Data Engineer, Cleo AI
AI personal finance assistant
Posted today
AI personal finance assistant
201-500 employees
Posted today
201-500 employees
Company mission
To change the world’s relationship with money.
Role
Who you are
- If you’re driven by complex challenges that push your expertise, the chance to shape something truly transformative, and the potential to share in Cleo’s success as we scale, while growing alongside a company that’s scaling fast, this might be your perfect fit
- Proven ability to design and break down complex data systems, with a focus on simplicity, maintainability, and scaling
- Solid proficiency in Python and adherence to software engineering best practices
- Knowledge of at least one distributed processing framework (e.g., PySpark), with a bonus for experience in streaming frameworks (e.g., Flink)
- Practical experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with IaC tools, specifically Terraform
- Good understanding of different storage types and when to use them (e.g., OLTP, OLAP, S3)
- Understanding of core computer science concepts including Data Structures, Algorithms, Time Complexity, and Distributed Processing
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively across teams (data scientists, software engineers, PMs)
- Understanding the value proposition of data solutions and adopting a customer-focused, incremental delivery approach
What the job involves
- In this role, you'll work closely with product teams to ensure they effectively adopt the tools, frameworks, and processes provided by the Data Platform team
- Enabling them to build scalable, efficient, and reliable data and ML solutions, and achieve their OKRs while championing best practices in Data Engineering
- You'll help teams implement robust data pipelines, model deployment workflows, monitoring strategies, and cost-efficient practices to improve their data-driven capabilities
- At the same time, you'll act as a crucial bridge between product teams and the Data Platform team, gathering insights on real-world challenges, gaps, and pain points in the existing platform
- By surfacing these issues and collaborating with the platform team, you'll contribute to the continuous improvement of our internal tooling and infrastructure, ensuring it better serves the needs of our engineers and data scientists
- This is an opportunity to blend hands-on engineering with strategic impact, influencing both product success and the evolution of our data platform
- Work directly with product teams to facilitate the effective adoption of the Data Platform team's tools, frameworks, and processes to achieve their Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)
- Guide teams in implementing robust data pipelines, reliable model deployment workflows, effective monitoring strategies, and cost-efficient practices
- Break down complex problems and propose well-reasoned data system designs, considering scaling needs, maintenance simplicity, and appropriate tooling (OLAP vs. OLTP, Batch vs. Stream, etc.)
- Act as a critical feedback loop, gathering insights on real-world platform challenges, gaps, and pain points from product teams and communicating them to the Data Platform team for continuous improvement of internal tooling and infrastructure
- Champion software engineering best practices, including code quality, maintainability, version control, and automation, with a proficiency in Python
- Work closely with Data Scientists, Software Engineers, and Product Managers to align data initiatives with overarching business goals
- Share knowledge and help develop engineering capabilities across the broader organization, including engineers outside the data domain
Salary benchmarks
Our take
People are increasingly not satisfied with the products being offered by traditional banks, which have proven slow to react to the needs of younger consumers who expect more from their everyday experiences.
Cleo was one of the first companies to make great use of chatbots that sit within Facebook's messenger app. This chatbot-first approach and Gen Z user base have given it strong virality. It now has millions of registered users, 99% of which are based in the US, leading to a decision to take a year break from the UK market to focus on its US Gen Z customers. And after a successful year in the US its now eyeing up a return to the UK.
Its Series C funding will help the company to double down in the US, where it will make a significant increase in employee headcount, and enable Cleo to maintain and expand its service during an economic downturn.
Financial advice delivered via bots is a crowded space, so Cleo benefits from having a strong brand presence. It has gone for very bold, fun, Gen Z-focused messaging which helps it to stand out from competitors such as Emma, Plum, and Chip.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jun 2022
$80m
SERIES C
Dec 2020
$44m
SERIES B
Total funding: $137.5m
Company benefits
- Meaningful equity with early exercise, plus top-ups on promotion
- Up to 26 weeks’ parental leave
- Paid 1-month sabbatical every 4 years
- Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance
- Pension/401K match up to 6%
- Learning & development budget
- Mental health support via Spill
- Flexible working for a healthy work–life balance
- Work remotely from one of our hiring locations, with a hybrid option in our London office (1+ day/week)
- Annual company off-sites
- Company-wide performance reviews every 6 months
- Clear progression plans with opportunities to lead, grow, and challenge the status quo
- We’ll cover your OpenAI subscription
Company values
- Make it Happen - Own the outcome. Lend a hand, take a hand. Fast execution.
- No bullsh*t - Intellectually honest. Go hard on problems, not people. Data-backed decision making.
- Learn at Speed - Jump in and figure it out. Dig deep, do it right. Learn what matters.
- Bring Good Vibes - Read the room, lift the room. Show up for others. Keep it real, keep it positive.
Company HQ
London, UK
Leadership
Barnaby Hussey-Yeo
(Founder & CEO)Previously a Data Scientist at Wonga, one of the companies that pioneered the smart use of data for loan decisions. Joined Entrepreneur First where Cleo was formed.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Cleo AI
- We’ve set up an internal committee of truly passionate people that are dedicated to ensuring Diversity and Inclusion is embedded in how we all operate as a team. We agree on meaningful actions, and get on with implementing them. We have three main focuses right now, which are:
- 1) Improving SocioEconomic diversity across the company
- 2) Increasing the number of women in Leadership roles
- 3) More community outreach
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