Lead Data Engineer at Moneyfarm · Cagliari

Lead Data Engineer

We are a rapidly growing pan-European digital wealth manager, serving over 170,000 active investors with more than £7.5 billion invested on our platform. We began in Milan in 2011 with the purpose to help more people improve their financial well-being by making personal investing simple and accessible through technology. Fast forward to today, and we are recognised as one of the most innovative fintechs, headquartered in the heart of London.

With a team of 220+ people across 4 offices in Italy and the UK, we are proudly backed and funded by major partners including Poste Italiane, Cabot Square Capital, United Ventures, and Allianz.

Our vision

Our vision is to combine passion, expertise, and technology to provide best-in-class investment solutions and advice that protects and grows client wealth over time.

Our Core Values:

We’ve built our business on three Principles:

• Relationships are our first asset: We’re one team, built on trust, honesty, and transparency. We value our relationships above all else.
• Trust drives success: We give each other the space to grow. We empower our employees to succeed, so they can make a real impact.
• Our customers dream big, just like us: We see the bigger picture and we make sure our customers see it, too. We’re always focused on the best outcomes for our clients and for each other, no matter what the goal, or how big the dream

What this means in practice:

At Moneyfarm, our success comes from the impact each of us makes. We move with purpose, urgency, and ambition, focused on delivering outcomes that matter for our clients and our business. Everyone is empowered to take ownership, challenge the status quo, and turn bold ideas into results. As we evolve, we embrace AI as a catalyst for sharper thinking, smarter decisions, and even greater impact.

Our diversity makes this possible. Different perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences fuel our creativity and drive better decisions — it’s our competitive edge. We value people for who they are and their unique strengths: that's why we offer flexible ways of working to support them in doing their best work.

About the role

Data plays a central role in Moneyfarm’s success.

Are you excited about launching a new product and building data pipelines from scratch? Are you ready to help us fine tune our Redshift + Airflow + DBT data platform while decommissioning legacy components? If you are a builder with a tilt for future-proof solutions, we want to hear from you.

Responsibilities:

• Own the design, implementation, and maintenance of data infrastructure for ingestion, orchestration, and transformation.
• Build and maintain Moneyfarm’s analytical data models, ensuring they are performant, scalable, and reliable.
• Contribute to the incremental decommissioning of legacy components while ensuring data continuity for the business.
• Contribute to AI powered capabilities of Moneyfarm’s Data Platform.
• Share best practices through code reviews and knowledge sharing, supporting the growth of the team.
• Work closely with analysts, software engineers, and product teams to solve complex data problems and deploy ML/AI applications.
• Bring positive impact to Moneyfarm data culture by sharing knowledge and promoting best practices

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant work experience in data engineering roles
• BSc or higher degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related discipline
• Experience in fintech / wealth management

Skills

• Deep proficiency in SQL and Python
• Meaningful experience with Airflow and DBT
• Strong experience with Redshift (BigQuery is a plus)
• Experience with AWS and familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform)
• Comfortable integrating AI tooling in daily work
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills, also with non technical stakeholders
• Ability to translate business requirements into well-designed data solutions
• Comfortable working in iterative environments balancing quality and delivery
• Fluency in English is essential (most stakeholders are UK based).

This role can be based in our offices in Milan or Cagliari.

For this role, please upload your CV in English.

Level & Compensation:

We apply CCNL Credito and based on candidate's experience and skills, we will assign the title of Senior Data Engineer.

Salary range: €55,000 – €73,000 gross/year + bonus, based on experience/competences demonstrated

For this role, please upload your CV in English.

Benefits

• Health Insurance, Wellness plan
• Fee free investments on Moneyfarm platform
• Career development opportunities
• Training opportunities
• Regular office social events