Join the team rewriting the rules in private markets.
Moonfare delivers what few others can: the highly sought-after funds and hidden-gem investments that go beyond what most private banks offer. Every opportunity is subjected to a ruthless vetting process; the bar is unforgivingly high. The result? Institutional-quality portfolios for investors who demand more.
Our team combines finance veterans with talent from tech, consulting, law and industries you’d never expect. Headquartered in Berlin, we operate from eight offices across Europe, the US and Asia.
If you're ready to build what's next in private markets, let's talk.
Data Engineer (m/f/d)
We're looking for a Data Engineer who has hands-on experience integrating databases and external APIs, understands AWS infrastructure, and is comfortable working with tools like DBT to model and transform data. You'll help build and scale our data platform from ingestion through to the warehouse layer, powering AI Agents, BI, and business decisions across the organization.
You will:
- Build and maintain data pipelines from ingestion through to storage
- Take end-to-end ownership of pipeline components
- Model data using data lake and warehouse concepts, and contribute to performance improvements (partitioning, file formats, tuning)
- Apply data governance and security practices in your work (least-privilege IAM, encryption, PII handling)
- Support the team with data quality, coding consistency and data availability
- Collaborate with analysts and stakeholders to translate requirements into working data solutions
- Identify, formulate, and propose improvements to your own and your team’s practices
The Next Moonfarian:
- 2–4 years of hands-on experience building and maintaining data pipelines in production
- Strong Python and advanced SQL
- Basic Scala experience, or a willingness to pick it up
- Familiarity with DBT (models, tests, documentation)
- Solid working knowledge of AWS or another major cloud provider
- Experience with relational databases and data warehouses
- Confident in Git, CI/CD, and modern deployment practices
- Practical experience with Docker
- Solution-oriented, strong attention to detail, and open to feedback and mentorship
- Nice to have:
- Experience with Apache Spark or a similar distributed processing framework
- Working knowledge of K8
- Bash scripting
- Flyway or similar SQL migration tools
If you feel you do not meet all of the requirements, we still encourage you to apply!
Our Values:
- Our clients come first, Moonfare comes second, and we prioritise ourselves third - Client-Centric Focus. Putting clients first means creating value for them is essential. Placing Moonfare second signifies that our individual professional future at Moonfare depends on the company's commercial success. Prioritising ourselves third reflects our humility in putting clients and Moonfare before personal interests.
- We pursue excellence and honor our promises - Commitment to Excellence. We hold ourselves to the highest standards, taking responsibility for our failures, and celebrating our successes. We commit to deadlines and stick to them and we learn from our mistakes.
- We are here to win and to celebrate our collective achievements - Win together. We are mission-focused and think and act like owners. We exemplify the attitude we expect and each of us commits to do what it takes to succeed.
- We foster personal growth but each of us earns our place as a Moonfarian through merit - Growth and Merit. We hire, retain, and develop exceptional people and invest in empowering them to excel. We must all earn our place at the table every day.
We understand the important role that diversity plays in our success. Different backgrounds, experiences and ideas push us further and raise the bar. We’re committed to developing an inclusive and safe culture where everyone — regardless of colour, race, religion, sex, origin, sexuality, disability, marital status, citizenship or gender identity — knows that they are an integral part of the team and can bring their full potential to their work.
*Minimum investments vary according to jurisdiction.
Skills Required
- 5+ years working experience as a Data Engineer
- Experience in regulated financial services environment
- Expert in designing and developing robust data pipelines using Apache Spark and the Hadoop ecosystem
- Strong background in cloud infrastructure (especially AWS) and hands-on experience with data lakes and modern data warehouses, including orchestration, security, and network
- Proven programming experience with Scala and Python and ability to review code
- Working knowledge of DBT (models, tests, documentation)
- General understanding of Tableau or similar BI tools
- Experience with relational databases, data warehouses and advanced SQL queries
- Experience with CI/CD and Bash scripting and deployment/release best practices
- Practical experience with Docker
- Working knowledge of Kubernetes
- Implement least-privilege IAM, encryption, data classification, PII handling, auditability, and contribute to data governance policies
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Solution-oriented mindset, attention to detail, creative problem-solving and passion for data
What We Do
Moonfare. Investing is legacy. Moonfare is a digital platform leading a new era of private equity investing. We enable the world’s most engaged investor community to access expert knowledge and bite-sized, private equity investments. We exist to inspire better investments and open the door to higher returns for more people. Accredited investors can easily sign up to our platform to access top-tier investment opportunities, expert knowledge, curation and higher returns at lower entry points. For us, service is key. Our team of industry insiders makes sure that we meet every investor with a commitment to knowledge sharing, transparency and ease of investing. With teams in Berlin, New York, London, Singapore, Luxembourg, Paris and Zurich, we are trusted by thousands of investors worldwide and currently have over €3 billion in assets under management. The bottom line? With Moonfare, more investors can drive the world forward. Capital at Risk.
