Senior Data Engineer (Payments Unit)

Join our team as a Senior Data Engineer!

Yes, you can! That's our attitude towards our work, ambitions, ideas, and relationships. We at Luminor believe that anyone has the potential to achieve big things and encourage everyone to achieve them, professionally and personally. 

Whoever you are and whatever your role is, with Luminor, you will get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to build a local banking champion.

We are seeking a skilled Senior Data Engineer with a strong background in AWS technologies and modern data architectures. The ideal candidate will have hands‑on experience designing, building, and maintaining scalable data pipelines within a Data Lakehouse environment, while ensuring the highest standards of data quality, security, and performance. Experience in the payments / regulatory reporting and familiarity with BIAN frameworks will be considered a strong plus.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize data ingestion, transformation, and processing pipelines using Apache Spark–based platforms (e.g., AWS EMR, Glue Jobs, Databricks, Snowflake/Snowpark), along with AWS services (Amazon S3, Athena), and Kafka.

• Implement and maintain scalable solutions aligned with Data Lakehouse architecture and modern data engineering best practices.

• Use SQL and Python to develop robust data workflows, automation scripts, and transformation logic.

• Understand data models (conceptual, logical, and physical) and implement them as solutions.

• Develop and manage YAML-based configurations for pipeline metadata, orchestration, and schema definitions.

• Ensure end-to-end data quality, validation, lineage, security, availability, and performance across data assets.

• Collaborate closely with system analysts, data analysts, product teams, and software engineers to understand requirements and deliver dependable data solutions.

• Apply data product thinking when designing datasets and interfaces to support self-service analytics and reusable data assets.

• Support orchestration workflows on AWS MWAA (Managed Apache Airflow) or similar pipeline management platforms.

• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize data pipelines in production environments.

Required Skills and Experience

• 3–5 years of experience as a Data Engineer or similar role

• Strong experience with AWS data stack: S3, EMR, Glue data catalog, Kafka, Athena, IAM and orchestration tools like MWAA

• Strong programming experience with Python, including writing clean, maintainable scripts

• Expertise in SQL and performance optimization

• Strong understanding of Data Lakehouse, ETL/ELT architectures, and distributed data processing

• Practical experience in data modeling and industry‑standard modeling techniques

• Proficiency with YAML for configuration and pipeline metadata management

• Strong communication and documentation skills

• Detail‑oriented with a strong commitment to high-quality, reliable data delivery

• Payments industry experience and BIAN exposure are a plus

• Fluent English is required in spoken and written communication due to working on the Pan-Baltic level

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with modern data frameworks (e.g., Delta Lake, Iceberg, Hudi)

• Knowledge of CI/CD practices for data pipelines

• Understanding of data governance and cataloging best practices

Why You Will Love Working Here:

• Flexibility. Flexible working hours, Hybrid work, and the possibility to work from anywhere in the EU, Iceland, Switzerland, and the UK (in total 90 days per year)

• International teams. Teams that go outside Pan-Baltic borders, where people value challenging work together with good humor and having fun

• Culture. You’ll be joining a team where things move fast, ideas flow freely, and change is part of the everyday. It’s a dynamic environment that keeps you learning, growing, and never bored

• More vacation. Additional weeks of vacation are available to all employees who have been in the company for 1 year or more

• Volunteer time off. We care about giving back to society, therefore, you will get additional days off for volunteering purposes

• Paid leave. We are proud of our employees who are participating in military training. Therefore, Luminor offers 30 fully paid calendar days for military training every year

• Health benefits. A competitive benefits package in addition to your salary that includes health insurance after the first 3 months pass in all three Baltic states, as well as Health days in case of your absence due to sickness without a doctor's note needed

• Wellbeing. Access to tools and resources that help you feel good and be productive at work and in life

• Professional growth. Internal and external training programs, LinkedIn learning, workshops, conferences, online training, etc

• Special Offer for Luminor products & services. Enjoy special offers & pricing for products and services provided by Luminor

• Gross salary. 6000 - 7000 EUR/month, which is to be determined depending on your level of experience and competencies

We are looking for a candidate primarily already located within the Baltics. Please apply with your CV in English and PDF format!