About Us
YouLend is a rapidly growing FinTech that is the preferred embedded financing platform for many of the world's leading e-commerce platforms, tech companies, and Payment Service Providers. Our software platform enables our partners to extend their value proposition by offering flexible financing products in their own branding, to their merchant base, without capital at risk.
We are owned by the leading Private Equity company, EQT, and have grown +100% year-on-year since 2020. We are headquartered in London, UK, but are also present in several European countries as well as the United States where we service our partners, including eBay, Amazon, Just Eat, Shopify, and Stripe.
The Role
We're looking for a Data Engineer to join our growing Data Engineering & Platform team. This role sits at the intersection of infrastructure, DevOps, and modern data tooling — with a focus on enabling fast, secure, and scalable analytics. You'll help us build and scale a best-in-class data platform to support everything from dashboards and experimentation to ML and compliance.
Responsibilities:
Build and manage infrastructure for our data platform (AWS, Snowflake, dbt, Airflow)
Design and implement CI/CD pipelines for dbt and other data workflows
Automate data platform operations with Python and infrastructure-as-code tools (Pulumi/Terraform)
Collaborate with analytics, ML, product, and engineering teams to scale data solutions
Ensure data quality, lineage, and governance through testing and monitoring
Work with cost observability tools to ensure efficient platform usage
Requirements
The ideal candidate will have the following skillset:
Proven experience working with cloud-based data platforms (Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery, etc.)
Proficiency in Python and SQL for automation and analytics
Experience with CI/CD, preferably in dbt and/or data platforms
Hands-on experience with IaC tools like Pulumi, Terraform, or CloudFormation
Good understanding of orchestration tools like Airflow
Strong communicator, with experience working cross-functionally
Desirable skills:
Cloud exposure with AWS (S3, Lambda, MWAA) and Azure DevOps
Experience with monitoring tools such as DataDog
Benefits
Why join YouLend?
Award-Winning Workplace: YouLend has been recognised as one of the "Best Places to Work in 2024 and 2025" by the Sunday Times for being a supportive, diverse, and rewarding workplace.
Award-Winning Fintech: YouLend has been recognised as a "Top 250 Fintech Worldwide" company by CNBC.
It's just getting fun:
We have developed powerful solutions, won some significant partnerships, and are growing at a rapid pace.
But the global opportunity is still massive, and YouLend is a raw organisation where we are only just getting started.
Lots of upsides:
High-growth (>100% growth during 2022 and 2023), so clear outlook to compensation (bonus or share option appreciation) and career growth (through growth with business).
Well-capitalised with supportive private equity backing.
Part of Banking Circle Group with a fully licensed Luxembourg bank, which can provide a balance sheet and support European expansion in otherwise complex regulated markets.
Motivating work environment:
A high-quality team that pushes each other to succeed through direct feedback and aligned incentives.
Strong and transparent team culture, we have each other's backs.
Independent work environment where results matter.
Data-driven culture and emphasis on speed (anti-red tape).
We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
Stock Options
Private Medical insurance via Vitality and Dental Insurance with BUPA
EAP with Health Assured
Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
Modern and sophisticated office space in Central London
Free Gym in office building in Holborn
Subsidised Lunch via Feedr
Deliveroo Allowance if working late in office
Monthly in office Masseuse
Team and Company Socials
Football Power League / Paddle and Yoga Club
At YouLend, we champion diversity and embrace equal opportunity employment practices. Our hiring, transfer, and promotion decisions are exclusively based on qualifications, merit, and business requirements, free from any discrimination based on race, gender, age, disability, religion, nationality, or any other protected basis under applicable law.