Data Engineer, iwoca
Core systems
£70-100k
+ Equity Incentive Scheme
1-3 days a week in office
Online loans for small businesses
Posted today
Online loans for small businesses
201-500 employees
Posted today
£70-100k
+ Equity Incentive Scheme
1-3 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To fund one million small businesses.
Role
Who you are
- Experience in implementing reliable and performant ETL/ELT pipelines
- Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) for dbt project management
- Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines for analytics workflows
- Experience with programming languages such as Python
- Familiarity with data governance practices and frameworks
- Professional experience in analytics engineering / data analytics
- Solid understanding of SQL with hands on experience with dbt and Snowflake
- Comfortable implementing custom (in-house) data solutions where off-the-shelf products are unavailable or unsuitable
Desirable
- Advanced LookML knowledge
- Experience using Pandas (TensorFlow, Scikit-learn, Matplotlib)
- DevOps practices Docker and Kubernetes
- Understanding of data science concepts
- Professional experience or a degree in a quantitative field, such as Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, or Computer Sciences
What the job involves
- You’ll join the Core Systems team, who are responsible for driving innovation across the business by optimising development, building data systems, and continuously improving iwoca products
- We follow Agile-inspired processes, using continuous integration and delivery, so that features go live in days or weeks, not months or years
- We are in the process of transitioning our entire analytics warehouse to Snowflake, from a federated SQL system to improve reliability and speed of accessing our wide data ecosystem
- We run a variety of time consuming ETL tasks using libraries such as (NumPy, Scikit-learn, Pandas), and view/tables from a variety of relational databases
- The aim is to integrate and transition all to a single data warehouse using Snowflake and dbt
- We are looking for someone who has a solid amount of experience in analytics engineering, who can advise and implement high quality and reliable ETL/ELT processes to bridge the gap between data engineering and analytics
- Who will collaborate with analysts, data scientists and engineers to deliver and improve our data warehouse and processes
- You will have the opportunity to learn lots and develop rapidly, with the ability to influence critical data infrastructure
- We are embarking on a transition to a data mesh operating model and are looking for a proactive, self-motivated individual to help drive this change
- The successful candidate will identify opportunities to improve data processes, enable self-service access across the organisation, and design the governance frameworks and guardrails required to ensure data quality, security, and consistency
- Develop, construct, test and maintain ETL/ELT infrastructure
- Implement robust data testing frameworks in dbt to monitor and ensure data quality and integrity
- Enable product teams to self-serve data more effectively, empowering them to make faster, more informed decisions
- Influence and shape the monitoring, observability, and reliability strategy for the data warehouse, ensuring high availability, performance, and data quality
- Partner with analysts, data scientists, and business stakeholders to understand data requirements and deliver actionable solutions
- Troubleshoot emerging data and operational problems, and be a source of knowledge for end-users on the most appropriate way of using data for their purposes
- Support your teammates by learning and sharing your knowledge
- Drive knowledge sharing and capability building through mentoring, coaching, and the creation of educational resources and best practices
Salary benchmarks
Our take
UK SMEs are the backbone of a complex economy that is constantly changing, so the need for fast and responsive access to finance is becoming more and more important to ensure their success and growth. iwoca allows SMEs access to business loans in less than a minute, with its API and business marketplace partnerships.
With offerings like iwoca's, gone are the days where waiting up to eight weeks for a loan decision was viable. Its simplified business loans of £1,000 - £500,000 come with no fees attached, and applying online takes no more than five minutes. The ready availability of iwoca loans gives business owners a level of certainty, so that they can make instant decisions to help their business grow.
iwoca has made a number of partnerships with other players in the business finance space, including an impressive industry-first invoice checkout integration with QuickBooks. Funding raised by the company, which is now operating at net profitability, will enable it to meet a recent surge in demand for corporate loans and offer more to larger SMB businesses. And the company has made several billion in funding available to over 100,000 businesses since launching, positioning itself as a leading European fintech.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Aug 2025
$15.8m
SERIES D
Aug 2019
$13.4m
GRANT
Total funding: $113.3m
Company benefits
- Work where you work best: Twice a year we rent houses in places like Sicily and the French Alps where each team can work together for a week poolside. We champion flexible working in all our teams
- Invest in iwoca: We want people to be invested in iwoca's success so after six months you'll be awarded share options
- Keep yourself healthy: We offer comprehensive health insurance and cash plans. You'll also get gym discounts and we host yoga classes in the office every week
- Start (and end) your day right: Each floor of iwoca HQ has a fully stocked fridge for breakfast and every Friday we unwind with beers and wine
- Life-work balance: We know your life outside of work comes first. We offer enhanced maternity and paternity leave for new parents plus a nursery benefit. We also have unlimited unpaid leave
- Learning and development: Whether you want to learn to code, experiment with motion design, or beat cognitive biases, you'll have time and budget to invest in your professional development
Company values
- Motivated: Going to work shouldn't feel like a slog, so we want everyone in the team to personally care about what they're working on. We stay motivated by celebrating our wins, learning from our mistakes, and always looking for new gaps to step into
- Smart: At iwoca being smart isn't about what you know, it's about how you think. Smart thinking means looking at each problem by asking ‘why’ first, then figuring out ‘how’
- Humble: We know all ideas are flawed, all code has bugs, and everyone makes mistakes - it’s how we learn. For us, being humble means you question yourself first, rather than your team
- Growth Mindset: We think there's always a better way to solve a problem. So we never let ourselves get comfortable with being good enough
Company HQ
Fitzrovia, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Christoph Rieche
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously spent 7 years at Goldman Sachs as a Vice President before co-founding iwoca in 2011.
Joost Versteeg
(CMO)Joost initially joined iwoca in 2017 as an Intern. Since then, they have held a number of roles, from Growth Analyst to Head of Commercial Strategy and became CMO in 2024.
People progressing
Serita joined as a Customer Onboarder, before moving into the Broker Team. Most recently they have been promoted to Partnership Manager.
Leo joined in 2018 as a Client Onboarder. Since then, they have worked in a number of roles and now serve as the Product Manager.
Jenny originally joined the Client Onboarding team and now leads the Customer Success department for the German business.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at iwoca
- We work hard to make iwoca a place where everyone feels welcome, where you can confidently be yourself. We understand that diversity isn't an optional add-on, it's the core ingredient of what makes us great.
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