Data Platform Engineer
Prague
Product & Engineering – Software Service Development /
Full Time Employee /
Remote
At Aevi, we're not just a team; we're a vibrant, global community, committed to shaking up the payments industry. Our culture is all about innovation, creativity, and a passion for pushing boundaries. We’re thrilled to welcome new Aevi’ators who vibe with our values and mission and are ready to join us on our journey of transformation and growth.
As a Data Platform Engineer at Aevi, your primary responsibility is to make the data platform reliable, observable, and easy to operate by the whole team. This role is not about delivering one-off pipelines or dashboards. It is about strengthening platform foundations so data products can scale safely, remain trustworthy, and do not depend on individual experts.
Key responsibilities:
- Improve reliability and operational stability of the Data Platform on AWS
- Strengthen monitoring, alerting, and visibility across data pipelines and datasets
- Simplify and standardize data pipelines so they can be operated by any team member
- Automate deployments and reduce manual operational steps
- Reduce single-person dependency through documentation, ownership, and runbooks
- Support and evolve the Lakehouse architecture (Iceberg, Athena, QuickSight)
- Design, operate, and improve data pipelines supporting both batch and near-real-time processing
- Collaborate with Data Engineers, Analysts, and Architects to enforce platform standards
Skills, Qualifications & Experience:
- Software Engineering (Required)
- Strong programming skills to build and maintain data pipelines, automation, and tooling
- Experience writing production-grade, testable, and maintainable code
- Comfortable debugging complex systems and improving existing codebases
- Experience with CI/CD, version control, and code reviews
- Strong experience with AWS (other clouds is a plus)
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
- Experience with deployment automation and cloud-native monitoring
- Experience with batch data processing in data lake or lakehouse architectures
- Practical understanding of near-real-time / streaming data processing and when it is appropriate
- Familiarity with Iceberg, Parquet, Athena, Presto/Trino, or similar technologies
- Experience with data orchestration and pipeline management
- Exposure to streaming platforms (Kafka, Kinesis, or similar)
- Experience with batch processing frameworks (Spark or similar)
- Experience with Airflow or similar orchestration tools
- Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
Cloud & Platform Engineering (Required)
Data Platform Technologies (Required)
Distributed & Big Data Systems (Nice to Have)
Aevi person:
- An out of the box thinker
- Diplomatic
- Passionate
- Cool under pressure
- A multitasker
- An excellent communicator
- Analytical
- Entrepreneurial
- A self-starter
- Technology embracer (lover)
- Happy
- A team player
- “A can do” mentality
Life at Aevi
Being part of Aevi? It’s diving into a space where flexibility, honesty, development, and support are the essentials of our work environment, and we live for a “work smarter, not harder” mindset. At Aevi, we celebrate diversity and inclusivity, firmly believing that our strength lies in our individuality. Our commitment to a better working culture is reflected in our respect and appreciation for each team member, cheering on everyone to just be themselves at work and outside.
What's in it for you?
- Be part of a dynamic, fun-loving team that values teamwork and flexibility.
- Benefit from our unlimited vacation policy, so you can take a breather whenever you want and need it.
- Quickly become a key player of our motivated, energetic, and global team.
- Thrive in a culture that lets your unique work style shine.
- Explore various growth opportunities and level up your career with us.
Who are Aevi:
Our mission is to build a more open world, where anyone, anywhere, can take or make any kind of payment.
Our cloud-based platform lets payments and transaction data flow across all channels and consumer touchpoints. By connecting digital and in-person interfaces, we are committed to creating the best possible customer experience at the point-of-interaction. Today, we operate across Europe, Australia, and the US with offices in London, Prague, and Paderborn.
Our Vision and Support:
We are setting payments free!
Supported by visionary shareholders in the industry like Mastercard and HPE Growth Capital, we stand at the forefront of payment innovation, surrounded by like-minded partners who share our vision for a seamless payment future.
