Data Engineer, Wahed
Ethical & Halal investment platform
Open for applications
Ethical & Halal investment platform
201-500 employees
Open for applications
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make people’s lives better by reducing financial inequality and exclusion across the globe.
Role
Who you are
- At least 3 to 5 years of Data Engineering experience
- A degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Informatics, Information Systems or another quantitative field
- Strong Python coding skills
- Advanced SQL skills
- Experience with ‘big data’ data systems, pipelines, architectures, data sets and ETL tools
- Comfortable performing root cause analysis to answer specific business data questions and identify opportunities for improvement
- Comfortable working in a Linux environment
- Familiar with AWS
- Familiar with noSQL databases such as Elasticsearch and event-streaming platforms such as Kafka
- Strong analytical skills related to working with complex and non-structured datasets
- Experience in creating and improving processes that support data transformation, data structures, metadata, dependency and workload management
- Strong communicator, project management and organizational skills
- Experience supporting and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment
- Understand the trade-offs in employing different engineering solutions to a problem, valuing pragmatism over idealism
- Eager and open to learning
What the job involves
- We are looking for savvy Data Engineers to join our growing team of analytics experts in UK, UAE and Asia
- They will be responsible for building, expanding and optimizing our data systems and data pipeline architecture, as well as optimizing data flow and collection for cross functional teams and various business departments
- Build and maintain a centralised data system consisting of an optimally built data pipeline architecture, data warehouse, data lake and data hubs
- Assemble large, complex data sets that meet functional and non-functional business requirements
- Build the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources using SQL, Events and AWS ‘big data’ technologies but not limited to AWS
- Build analytics tools and reports that utilize the data pipeline to provide actionable insights into customer acquisition, operational efficiency and other key business performance metrics
- Work with various stakeholders and teams at Wahed to assist with data-related technical issues and support their data infrastructure needs
- Keep our data separated and secure across national boundaries through multiple data centers and AWS regions
- Create data tools for Product team members that assist them in building and optimizing our product into an innovative industry leader
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Many fintechs offer access to investing, letting users trade stocks, crypto, and other high-risk assets. But these platforms aren't always built around responsible investing, and for many Muslin users, they also raise concerns about earning returns from non-Halal sources.
Wahed provides an alternative: a Shariah-compliant investment platform focused on ethical, diversified portfolios. Through its robo-advisory tools, it helps users tailor investments to their financial goals while ensuring returns meet Islamic finance principles. With no lock-in periods and a focus on transparency, the platform is designed to make long-term, values-based investing more accessible.
While competition in fintech is intense, Wahed has carved out a clear niche by focusing on underserved Muslim investors. Its expanding its offerings too, including launching new Shariah-screened ETFs listed on the London Stock Exchange, covering global and US equities with strict ethical and financial screening. Alongside earlier backing from instituions like the Quatar Development Bank and features such as its Waqf endowment tool, signalling a shift toward building a larger, globally accessible Islamic investment ecosystem.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jun 2022
$50m
SERIES B
Nov 2020
$25m
SERIES A
Total funding: $115.1m
Company HQ
Midtown East, New York, NY
Leadership
Moshin Siddiqui
(CEO)Initially joined Wahed in 2023 as COO before moving into the role of CEO in 2024. Previously, Moshin was the CRO at ComplyAdvantage. They also spent 8 years at OANDA in various roles, including CCO.
Arif Shanji
(CTO)Arif joined Wahed in 2020 as a Senior VP of Engineering before moving into the role of CTO in 2023. Previously, they were the Director of Engineering at Perkbox and Head of Engineering at Kano Computing.
Umer Suleman
(Chief Risk Officer)Umer joined Wahed in 2021 as a GM before moving into the role of Global Head of Risk in 2022 and Chief Risk Officer in 2024. They are also a Board Member at the Islamic Finance Council UK. Previously, they spent over 7 years at HSBC in various roles, including Chief Control Officer.
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