
Abound · London
About Abound We’re redefining consumer lending in the UK, and beyond. Using advanced AI and Open Banking data, we make fair, affordable personal finance availa...
About Abound
We’re redefining consumer lending in the UK, and beyond. Using advanced AI and Open Banking data, we make fair, affordable
personal finance available to more people. While traditional lenders rely almost entirely on credit scores, we look at the full
financial picture - how much you spend, and what you can afford to repay to build a deeper, more accurate understanding of each
customer's unique financial situation.
And we've shown it works at scale. We’ve issued over £1.3bn in loans directly to customers while delivering market-leading credit
performance - for every 10 defaults the industry expects, we see only 3. We also reached profitability just 2.5 years after
launch.
Backed by £2bn+ of funding from top-tier investors including Citi, GSR Ventures, and Deutsche Bank, we’re recognised as one of
Europe’s fastest-growing fintechs (Sifted, CNBC). Now, we’re expanding into new markets and product lines - and we’re looking for
ambitious people who want to learn fast, take ownership, and grow with us.
About the Role
As a Data Engineer within the Platform team, you will play a critical role in maturing and optimizing our Data Lake. Acting as a
key bridge between Platform and Data Science, you will take ownership of the infrastructure and pipelines that power data-driven
decision-making across the business. This is an Individual Contributor (IC) role with high impact and autonomy.
In your first 6–12 months, your primary focus will be to evolve the Data Lake into a scalable, high-performance foundation for
analytics and data science. You will migrate key production workloads- such as model calibration, ad-hoc analytics, and reporting-
directly into the Data Lake, while redesigning data structures to improve query performance, reduce AWS costs, and ensure high
data recency. You will also establish yourself as a trusted partner to the Data Science team, enabling faster experimentation and
delivery through robust, well-designed data systems.
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The AI-powered OS for beauty, wellness and self-care About Fresha Fresha is the AI-powered operating system for the global beauty, wellness and self-care industry, connecting and powering everything from salons and barbers to spas, medspas, fitness studios and health practices. Trusted by millions of consumers and businesses worldwide. Fresha is used by 140,000+ businesses and 450,000+ stylists and professionals worldwide, processing over 1 billion appointments to date. The company is headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with 15 global offices located across North America, EMEA and APAC. Fresha allows consumers to discover, book and pay for beauty and wellness appointments with local businesses via its marketplace, while beauty and wellness businesses and professionals use an all-in-one platform to manage their entire operations with an intuitive business software and financial technology solutions. Fresha’s ecosystem gives merchants everything they need to run their business seamlessly by facilitating appointment bookings, point-of-sale, customer records management, marketing automation, loyalty, beauty products inventory and team management. The consumer marketplace unlocks revenue potential for partner businesses by leveraging the power of online bookings and automated marketing through mobile apps and advanced integrations with major tech brands including Instagram, Facebook and Google. Role overview Given our exciting and progressive growth plans, we are looking for a skilled and experienced Senior Data Engineer to join our team. This role will report to the Head of Data & Infrastructure and play a key part in levelling up our infrastructure and data pipelines. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of Kafka, Spark, Flink, and standard computer science concepts. They will also be a team player with excellent communication and problem-solving skills. We seek someone comfortable working with highly available, always-on systems, applying changes in a backwards-compatible fashion, without downtimes, while guaranteeing consistency and reliability, always with the customer in mind. This role is perfect for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys independent work, loves a challenge, and is eager to make a significant impact. To foster a collaborative environment that thrives on face-to-face interactions and teamwork, all Fresha employees work from our dog friendly office four days per week, with the flexibility to work remotely one day each week. London office: The Bower, 207, 211 Old St, London EC1V 9NR
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