
Requirements
Who you are :
Bachelor\'s or Master\'s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field7+ years of professional software development experience, including at least 2 years in a leadership or senior roleHands-on experience with cloud platforms and modern DevOps practicesStrong background in Agile methodologies and the software development lifecycle (SDLC)Experience in data engineering is advantageousPractical experience with distributed computing and blockchain technologies is strongly preferredFamiliarity with DeFi protocols and smart contract-based financial applications is advantageousProven ability to manage cross-functional teams and drive innovationTechnical proficiency in Python and understanding of software architecture patterns, microservices, eventing, and API designAbility to evaluate, select, and integrate new technologies to enhance performance and scalabilityExperience in designing data strategies to efficiently retrieve and store dataAbility to work with external parties to ingest data onto an AWS platformStrong problem solving, communication, and stakeholder management skillsBenefits
Remote workLaptop reimbursementNew starter package for hardware essentialsLearning & Development opportunitiesCompetitive PTOAt IOG, we value diversity and are committed to equal opportunity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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