About the role

Role Overview

As a Senior Data Platform Engineer at SentiLink, you will own the data infrastructure components that power the company’s suite of products, particularly fraud detection. You’ll collaborate with product, engineering, and data science teams to build, enhance, and modify the data platform supporting identity verification outcomes.

Responsibilities

Build, expand, and optimize data infrastructure to create the most accurate identity dataset and relationships
Develop and operate secure, scalable, reliable data ingestion and ETL/ELT pipelines aligned with product requirements
Design and maintain data observability to ensure strict data quality and freshness standards
Optimize storage layers and build/maintain interfaces for scalable, fast access to data stores
Partner with product squads to support data platform needs for delivery of existing and new products
Participate in production call rotation for issue response (with the rest of engineering)
Mentor junior engineers and contribute to evolving engineering best practices
Drive innovation through hackathons and proof-of-concepts
Develop functional subject-matter expertise in identity fraud domain areas

Requirements

5+ years in software engineering, data engineering, or related fields
Proficient in Python or Golang and associated frameworks/technologies
Experience building/maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines at scale using distributed processing (e.g., Spark, Hadoop, Kafka)
Hands-on experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
Strong understanding of database technologies including RDBMS (e.g., PostgreSQL), NoSQL (e.g., OpenSearch/vector DB), and columnar stores; ability to write efficient queries and apply optimization
Experience building enterprise-grade, scalable, containerized data services/frameworks on Kubernetes

Nice to Have

Familiarity with additional SentiLink stack components such as OpenSearch, Redshift, EMR, Docker, Lambda
Experience in identity fraud / identity verification data domains

About SentiLink

SentiLink provides identity and risk solutions focused on identity verification for institutions and individuals. The company builds real-time APIs and data infrastructure used in fraud detection and financial services, expanding rapidly into new markets. It is backed by major investors and is recognized across prominent fintech and business media.