# Data Engineer, Fintech

> Optasia · Athens, Greece (Hybrid) · — · Posted 2026-03-23

**Workplace:** hybrid

**Department:** Data & Risk

## Description

**Optasia** is a fully enabled B2B2X **financial technology platform** covering scoring, financial decisioning, disbursement and collection. We are committed to enabling financial inclusion for all. **We are changing the world our way**.

We are seeking for enthusiastic professionals, with energy, who are results driven and have can-do attitude, who want to be part of a team of likeminded individuals who are delivering solutions in an innovative and exciting environment.

**We are looking for a Data Engineer to join our growing Data Engineering team**. As part of our team, you will be able to design and implement highly scalable end-to-end batch and streaming data pipelines and contribute to Optasia’s success.

**What you will do**

-   Improving scalability, stability, accuracy, speed and efficiency of our existing Data systems
-   Design and develop end-to-end data processing pipelines
-   Be comfortable navigating the following technology stack: Scala, Spark, Python3, scripting (Bash/Python), Hadoop, SQL etc.
-   Design, build, test and deploy new libraries, frameworks or full systems while keeping to the highest standards of testing and code quality
-   Develop, maintain and optimize our core libraries for batch processing and ingestion of large volumes of data to the big data infrastructure
-   Build and maintain CI/CD orchestration

**What you will bring**

-   Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or Informatics
-   2+ years of experience in Data engineering
-   Working experience in software/data engineering and/or operations/DevOps/DataOps
-   Working experience with the Apache Hadoop ecosystem (YARN, HDFS, HBase, Spark)
-   Working experience with relational and NoSQL technologies
-   Systems administration skills in Linux
-   Experience with the deployment, configuration and maintenance of distributed systems and data/software engineering tools.

**Your key attributes**

-   Experience in fluid virtual infrastructures such as containers (e.g Dockers, Kubernetes)
-   Experience with data and ML flow engines and tools, e.g. Apache Airflow
-   Passion for learning new technologies and eagerness to collaborate with other creative minds.

**Why you should apply  
**What we offer:  
👟 Flexible hybrid working  
💸 Competitive remuneration package  
🏝 Extra day off on your birthday  
💰 Performance-based bonus scheme  
👩🏽‍⚕️ Comprehensive private healthcare insurance  
📲 **💻** All the tech gear you need to work smart

Optasia’s Perks:  
🎌 Be a part of a multicultural working environment  
🎯 Meet a very unique and promising business and industry  
🌌 **🌠** Gain insights for tomorrow market’s foreground  
🎓 A solid career path within our working family is ready for you  
📚 Continuous training and access to online training platforms  
🥳 CSR activities and festive events within any possible occasion  
🍜 Enjoy comfortable open space restaurant with varied meal options every day  
🎾 🧘‍**️** Wellbeing activities access such as free on-site yoga classes, plus available squash court on our premises

**Optasia’s Values 🌟**

**#1 Drive to Thrive:** Fully dedicated to evolving. We welcome all challenges and learning opportunities.  
**#2 Customer-First Mindset:** We go above and beyond to meet our partners’ and clients’ expectations.  
**#3 Bridge the Gap:** Knowledge is shared, information is exchanged and every opinion counts.  
**#4 Go-Getter Spirit:** We are results oriented. We identify any shortcomings that hold us back and step up to do what’s needed.  
**#5 Together we will do it:** We are committed to supporting one another and to understanding and respecting different perspectives, as we aim to reach our common goals.

## Apply

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