Staff Data Engineer

MoonPay•New York, NY

8d•$260,000 - $274,000•Hybrid

About The Position

This is a hands-on technical leadership role with the opportunity to shape the long-term direction of our data platform. You will lead the design and evolution of the systems that power analytics, product insights, integrations, and machine learning across MoonPay. Working across teams, you’ll solve complex challenges spanning architecture, reliability, scalability, governance, and cost efficiency within a regulated environment. We’re looking for an engineer who can move confidently between setting technical direction and contributing directly to implementation. Your impact will come from evolving and adding new capabilities to our platform, establishing shared engineering patterns, and helping teams make pragmatic decisions that support both immediate delivery and long-term growth.

Requirements

Significant experience designing and evolving large-scale data platforms, distributed and stream processing systems.
Deep knowledge of real-time and event-driven architectures using technologies such as Kafka or Pub/Sub.
A track record of leading complex technical initiatives that span multiple teams or domains.
Experience building platform capabilities, shared services, and engineering patterns that other teams can adopt.
Strong judgement across reliability, scalability, performance, governance, security, and cost management.
The ability to move between high-level architectural decisions and hands-on implementation.
Experience influencing engineers and stakeholders around shared technical standards and long-term priorities.
A team-first approach, with a passion for mentoring experienced engineers and raising the technical bar.
Strong communication skills and the ability to make complex technical decisions clear to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Experience working in a regulated environment, or designing systems with strong compliance and auditability requirements.

Nice To Haves

Experience with our specific technology stack is helpful, but architectural judgement, systems thinking, and technical leadership matter more than expertise in any one tool.

Responsibilities

Set and evolve the technical direction of our data platform across streaming, batch processing, warehousing, orchestration, governance, and machine learning enablement.
Lead the design and delivery of complex, cross-team initiatives from early architectural decisions through to implementation.
Design and build core platform capabilities, from reliable real-time pipelines, shared tooling, reusable frameworks, and scalable data infrastructure for other teams.
Establish and champion golden paths that enable teams to build securely, consistently, and efficiently.
Improve platform reliability, scalability, performance, and cost efficiency as data volumes and use cases grow.
Partner with Security, Compliance, Product, and Engineering teams to ensure our systems meet operational and regulatory requirements.
Identify systemic risks, reduce unnecessary complexity, and guide pragmatic, incremental improvements to the platform.
Strengthen engineering standards across data modelling, pipeline design, observability, testing, deployment automation, and infrastructure as code.
Influence technical priorities and planning by working closely with engineering managers, product managers, and senior technical leaders.
Mentor senior engineers and raise technical capability through design reviews, code reviews, documentation, and hands-on collaboration.

Benefits

Competitive salary package
Equity package: financial freedom starts with our employees, so all employees have ownership at MoonPay
Pay-for-performance equity bonus: those who drive outsized outcomes receive outsized rewards
Moonshot award: we honor exceptional impact. 10 employees twice a year, each earning a $250,000 equity grant
Pension: employer contributions from day one
Employee referral program: refer great people, earn 10K in USDC
Flexible Time Off: choose when to work and when to switch off
Birthday leave: take the day off to celebrate you
Enhanced parental leave: more time with family, no second thought
Hybrid working schedule: work fully remotely or from your nearest Moonbase
Commuter benefits: public transport to and from the office
Private healthcare benefits: to protect you and your loved ones
Wellhub wellness membership: access to gyms, studios, classes, and wellness apps in one membership
Unlimited enterprise access to the latest AI tools: Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and whatever's next
Lunch credit: meals covered on the days you're in the office
Home office setup allowance: build the home office of your dreams
Remote working allowance: those working fully remotely get a little extra for utilities
Monthly product budget and zero-fee crypto transactions
$1,000 Annual training budget: we support your learning journey
High Potential Program: structured development, mentorship, and stretch opportunities
Regular remote company offsites: high-impact in-person sessions and hackathons
(Ireland) Cycle to Work scheme: tax-efficient bike, gear, and safety kit
(UK) EV Salary Sacrifice: lease an electric vehicle through pre-tax salary