Data Engineer, Lupa
AI-native Operating System for the vets and pets
Posted today
AI-native Operating System for the vets and pets
21-100 employees
Posted today
21-100 employees
Company mission
We are reinventing animal care.
Role
Who you are
- Multiple years of hands-on data engineering experience in a professional setting
- Strong Python skills and a demonstrated ability to build pipelines from scratch, not just extend existing ones
- Solid knowledge of data modelling and practical experience with Apache Spark, AWS services, Docker, and Airflow
- Experience in a startup or fast-growth environment where you’ve made pragmatic decisions under uncertainty
- Scala experience (nice to have, we’re happy to invest in teaching it if your foundations are strong)
- Familiarity with dbt, Delta Lake, or similar modern data transformation tooling (nice to have)
- Exposure to ML pipelines or feature stores (nice to have)
- Have a proactive, ownership-oriented mindset. You don’t wait to be told something is broken
- Take genuine pride in craft and correctness, and hold yourself to a high bar
- Collaborate well with engineering teams who consume your data and communicate clearly across functions
- Thrive in environments where you’re expected to build from scratch, not inherit a tidy queue of tickets
- Are excited to work in-person from our Paddington, London HQ (or equivalent location)
What the job involves
- This is a rare chance to join a rocket ship at exactly the right moment and we're looking for exceptional people to help us fly it
- Design and build data pipelines from raw ingestion through to clean, modelled, production-ready datasets that engineering and product teams rely on
- Own data quality across your domain, defining standards, instrumenting checks, and resolving failures with urgency
- Monitor pipeline health in production and respond to issues proactively, not reactively
- Collaborate with engineering and product to understand data requirements and turn them into robust, scalable solutions
- Help define and evolve the architecture of our data platform as we scale across new geographies and product surfaces
- Document your work clearly so the team can understand, extend, and maintain what you build
- What does success look like in 6 months?
- You’ve built and shipped at least two meaningful pipelines end-to-end
- You own a defined area of the data platform and are making architectural calls with confidence
- The team trusts your judgement without needing to review every decision
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Lupa addresses the challenges of pet care service providers and pet parents in an industry where managing appointments, client engagement, and care provisions can be daunting. With its integrated platform, Lupa streamlines practice management and enhances client interactions, replacing fragmented systems and manual tasks.
Lupa leverages AI integration in pet care, automating tasks, offering personalised insights, and providing proactive support for providers and pet parents. Through features like online booking and AI-driven veterinary advice, Lupa simplifies operations and enhances pet care standards, setting a new industry benchmark.
It's a comprehensive solution to the challenges in pet care management, replacing fragmented systems with its integrated platform. By streamlining practice management and client engagement, Lupa eases burdens for businesses and enhances the pet ownership experience.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Oct 2025
$20m
SERIES A
Jan 2025
$4.4m
SEED
Total funding: $25.4m
Company benefits
- 💜 Private Medical Insurance - AXA
- 📈 Equity for all employees, without exception
- 💻 Brand New Equipment - MacBook Air M4 hardware
- 👤 Personal Therapist - Unlimited therapy sessions
- ☕ Free barista coffee and beer on tap
- 🏝️ Annual team trip abroad, monthly team socials
- 💪🏼 Subsidised gym membership
- 💰Pension contributions
- 👶 Workplace Nursery Scheme
- 🦷 Private Dental Scheme
- 🍽️ Heavily subsided nightly Dinners
Company values
- FALL IN LOVE, EVERY DAY - We encourage you to shape your role, so you find meaning and fulfilment in your work, everyday.
- OWN IT LIKE IT’S YOURS - We believe in true ownership - holding yourself accountable, delivering with pride, and knowing your effort is recognised and shapes our collective success.
- TRUST YOUR GUT - We trust you to lead with confidence, act on intuition and experience, and own your decisions.
- BE BOLD - At Lupa, we encourage bold thinking and fresh ideas - we push boundaries to build solutions
- ACT WITH EXTREME URGENCY - We move quickly and carefully, with purpose. Every decision and action drives real impact in this company.
Company HQ
Paddington, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Nicolò Frisiani
(CEO)Graduated from the Imperial College London with an MSc in Machine Learning. Previously worked as a Senior Associate and Consultant at Boston Consulting Group and as a Senior Data Scientist at BCG GAMMA.
Matei Bjola
(COO)Graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences with an MSc in Management. Previously worked at Boston Consulting Group as a Senior Associate and Consultant.
Raul Lozano Martin
(CTO)Graduated from the University of Manchester with a BS in Computer Science. Previously worked as a Software Engineer at Skyscanner and Meta.
People progressing
🦸♂️ As one of our first hires, Giulio has done everything from sales to deployment, and now drives high level projects, bridging the gap between strategy and operational teams.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Lupa
Dan (Head of People)
- Our Vision To build a pack that’s as diverse as the pets (and people!) we serve, where everyone feels valued, supported, and empowered to thrive. Our Commitments 1. Inclusive Hiring Write job descriptions that focus on skills and potential, not just traditional credentials. Partner with diverse job boards and communities Use structured interviews and diverse panels to reduce bias. 2. Representation in Product & Community Involve a wide range of perspectives in product testing, vets, tech teams, clients, and pet owners from different backgrounds. Partner with animal welfare and tech organisations that support accessibility and inclusion.
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