Senior Data Engineer I

Company Description

Are you ready to trade your job for a journey? Become a FlyMate!

Passion, excitement & global collaboration are all core to what it means to be a FlyMate. At Flywire, we’re on a mission to deliver the world’s most important and complex payments. We use our Flywire Advantage - the combination of our next-gen payments platform, proprietary payment network and vertical specific software, to help our clients get paid, and help their customers pay with ease - no matter where they are in the world.

What more do we need to truly be unstoppable? Perhaps, that is you!

Who we are:

Flywire is a global payments enablement and software company, founded a decade ago to solve high-stakes, high-value payments in education, using modern technology.

Today, we’ve digitized payments for more than 3,300+ global clients across education, healthcare, travel & B2B, covering more than 240 countries and territories and supporting over 140 currencies. And, we’re just getting started!

With over 1000+ global FlyMates, representing more than 40 nationalities, and in 14 offices world-wide, we’re looking for FlyMates to join the next stage of our journey as we continue to grow.

Job Description

The Opportunity: Data Infrastructure, SRE & AI Foundations

Flywire is seeking a Senior Data Engineer I specialized in SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) and AI Infrastructure. In this high-impact role, you will not just build data pipelines; you will architect and guarantee the reliability, observability, and scalability of the platforms that power our high-stakes payment intelligence and Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning strategy. You will treat "Data as a Product" and Infrastructure as Code, serving as the engineering backbone for our Data Science and Analytics teams, reporting into the team led by our Hiring Manager, Roberto.

Key Responsibilities

• Data SRE & Platform Reliability: Define, monitor, and enforce SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs for critical data platforms. Architect automated self-healing systems and advanced alerting frameworks to minimize MTTR and pipeline downtime.

• AI & Data Platform Agent Integration: Design and maintain the infrastructure, feature stores, and scalable API/data pipelines required to enable advanced AI Agents to securely access, query, and interact with the data platform and its various features.

• Cloud Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Lead the design and deployment of global data infrastructure using Terraform (GCP/AWS) to ensure highly reproducible, secure, and version-controlled environments.

• Advanced CI/CD Automation: Architect robust GitLab CI automation for data workflows, dbt transformations, and infrastructure deployments, ensuring a zero-manual-intervention environment.

• Data Observability & Cost Optimization: Implement advanced monitoring for complex queries and resource allocation to balance peak performance with cloud cost efficiency.

• Streaming & Real-Time AI Feeds: Build and optimize real-time data streaming infrastructure using Apache Beam, Flink, and Pub/Sub to feed instant data into predictive AI models.

• Data Governance via Code: Automate security, access control policies (RBAC/ABAC), and data lineage tracing natively within the infrastructure.

Qualifications

What You'll Bring:

• 7+ years of experience in Data Engineering, with at least 2 years in a Senior or Lead capacity, focusing on Data Infrastructure, Production Engineering, or Platform Operations.

• SRE & Observability Expertise: Proven experience applying SRE principles to data (uptime tracking, alerting design, incident response, and performance tuning).

• AI/ML Infrastructure Awareness: Experience collaborating with Data Science teams or implementing connectivity infrastructure for AI applications and agents.

• Strong Cloud Infrastructure (IaC): Deep expertise with Terraform managing scalable environments in GCP or AWS.

• DevOps Mindset: Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) and creating complex CI/CD pipelines from scratch.

• Modern Data Stack: High proficiency in Python, SQL, dbt, and workflow orchestrators like Airflow (GCP Composer).

• Streaming Data: Solid understanding of streaming architectures (Kinesis, Pub/Sub, Beam, or Flink) for real-time applications.

• Location: Based within a short commutable distance of Valencia, as this role requires regular weekly hybrid presence in our office.

Additional Information

What We Offer:

• Competitive compensation
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Flying Start - Our immersive Global Induction Program
• Work with brilliant people that will keep you on your toes, learn more about their journeys by checking out #InsideFlywire on social media
• Dynamic & Global Team (we have been collaborating virtually for years!)
• Wellbeing Programs (Mental Health, Wellness) with Global FlyMates
• Be a meaningful part in our success - every FlyMate makes an impact
• Competitive time off including FlyBetter Days to volunteer in a cause you believe in
• Digital Disconnect Days!
• Great Talent & Development Programs

Submit today and get started!

We are excited to get to know you! Throughout our process you can expect to meet with different FlyMates including the Hiring Manager, Peers on the team, the VP of the department, and a skills assessment. Your Talent Acquisition Partner will walk you through the steps and be your “go-to” person for any questions.

Flywire is an equal opportunity employer. With over 30 nationalities across 12 different offices, and diversity and inclusion at the core of our people agenda, we believe our FlyMates are our greatest asset, and we’re excited to watch our unique culture evolve with each new hire.

Flywire is an equal opportunity employer.

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